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WorksheetsAPES Chapter 12 Review
Total questions: 13
Worksheet time: 7mins
Which of the following is not a characteristic of organic agriculture?
emphasizes use of animal manure and
compost as fertilizer
employs crop rotation and biological
pest control
uses genetically modified seeds
is regionally and locally oriented
The root cause of food insecurity is
war
political upheaval
poverty
corruption
The term undernutrition refers to people who consume
less than the basic number of daily calories
unbalanced meals
the wrong kinds of food
poor quality foods
Many of the world’s poor only have access to a low-protein, high-carbohydrate, vegetarian diet and suffer from
chronic undernutrition
famine
hunger
chronic malnutrition
A severe shortage of food leading to mass starvation, many deaths, economic chaos, and social disruption, is called
famine
hunger
food security
chronic undernutrition
The term overnutrition refers to
obtaining too few calories per day
when energy use is less than energy
intake
eating unbalanced meals
eating too much protein
All of the following are commonly grown in plantation agriculture, except
corn
bananas
soybeans
sugarcane
Which of the following types of agriculture is most characteristic of developing countries?
traditional subsistence agriculture
plantation agriculture
monocultural agriculture
high input agriculture
Slash and burn agriculture is a type of
high-input agriculture
industrialized agriculture
traditional subsistence agriculture
plantation agriculture
Industrialized agriculture requires large inputs of all of the following, except
draft animals
financial captial
water
fossil fuels
Which of the following soil horizons is considered topsoil?
o
a
b
c
People in the United States spend how much of their disposable income on food?
10%
20%
30%
40%
What is the largest cause of soil erosion?
moving water
still water
wind
sink holes
