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Food Production and Environment

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

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Class
Date
1.

This is the root cause of food insecurity

a)

poverty

b)

chronic hunger

c)

bad weather

2.

In this type of agriculture, farmers try to obtain higher crop yields by increasing their inputs of human and draft-animal labor, animal manure for fertilizer and water.

a)

Organic agriculture

b)

industrialized agriculture

c)

traditional agriculture

3.

This is the fertile top layer of many soils.

a)

subsoil

b)

topsoil

c)

ground soil

4.

Identify the benefits of synthetic pesticides.

a)

they can increase food supplies

b)

It kills natural predators and parasites

c)

they have saved human lives

d)

they can help farmers to increase profits

5.

It is a condition under which all or most of the people in a population have daily access to enough nutritious food to live active and healthy lives.

a)

chronic malnutrition

b)

food security

c)

food insecurity

6.

This is the movement of the soil from one place to another by nature and human activity.

a)

soil eruption

b)

soil salinization

c)

soil erosion

7.

GM stands for:

a)

Genetically Modified

b)

Genetical Malfunction

c)

Gene Modification

8.

Food deserts means

a)

no access to fresh water

b)

no access to fresh foods

c)

no access to water and food

9.

It emphasizes the prevention of soil erosion and the use of organic fertilizers such as animal manure and compost, but no sewage sludge, to supply plant nutrients

a)

organic agriculture

b)

industrialized agriculture

c)

genetically modified agriculture

10.

It has higher yields from existing croplands.

a)

green revolution

b)

rising industrialized productivity

c)

monoculture