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Questions
1. What percentage of the world's working population is engaged in doing agriculture (on average)?
a 2
b 20
c 40
d 60
e 80
2. In terms of food insecurity, which of the following statements is INCORRECT?
a Black and Hispanic Americans are particularly disproportionately affected by food insecurity
b White Americans experience food insecurity at a rate below the national average
c College graduates experienced food insecurity at a rate of just 5% in 2020
d For those without a high school degree, the rate of food insecurity was 27% in 2020
e Food insecurity impacts all demographic groups equally and proportionately in AmericaFood insecurity impacts all demographic groups equally and proportionately in America
3. The shift to agriculture occurred how many years ago?
a 50-100
b 100-50
c 500-1000
d 10,000,12000
e 100,000-200,000
4. Fertilizers and pesticides contribute to energy consumption because they are conventionally made from:
a all answers are correct
b Nuclear energy
c food waste
d fossil fuels
e solar energy
5. Between 1961 and 2016 world population has more than doubled, and global cropland area per capita (per person) has:
a decreased
b Increased with the discovery of new lands
c Increased continuously because of adoption of new technology
d Remained the same over that time
e none
6. Which of the following is NOT a part of Takao Furuno's farming system?
a Yields of 20 percent more rice than conventional systems
b Farmers saving money because they do not need pesticides or fertilizers
c Manure from oxen used to plough the fields being integrated as fertilizer
d Fish in the paddies providing an alternative source of income
e insects and weeds eaten by ducks
7. Which of the following best defines food insecurity?
a too much red meat
b vegan diet
c not growing your food
d A lack of consistent access to enough food for an active, healthy life
e switch up what you eat in a day
8. Which of the following grains is produced more than any other grain in the world?
a wheat
b corn
c rice
d oats
e barley
9. All food-related emissions, including livestock, farming, deforestation, and food waste, are responsible for roughly what percentage of greenhouse gases annually?
a 2
b 12
c 20
d 50
e 80
10. What is the average age of an American farmer?
a. 25
b 37
c 46
d 58
e 70
11. Which of the following are involved in the process of transhumance:
a grain, root and livestock farmers
b pastroal normads
c dairy farmers
d plantation agriculturalists
e shifting culvators
12. What is an acequias in New Mexico?
a name for farmers
b It is the name given to the melted snowpack water that is used to feed crops
c It is the name given to the person selected to manage the day-to-day operations of the farmer's cooperative
d It is a name of the ditch and system for sharing water
e It is a beekeeping cooperative trying to maintain pollinator populations in that region of the U.S.
13. What type of agriculture is considered extremely inefficient due to being energy intensive?
a Shifting cultivation (slash and burn agriculture)
b grain wheat farming
c plantion
d Intensive subsistence paddy rice farming
e Farming livestock raised on grain
14. What is Kernza?
a A perennial wheatgrass
b A highly productive corn variety
c An organic variety of barley
d drought tolerant soy variety
e none
15. Which of the following best indicate the environmental costs of large-scale agriculture?
a Reduced biodiversity
b diverted or polluted water
c greenhouse gas
d All of the other responses are environmental costs of large-scale agriculture
e soil erosion