THE OMNIVORES DILEMMA CHAP 1-5 QUIZ

Identify the three of the four food chains Pollan follows the book:

• Cage-free

• Hunter-Gatherer

• Farm to Table

• Local Sustainable

• Industrial

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CCSS.RI.11-12.9

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CCSS.RL.11-12.9

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Nearly all our food in the grocery stores comes from one food. What is it?

• soy beans

• flour

• potatoes

• corn

• chicken

An image from chapter one described by Pollan is:

• Corn is the bullies the farmers and animals off the farm.

• United States farmland is a tapestry of color and variety.

• Americans look like corn chips on legs.

• The supermarket is really a maze of corn.

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CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

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CCSS.RI.7.2

Why does corn need people?

• It must be spread by animals and people.

• Corn must be buttered and cooked to be eaten.

• Corn is expensive and must be bought by humans.

• Corn is not popular and needs marketing and advertising.

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CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RI.8.1

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What is the main idea of Chapter 1?

• That corn was created from maize through hybridization

• That cattle are kept in squalid conditions

• That corn is the first part of the industrial food chain

• That we should eat more fast food

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CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

What is the number one state in corn production?

• Iowa

• California

• Nebraska

• Illinois

What two crops did Naylor grow on his farm?

• soybeans

• corn and soybeans

• corn

• soybeans and wheat

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CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

When did farmers first plant hybrid corn?

• 1920s

• 1930s

• 1940s

• 1950s

How big is a bushel ?

• 56 pounds of kernels

• 101 pounds of kernels

• 50 pounds of kernels

• 20 pounds of kernels

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CCSS.4.MD.A.1

What is the main idea of chapter 2?

• The growth of corn as a staple crop in the American farm through GMO and hybridization

• The ease of driving a tractor

• George Naylor's struggle against GMO corn seed

• The effectiveness of government regulation on the farming industry

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CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

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CCSS.RL.7.2