ESS IBDP Terrestrial Food Production 5.2

Food waste by the consumer is usually associated with -

• LICs

• Sub-Saharan Africa

• HICs

• MICs

Planting seeds is an example of an -

• Input

• Process

• Store

• Output

Population increase, urbanisation and soil degradation has resulted in -

• An increase in food production

• An increase in food consumption

• A decrease in the availability of land

• An increase in the availability of land

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Harvesting which trophic level is the most energy efficient -

• Primary consumer

• Apex predator

• Secondary Consumer

• Producer

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What substance can be added to animal feed to increase growth rates -

• Antibiotics

• Minerals

• Hormones

• All of the previous answers

The first Green Revolution began in the -

• 1950s

• 1970s

• 1990s

• Noughties

Ploughing along a gradient -

• Decreases soil erosion

• Increases infiltration of water

• Decrease water run-off

• Increase the speed of overland flow

Overuse of persistent pesticides can lead to -

• Increases in pollinating insects

• An increase in biodiversity

• Resistance

• Biomanipulation

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Polyculture is the -

• growth of different types of crops

• growth of a single crop

• same as crop rotation

• Rearing of parrots

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Farming at an intensity that optimises the amount of crops grown and animals reared in a unit area per unit time without causing negative consequences, is called the

• Maximum sustainable yield

• Carrying Capacity

• Intensive Farming

• Marginal Utility