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20 True/False questions
1. compost → a mixture of decomposing organic matter, such as manure and rotting plants, that is used as
fertilizer and soil conditioner.
True False
2. agricultural yield → the productivity of farmland
True False
3. Hunter gatherer → Food supply depends on killing animals and collected plant food
True False
4. genetic engineering → Food supply depends on killing animals and collected plant food
True False
5. malnutrition → a disorder or nutrition that results when a person does not consume enough of each of the
nutrients that are needed by the human body.
True False
6. suburban sprawl → a cud-chewing mammal that has a three-or-four-chambered stomach; examples include
sheep, goats, and cattle.
True False
7. proteins → a process in which the materials of Earth's surface are loosened, dissolved, or worn away and
transported from one place to another by a natural agent, such as wind, water, ice, or gravity.
True False
8. erosion → a process in which the materials of Earth's surface are loosened, dissolved, or worn away and
transported from one place to another by a natural agent, such as wind, water, ice, or gravity.
True False
9. Crop yield → the amount of crops produced per unit area.
True False
10. livestock → the type and amount of food a person eats.
True False
11. paleodiet → caveman diet; no processed food, mostly meat, fruits, and veggies.
True False
12. diet → caveman diet; no processed food, mostly meat, fruits, and veggies.
True False
13. famine → the type and amount of food a person eats.
True False
14. domesticated → a poison used to destroy pests, such as insects, rodents, or weeds; examples include
insecticides, rodenticides, and herbicides.
True False
15. overharvesting → domesticated animals that are raised to be used on a farm or ranch or to be sold for profit.
True False
16. ruminant → a cud-chewing mammal that has a three-or-four-chambered stomach; examples include sheep,
goats, and cattle.
True False
17. biological pest control → the use of certain organisms by humans to eliminate or control pests.
True False
18. aquaculture → A form of food production in which fields are in permanent cultivation using plows, animals,
and techniques of soil and water control.
True False
19. Amino acids → Building blocks of protein
True False
20. high fructose corn syrup → Contains nitrogen, carbon, oxygen, and hydrogen; composed of polymers of amino
acids
True False
20 Multiple choice questions
1. the amount of crops produced per unit area.
a. erosion
b. proteins
c. topsoil
d. Crop yield
2. a cud-chewing mammal that has a three-or-four-chambered stomach; examples include sheep, goats, and
cattle.
a. famine
b. diet
c. erosion
d. ruminant
3. Food supply depends on killing animals and collected plant food
a. aquaculture
b. Hunter gatherer
c. proteins
d. agriculture
4. cornstarch is treated with glucose isomerase enzyme and is converted to a syrup that is 42-55% fructose and
rest is glucose. Due to high sweetness, less is used thus costing less
a. Hunter gatherer
b. erosion
c. proteins
d. high fructose corn syrup
5. the raising of aquatic plants and animals for human use or consumption.
a. aquaculture
b. famine
c. agriculture
d. compost
6. the surface layer of the soil, which is usually richer in organic matter than the subsoil is.
a. erosion
b. Crop yield
c. topsoil
d. compost
7. a mixture of decomposing organic matter, such as manure and rotting plants, that is used as fertilizer and soil
conditioner.
a. famine
b. topsoil
c. compost
d. erosion
8. domesticated animals that are raised to be used on a farm or ranch or to be sold for profit.
a. erosion
b. livestock
c. diet
d. pesticide
9. the process by which human activities or climatic changes make arid or semiarid areas more desert like.
a. salinization
b. domesticated
c. desertification
d. malnutrition
10. caveman diet; no processed food, mostly meat, fruits, and veggies.
a. paleodiet
b. diet
c. topsoil
d. proteins
11. the use of certain organisms by humans to eliminate or control pests.
a. biological pest control
b. overharvesting
c. domesticated
d. salinization
12. a technology in which the genome of a living cell is modified for medical or industrial use.
a. Hunter gatherer
b. pesticide
c. genetic engineering
d. overharvesting
13. a disorder or nutrition that results when a person does not consume enough of each of the nutrients that are
needed by the human body.
a. malnutrition
b. paleodiet
c. erosion
d. salinization
14. a process in which the materials of Earth's surface are loosened, dissolved, or worn away and transported from
one place to another by a natural agent, such as wind, water, ice, or gravity.
a. topsoil
b. erosion
c. diet
d. proteins
15. Contains nitrogen, carbon, oxygen, and hydrogen; composed of polymers of amino acids
a. pesticide
b. proteins
c. famine
d. erosion
16. Unrestrained spread of city into non-urban areas; often leads to habitat fragmentation
a. Crop yield
b. topsoil
c. ruminant
d. suburban sprawl
17. catching or removing from a population more organisms than the population can replace.
a. proteins
b. overharvesting
c. erosion
d. livestock
18. widespread malnutrition and starvation in an area due to a shortage of food usually caused by a catastrophic
event.
a. ruminant
b. erosion
c. famine
d. diet
19. A form of food production in which fields are in permanent cultivation using plows, animals, and techniques of
soil and water control.
a. aquaculture
b. agricultural yield
c. livestock
d. agriculture
20. the productivity of farmland
a. Crop yield
b. aquaculture
c. agricultural yield
d. agriculture
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1.agricultural yield: the productivity of farmland
2.agriculture: A form of food production in which fields are in permanent cultivation using plows, animals, and techniques of soil and water control.
