Population & Food

What is the most simple definition of energy?

• The ability to generate electricity

• The ability to do work

• The ability to create food energy

• The ability to produce heat

What is the maximum population an environment can support with a given set of natural resources called?

• Carrying capacity

• Sustainability limit

• Resource capacity

• Population threshold

What is the term for a change in food habits and culture due to increased wealth?

• Nutrition transition

• Food revolution

• Culinary evolution

• Dietary transformation

What is the area that feeds us called?

• Nutrition zone

• Cuisine territory

• Foodshed

• Dietary region

What is the branch of agriculture focused on raising livestock called?

• Animal husbandry

• Livestock farming

• Ranching

• Cattle breeding

What is the highest trophic level of a food web usually called?

• Apex predator

• Primary consumer

• Producers

• Secondary consumer

What is the logic of passing on less energy to higher trophic levels called?

• Trophic energy decrease

• 10% energy rule

• Consumption efficiency law

• Energy transfer principle

What is the term for moving herds between pastures with the change of seasons?

• Pasture migration

• Herding rotation

• Seasonal herding

• Transhumance

What is the process where solar energy is turned into chemical energy by plants called?

• Photosynthesis

• Energy synthesis

• Solar conversion

• Chemical transformation

What is the term for the list of who eats who in an ecosystem?

• Food chain

• Predator-prey list

• Ecosystem web

• Consumption hierarchy