The Omnivore's Dilemma Ch. 1-4 Quiz

Omnivore

• A person or animal that eats animals or plants.

• A person or animal that eats only corn.

• A person or animal that eats only plants and herbs.

• A person or animal that eats only meat.

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Dilemma

• A difficult situation or problem

• A smudge on a new paper product

• Something that troubles cows before they eat

• An uncomfortable feeling of guilt

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Agribusiness

• The group of industries dealing with agricultural produce and services required in farming.

• The transport of food products from farms to tables.

• The organic farming business.

• The large, machine-operated power tools controlling feedlots.

What is a GMO?

• Genetically Modified Organism

• Grains, Meal, and Organic Wheat

• General Monsanto Odor

• Genetics Motorized Organism

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Michael Pollan reveals his purpose for writing the book in the preface. It is

• to entertain the audience with stories about farms and food.

• to persuade the readers to eat less meat.

• to inform readers so they can make good food choices true to values.

• to describe the current conditions of the American food crisis.

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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

What is the omnivore's dilemma?

• We don't know what we're eating

• We don't know what we should eat

• Food is sometimes hard to come by

• We eat when we're not hungry

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Define "processed food"

• Food able to be maintained at a certain rate or level.

• All businesses associated with the production, processing, and distribution of agricultural products.

• food which has been changed or preserved through mechanical or chemical operations.

• Food produced without the use of chemical fertilizers, pesticides, or other artificial agents.

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Which food chain produces most of our food?

• Industrial

• Industrial Organic

• Local Sustainable

• Hunter Gatherer

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Where do today's industrial farmers get their seeds?

• They buy them from large food processing companies

• They get them from leftover crops

• They use specialized organic seeds

• At Walmart

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