3.Amino acids: Building blocks of protein
4.aquaculture: the raising of aquatic plants and animals for human use or consumption.
5.biological pest control: the use of certain organisms by humans to eliminate or control pests.
6.compost: a mixture of decomposing organic matter, such as manure and rotting plants, that is used as fertilizer and soil conditioner.
7.Crop yield: the amount of crops produced per unit area.
8.desertification: the process by which human activities or climatic changes make arid or semiarid areas more desert like.
9.diet: the type and amount of food a person eats.
10.domesticated: describes organisms that have been bred and managed for human use.
11.erosion: a process in which the materials of Earth's surface are loosened, dissolved, or worn away and transported from one place to another by a natural agent, such as wind, water, ice, or gravity.
12.famine: widespread malnutrition and starvation in an area due to a shortage of food usually caused by a catastrophic event.
13.genetic engineering: a technology in which the genome of a living cell is modified for medical or industrial use.
14.high fructose corn syrup: cornstarch is treated with glucose isomerase enzyme and is converted to a syrup that is 42-55% fructose and rest is glucose. Due to high sweetness, less is used thus costing less
15.Hunter gatherer: Food supply depends on killing animals and collected plant food
16.livestock: domesticated animals that are raised to be used on a farm or ranch or to be sold for profit.
17.malnutrition: a disorder or nutrition that results when a person does not consume enough of each of the nutrients that are needed by the human body.
18.overharvesting: catching or removing from a population more organisms than the population can replace.
19.paleodiet: caveman diet; no processed food, mostly meat, fruits, and veggies.
20.pesticide: a poison used to destroy pests, such as insects, rodents, or weeds; examples include insecticides, rodenticides, and herbicides.
21.proteins: Contains nitrogen, carbon, oxygen, and hydrogen; composed of polymers of amino acids
22.ruminant: a cud-chewing mammal that has a three-or-four-chambered stomach; examples include sheep, goats, and cattle.
23.salinization: the accumulation of salts in soil.
24.suburban sprawl: Unrestrained spread of city into non-urban areas; often leads to habitat fragmentation
25.topsoil: the surface layer of the soil, which is usually richer in organic matter than the subsoil is.
20 True/False questions
1. compost → a mixture of decomposing organic matter, such as manure and rotting plants, that is used as
fertilizer and soil conditioner.
True False
2. agricultural yield → the productivity of farmland
True False
3. Hunter gatherer → Food supply depends on killing animals and collected plant food
True False
4. genetic engineering → Food supply depends on killing animals and collected plant food
True False
5. malnutrition → a disorder or nutrition that results when a person does not consume enough of each of the
nutrients that are needed by the human body.
True False
6. suburban sprawl → a cud-chewing mammal that has a three-or-four-chambered stomach; examples include
sheep, goats, and cattle.
True False
7. proteins → a process in which the materials of Earth's surface are loosened, dissolved, or worn away and
transported from one place to another by a natural agent, such as wind, water, ice, or gravity.
True False
8. erosion → a process in which the materials of Earth's surface are loosened, dissolved, or worn away and
transported from one place to another by a natural agent, such as wind, water, ice, or gravity.
True False
9. Crop yield → the amount of crops produced per unit area.
True False
10. livestock → the type and amount of food a person eats.
True False
11. paleodiet → caveman diet; no processed food, mostly meat, fruits, and veggies.
True False
12. diet → caveman diet; no processed food, mostly meat, fruits, and veggies.
True False
13. famine → the type and amount of food a person eats.
True False
14. domesticated → a poison used to destroy pests, such as insects, rodents, or weeds; examples include
insecticides, rodenticides, and herbicides.
True False
15. overharvesting → domesticated animals that are raised to be used on a farm or ranch or to be sold for profit.
True False
16. ruminant → a cud-chewing mammal that has a three-or-four-chambered stomach; examples include sheep,
goats, and cattle.
True False
17. biological pest control → the use of certain organisms by humans to eliminate or control pests.
True False
18. aquaculture → A form of food production in which fields are in permanent cultivation using plows, animals,
and techniques of soil and water control.
