Food and Agriculture Quiz For Student

1. Food is....

Yummy

Gross

2. Which of the following were key innovations of industrial agriculture?

Synthetic Fertilizer

Antibiotics and Vaccines

Pesticides

Irrigation

Hybrid crops, GMO

Food preservation, processing, freezing

Polycultures

Submit

3. The Farm Bill of 1933

Gave incentives to large corporations to mass produce vegetables

Subsidized crops to protect farmers from crises (environmental and market demands)

Set regulations for farmers and corporations to follow for production

4. A criticism of the Farm Bill is that the money goes to many small farms instead of large corporations that could more efficiently and effectively produce healthy foods and meet our market demands

True

False

5. Our most highly produced crop is:

Wheat

Soybeans

Corn

Sugar

6. Soybeans are

Healthy because they have high protein content

Not healthy because they are low in good fats

Not healthy because its high in fat and products have high trans fat

Healthy because they have high protein and products have low trans fat

7. Most federal subsidies go towards the meat, dairy, and grains industries, resulting in high prices for healthy foods such as fruits and vegetables.

True

False

8. The current species of banana in the world are:

Cavendish

Goldfinger

Plaintains

Submit

10. Which of the following are dangers of pesticides?

Pesticide resistance

Lack of effective protection of crops

Harm to wildlife

Bioaccummulation

Biomagnification

No dangers

Submit

11. To reduce the amount of fossil fuels used in food production, we should:

Eat lower on the food chain

Eat fresh foods in their whole state

Eat only high trophic level foods for their high energy content

Buy local food

Submit

13. LD50 is the lethal dose to 50% of test organisms

True

False

Submit

15. Pesticides and herbicides have led to the feminization of many species, such as alligators, frogs, and even humans in some areas of the world.

True

False

Food and Agriculture Quiz For Student

1. Food is....

2.

What first name or nickname would you like us to use?

2. Which of the following were key innovations of industrial agriculture?

3. The Farm Bill of 1933

4. A criticism of the Farm Bill is that the money goes to many small farms instead of large corporations that could more efficiently and effectively produce healthy foods and meet our market demands

5. Our most highly produced crop is:

6. Soybeans are

7. Most federal subsidies go towards the meat, dairy, and grains industries, resulting in high prices for healthy foods such as fruits and vegetables.

8. The current species of banana in the world are:

9. Approximately ________% of fertilizer applied is not used in the crop because:

10. Which of the following are dangers of pesticides?

11. To reduce the amount of fossil fuels used in food production, we should:

12. ______% of freshwater use is for agriculture.

13. LD50 is the lethal dose to 50% of test organisms

14. A(n) _______________________ is a chemical that mimics/inteferes with actions of endocrine system

15. Pesticides and herbicides have led to the feminization of many species, such as alligators, frogs, and even humans in some areas of the world.