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WorksheetsFood/ Agriculture Review
Total questions: 11
Worksheet time: 22mins
Monocropping has a number of disadvantages. These include all of the following EXCEPT
Erosion due to exposure of large areas of soil during planting
Nutrition and pesticide needs should be similar throughout a single crop
Pests are more likely to attack a monocrop due to the high concentration
Loss of habitat for natural pest predators
Reduction of productivity due to loss of nutrient-rich topsoil
Scientists have inserted a gene for the production of vitamin A into rice. This practice of changing the genetic structure of agricultural products to improve desirable traits is known as
Genetic Engineering
Transmodification
Selective Breeding
Natural Selection
Which of the following is NOT a potential benefit of free range meat stock (such as chickens)
Decreased use of antibiotics due to lower animal concentrations
Decrease fossil fuel input
Decrease in land use when compared to traditional methods
Less supplemental feeding of the stock
What is the general relationship between meat consumption and affluence
More affluent nations tend to consume more meat products
More affluent nations tend to be net exporters of meat products
Less affluent nations tend to consume more meat because poultry are so easy to raise
Less affluent nations tend to consume less meat because meat is thought of as a trading commodity
When you buy food in the grocery store labeled “natural” or “all-natural” you know that
the food was raised with no synthetic pesticides
the food was produced with no antibiotics
the food was not fertilized with sewage sludge
the label does not have a definite set of standards
