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M2U1-2 Vocabulary Quiz: Omnivores' Dilemma

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 6hrs 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which term best describes someone who eats plants and animals and herbs.

a)

greedivore

b)

omnivore

c)

herbivore

d)

vegetarian

2.

Jim wants to make a grilled cheese sandwich, but there is no bread left in the pantry. Sounds like Jim has a _________.

a)

cheese issues

b)

house full of greedy kids

c)

problem

d)

dilemma

3.

What is this an example of an (a)   .

4.

The chain from a food source to the ultimate consumer.

a)

food chain

b)

grocery chain

c)

two chains

d)

farm chain

5.

When you look at the way a paragraph is put together, the organization of sentences and the relationship between those sentences you are seeing paragraph__________________

a)

concept

b)

building

c)

development

d)

structure

6.

What type of map is this ?

(a)  

7.

Which definition does NOT pertain to the word " organic"

a)

a substance, as a fertilizer or pesticide, of animal or vegetable origin

b)

characteristic of, pertaining to, or derived from living organisms:

c)

one who eats only a vegetarian diet

d)

comprised only those existing in or derived from plants or animals

8.

Which one is NOT a processed food.

a)

Big Mac from McDonalds

b)

Frozen Yogurt from McAlisters

c)

Garden Salad from Wendy's

d)

Nacho Bell Grande from Taco Bell

9.

Which definition is the best definition as it relates to English Language Arts and Module 2 for the word "structure"

a)

the relationship or organization of the component parts of a work of art or literature:

b)

something built or constructed, as a building, bridge, or dam.

c)

mode of building, construction, or organization; arrangement of parts, elements, or constituents:

d)

the relationship between what is hit and what did the hitting.

10.

Identify the paragraph structure.

"In the past, people knew about food because they grew it or hunted it themselves. They learned about food from their parents and grandparents. They cooked and ate the same foods people in their part of the world had always eaten. Modern Americans don't have strong food traditions. Instead we have dozens of different "experts" who give us lots of different advice about to eat and what not to eat."

a)

Descriptive paragraph

b)

Expository/Explanatory paragraph

c)

Compare and contrast paragraph

d)

Narrative paragraph

11.

Identify the paragraph structure.

" Take a look around one. What do you see? There's a large, air-conditioned room. There are long aisles and shelves piled high with boxes and cans. There are paper goods and diapers, and magazines. But that's not all. Look again. Somewhere, behind the brightly colored packaging, underneath the labels covered with information, there is a mountain of corn."

a)

Descriptive paragraph

b)

Compare and contrast paragraph

c)

Expository/Explanatory paragraph

d)

Narrative paragraph

12.

Identify the paragraph structure.

" Back when George 's grandfather started farming, farmers grew their own seed. That's the way farmers had always gotten their seed--they just kept of their crop to be planted the next season. Then in the 1930's seed companies coma up with a new kind of corn seed--hybrid corn. A hybrid is a plant or animal whose parents have different traits. For example, you might take a type of corn that resists disease and cross it with another type of corn that produces a lot of ears. The result is a hybrid--a disease resistant plant that produces a a lot of corn. Sounds good, right?"

a)

Descriptive paragraph

b)

Compare and contrast paragraph

c)

Expository/Explanatory paragraph

d)

Narrative paragraph

13.

Identify the paragraph structure.

" New hybrids have increased farm yields to about 180 per bushels per acre. One bushel holds 56 pounds of kernels, so 180 bushels is slightly more than 10,000 pounds of food per acre. The field George and I planted that day would produce 1.8 million pounds of corn. Not bad for a day's work sitting down, I thought to myself."

a)

Descriptive paragraph

b)

Compare and contrast paragraph

c)

Expository/Explanatory paragraph

d)

Narrative paragraph

14.

True or False.

Ms. Jones would say that this is a good quiz.

a)

True

b)

Tru Dat

c)

False

d)

Nah

15.

A unit used to measure the distance that a food product travels from where it is produced to where it is sold or consumed.

a)

livestock mile

b)

produces mile

c)

corn mile

d)

food mile

16.

A synonym for the word subsidy is........

a)

a vegetable sandwich

b)

a sum of money

c)

A large aluminum unairconditioned barn

d)

corn planted underneath another crop

17.

Which definition of "yield" is NOT the one pertaining to our module: Food Choices

a)

crops

b)

produce

c)

the production of labor

d)

to give way to

18.

Which one is NOT a widely known for being a GMO food: genetically modified organism food

a)

Canola

b)

Corn

c)

Soybean

d)

Cotton

19.

Which of these is true about high fructose corn syrup.

a)

It is a sweetener made from corn starch

b)

India, Ireland, Sweden, Austria, Uruguay, and Lithuania have banned it.

c)

Production of HFCS in the United States was 8.3 million tons in 2017.

d)

All of the above.

20.

a statement, reason, or fact for or against a point:

a)

delineate

b)

claim

c)

argument

d)

reasoning

21.

an assertion of something as a fact:

a)

delineate

b)

claim

c)

argument

d)

reasoning

22.

to portray in words; describe or outline with precision:

a)

delineate

b)

claim

c)

argument

d)

reasoning

23.

the process of forming conclusions, judgments, or inferences from facts or premises.

a)

delineate

b)

claim

c)

argument

d)

reasoning

24.

a)

this picture represents bias

b)

this picture represents search terms

c)

this picture represents credibility

d)

this picture represents all three

25.

____________________can be established after the _________________ has manifested the desired results.

a)

search terms; search terms

b)

search terms; credibility

c)

credibility; search terms

d)

credibility; credibility