Chapter 9 Quiz: Food, Soil, and Pest Management

What is the official definition of food security?

• When people choose to purchase and consume foods leading to an unbalanced diet.
• When global catastrophes strike causing massive changes in supply and demand markets
• When people have availability and adequate access at all times to safe, nutritious food to maintain a healthy and active life
• The state of being very wealthy in order to buy a range of foods

Industrialized agriculture is best described as

• a low input, low yield system

• a high-input, high yield system

• an organic system

Which of the following are factors that impact Global Food Security?

• Poverty

• Population Growth

• Conflict

• Climate

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According to the map, which Countries are LEAST at risk of Food Insecurity?

• United States of American

• Brazil

• France

• Australia

• Spain

According to the map, which countries are at the HIGHEST risk of Food Insecurity?

• Venezuela

• Pakistan

• Mali

• Sudan

Food in the world is evenly distributed?

• True

• False

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If the price of food increases the poor will find food __________.

• cheap

• unaffordable

• easily

• free

A problem with satisfying food security world wide is that the world's food production is under stress from an increasing population. By 2050 what is the projected population supposed to reach?

• 8 billion

• 7 billion

• 9 billion

• 10 billion

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Places that experience water scarcity will also most likely experience a lack of food security

• True

• False

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Which country has the highest ecological footprint?

• USA

• Canada

• Indonesia

• Bangladesh

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