WorksheetsAlicandro Industrial Food Chain
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 13mins
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Class
Date
1.
Before writing the book, Pollan decided what to eat based on
a)
what was the healthiest choice.
b)
what would give him the most energy.
c)
what tasted good.
d)
the research he had already done.
2.
Potatoes from an industrial farm
a)
have to be stored in a shed until the chemicals wear off.
b)
are safe to eat right off the plant.
c)
receive only natural fertilizer to grow.
d)
are washed and sold immediately.
3.
A feedlot is
a)
where cows are slaughtered.
b)
where cows belly up to a trough to eat.
c)
where corn is grown.
d)
where the calves are weaned from their mother
4.
What is the "omnivore's dilemma"?
a)
Humans don't know where to buy their food.
b)
Humans should be herbivores.
c)
Humans can eat anything but we're not sure what to eat.
d)
Humans should be vegetarians.
5.
How did George Naylor's grandfather get his seed for his crops?
a)
He grew it.
b)
He bought it from another farmer.
c)
He bought it from a seed company.
d)
He bought it from a corn mill.
6.
Why do corn farmers use hybrid seeds now?
a)
It produces a lot of corn.
b)
It resists disease.
c)
It can be used the following season.
d)
Both A and B
e)
All of the above.
7.
Why don't farmers use the seed from hybrid corn to plant the following season?
a)
It's too expensive.
b)
It doesn't taste as good.
c)
It won't grow as well as the original hybrid seed.
d)
They sell it to the corn mill.
8.
How is GMO corn seed created?
a)
by the natural process of photosynthesis
b)
in a laboratory by adding genes to corn DNA
c)
in a laboratory in a hydroponic tank
d)
using nitrogen from bombs
9.
After WWII, the government had a surplus of
a)
aluminum
b)
hydrochloric acid
c)
ammonium nitrate
d)
hydrogen
10.
The government found that ___________ could be used from bombs as an ingredient in fertilizer.
a)
hydrogen
b)
nitrogen
c)
dynamite
d)
oxygen
11.
Nitrogen for fields was no longer made by
a)
the sun's energy
b)
fossil fuels
c)
water
d)
the government
12.
What are some negative environmental effects of having extra chemical fertilizer?
a)
It evaporates and becomes acid rain.
b)
It increases global warming.
c)
It seeps into the ground water.
d)
All of the above
13.
Subsidies are
a)
land that is separated for different crops.
b)
government checks.
c)
programs to increase environmental awareness.
d)
land given to farmers to help them grow corn
14.
When corn prices fall
a)
farmers have to sell out.
b)
farmers have to find a way to grow more corn.
c)
farmers need to stop growing corn.
d)
farmers made more money
15.
Lower corn prices drive farmers out of business.
a)
true
b)
false
16.
What caused the "stench" Michael Pollan was smelling as he drove to Poky Feeders?
a)
the tremendous amount of manure the cattle were standing in
b)
the sewer
c)
the manure lagoon
d)
the cattle feed
17.
How long does it take a cow to get from birth to slaughter now?
a)
4 - 5 years
b)
2 - 3 years
c)
14 - 16 months
d)
6 - 8 months
18.
What is added to the corn to make the feed?
a)
antibiotics
b)
supplements
c)
chicken, pig, and fish meal, chicken feces, tallow (fat) from cows
d)
All of the above
19.
What detail(s) best support(s) the statement that cattle raised on CAFOs is a bad practice?
a)
The waste causes toxic pollution.
b)
The feedlots are breeding grounds for deadly bacteria.
c)
Because cows are forced to eat corn, they are unhealthy therefore we are unhealthy.
d)
All of the above
20.
The vet at Poky Feeders said if cows were free to roam the pasture and eat grass, he'd be out of a job.
a)
true
b)
false
21.
Almost all the cattle at Poky Feeders are sick.
a)
true
b)
false
22.
What causes bloat in cows?
a)
Cows can't burp because of their diet of corn.
b)
Cows are given antibiotics.
c)
Cows don't have enough water.
d)
Cows eating grass causes bloat.
23.
Cows were designed to eat grass because
a)
they have a special acid in their stomach which digests it properly.
b)
they have a 2nd stomach called a rumen where bacteria dine on grass.
c)
they have a large tongue that helps break it down.
d)
they have strong teeth
24.
Cows need grass and but grass doesn't need cows.
a)
true
b)
false
25.
The weaning process on the Blair farm is
a)
easy and natural.
b)
traumatic on the mother but not the calf.
c)
traumatic on both mother and calf.
d)
traumatic on the calf but not the mother
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