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WorksheetsFood Production and Environment
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
This is the root cause of food insecurity
poverty
chronic hunger
bad weather
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.
Organic agriculture
industrialized agriculture
traditional agriculture
This is the fertile top layer of many soils.
subsoil
topsoil
ground soil
Identify the benefits of synthetic pesticides.
they can increase food supplies
It kills natural predators and parasites
they have saved human lives
they can help farmers to increase profits
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.
chronic malnutrition
food security
food insecurity
This is the movement of the soil from one place to another by nature and human activity.
soil eruption
soil salinization
soil erosion
GM stands for:
Genetically Modified
Genetical Malfunction
Gene Modification
Food deserts means
no access to fresh water
no access to fresh foods
no access to water and food
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
organic agriculture
industrialized agriculture
genetically modified agriculture
It has higher yields from existing croplands.
green revolution
rising industrialized productivity
monoculture