True False
19. Amino acids → Building blocks of protein
True False
20. high fructose corn syrup → Contains nitrogen, carbon, oxygen, and hydrogen; composed of polymers of amino
acids
True False
20 Multiple choice questions
1. the amount of crops produced per unit area.
a. erosion
b. proteins
c. topsoil
d. Crop yield
2. a cud-chewing mammal that has a three-or-four-chambered stomach; examples include sheep, goats, and
cattle.
a. famine
b. diet
c. erosion
d. ruminant
3. Food supply depends on killing animals and collected plant food
a. aquaculture
b. Hunter gatherer
c. proteins
d. agriculture
4. cornstarch is treated with glucose isomerase enzyme and is converted to a syrup that is 42-55% fructose and
rest is glucose. Due to high sweetness, less is used thus costing less
a. Hunter gatherer
b. erosion
c. proteins
d. high fructose corn syrup
5. the raising of aquatic plants and animals for human use or consumption.
a. aquaculture
b. famine
c. agriculture
d. compost
6. the surface layer of the soil, which is usually richer in organic matter than the subsoil is.
a. erosion
b. Crop yield
c. topsoil
d. compost
7. a mixture of decomposing organic matter, such as manure and rotting plants, that is used as fertilizer and soil
conditioner.
a. famine
b. topsoil
c. compost
d. erosion
8. domesticated animals that are raised to be used on a farm or ranch or to be sold for profit.
a. erosion
b. livestock
c. diet
d. pesticide
9. the process by which human activities or climatic changes make arid or semiarid areas more desert like.
a. salinization
b. domesticated
c. desertification
d. malnutrition
10. caveman diet; no processed food, mostly meat, fruits, and veggies.
a. paleodiet
b. diet
c. topsoil
d. proteins
11. the use of certain organisms by humans to eliminate or control pests.
a. biological pest control
b. overharvesting
c. domesticated
d. salinization
12. a technology in which the genome of a living cell is modified for medical or industrial use.
a. Hunter gatherer
b. pesticide
c. genetic engineering
d. overharvesting
13. a disorder or nutrition that results when a person does not consume enough of each of the nutrients that are
needed by the human body.
a. malnutrition
b. paleodiet
c. erosion
d. salinization
14. a process in which the materials of Earth's surface are loosened, dissolved, or worn away and transported from
one place to another by a natural agent, such as wind, water, ice, or gravity.
a. topsoil
b. erosion
c. diet
d. proteins
15. Contains nitrogen, carbon, oxygen, and hydrogen; composed of polymers of amino acids
a. pesticide
b. proteins
c. famine
d. erosion
16. Unrestrained spread of city into non-urban areas; often leads to habitat fragmentation
a. Crop yield
b. topsoil
c. ruminant
d. suburban sprawl
17. catching or removing from a population more organisms than the population can replace.
a. proteins
b. overharvesting
c. erosion
d. livestock
18. widespread malnutrition and starvation in an area due to a shortage of food usually caused by a catastrophic
event.
a. ruminant
b. erosion
c. famine
d. diet
19. A form of food production in which fields are in permanent cultivation using plows, animals, and techniques of
soil and water control.
a. aquaculture
b. agricultural yield
c. livestock
d. agriculture
20. the productivity of farmland
a. Crop yield
b. aquaculture
c. agricultural yield
d. agriculture
Sylvester Chapter 15June2015
Study online at quizlet.com/_1deqfp
1.agricultural yield: the productivity of farmland
2.agriculture: A form of food production in which fields are in permanent cultivation using plows, animals, and techniques of soil and water control.
3.Amino acids: Building blocks of protein
4.aquaculture: the raising of aquatic plants and animals for human use or consumption.
5.biological pest control: the use of certain organisms by humans to eliminate or control pests.
6.compost: a mixture of decomposing organic matter, such as manure and rotting plants, that is used as fertilizer and soil conditioner.
7.Crop yield: the amount of crops produced per unit area.
8.desertification: the process by which human activities or climatic changes make arid or semiarid areas more desert like.
9.diet: the type and amount of food a person eats.
10.domesticated: describes organisms that have been bred and managed for human use.
11.erosion: a process in which the materials of Earth's surface are loosened, dissolved, or worn away and transported from one place to another by a natural agent, such as wind, water, ice, or gravity.
12.famine: widespread malnutrition and starvation in an area due to a shortage of food usually caused by a catastrophic event.
13.genetic engineering: a technology in which the genome of a living cell is modified for medical or industrial use.
14.high fructose corn syrup: cornstarch is treated with glucose isomerase enzyme and is converted to a syrup that is 42-55% fructose and rest is glucose. Due to high sweetness, less is used thus costing less
15.Hunter gatherer: Food supply depends on killing animals and collected plant food
16.livestock: domesticated animals that are raised to be used on a farm or ranch or to be sold for profit.
17.malnutrition: a disorder or nutrition that results when a person does not consume enough of each of the nutrients that are needed by the human body.
18.overharvesting: catching or removing from a population more organisms than the population can replace.
19.paleodiet: caveman diet; no processed food, mostly meat, fruits, and veggies.
20.pesticide: a poison used to destroy pests, such as insects, rodents, or weeds; examples include insecticides, rodenticides, and herbicides.
21.proteins: Contains nitrogen, carbon, oxygen, and hydrogen; composed of polymers of amino acids
22.ruminant: a cud-chewing mammal that has a three-or-four-chambered stomach; examples include sheep, goats, and cattle.
23.salinization: the accumulation of salts in soil.
24.suburban sprawl: Unrestrained spread of city into non-urban areas; often leads to habitat fragmentation
25.topsoil: the surface layer of the soil, which is usually richer in organic matter than the subsoil is.
