Module 20

Question 1

Malnutrition

Answer 1

Not consuming enough proteins, carbohydrates, vitamins, and minerals to be healthy

Question 2

Kwashiorkor

Answer 2

Symptoms include bloated, distended belly and puffy skin

Question 3

Anemia

Answer 3

Resulting from diet that is poor in iron

Question 4

Marasmus

Answer 4

Symptoms include stunted growth and a thin, emaciated body

Question 5

Goiter

Answer 5

Symptoms are a swollen neck from an enlarged thyroid gland

Question 6

Vitamin A deficiency

Answer 6

Increases susceptibility to blindness

Question 7

Subsistence agriculture

Answer 7

Agriculture that provides for one family’s needs with enough food remaining to sell or trade for additional necessities

Question 8

Industrial culture

Answer 8

Agriculture that applies the techniques of mechanization and standardization

Question 9

Monoculture

Answer 9

A single crop

Question 10

Plantation agriculture

Answer 10

A type of agriculture used in developing countries to grow cash crops

Question 11

Organic agriculture

Answer 11

The production of crops without the use of synthetic pesticides or fertilizers

Question 12

Green revolution

Answer 12

Norman Borlaug

Question 13

Narrow spectrum pesticides

Answer 13

Selected to kill only the target species

Question 14

Broad spectrum pesticides

Answer 14

DDT

Question 15

Integrated pest management

Answer 15

It’s goal is not to completely eradicate pests

Question 16

Genetic engineering

Answer 16

Any process whereby scientist directly manipulate an organism’s genetic material by adding, deleting, or changing segments of its DNA

Question 17

Soil conservation act of 1935

Answer 17

This act helps to stop soil degradation

Question 18

No-till agriculture

Answer 18

Refers to farming without plowing the land

Question 19

Terracing

Answer 19

Involves converting a hilly slope to flat terraces that follow the contours of the slope

Question 20

Windbreakers

Answer 20

Rows of trees planted around a field to slow winds

Question 21

Crop rotation

Answer 21

Involves alternating the type of crop grown in a given field from one season to the next

Question 22

Contour plowing

Answer 22

The practice of plowing across the slope of a hill rather than up and down the slope

Question 23

Feedlots

Answer 23

Where high-density animal farming occurs

Question 24

Aquaculture

Answer 24

The practice of farming aquatic organisms