B6.2.2 - Feeding the World

Question 1

What is sustainable food production?

Answer 1

Producing food in a way that could be continued indefinitely

Question 2

Name an example of a sustainable food production method.

Answer 2

Fish farming

Question 3

Why can fish farming be dangerous?

Answer 3

It can lead to the extinction of species of fish (overfishing)

Question 4

State examples of how overfishing can be prevented?

Answer 4

Bigger holes in fish nets

International organisations creating fishing quotas

Question 5

What is overfishing?

Answer 5

Fishing and killing more fish quicker than their rate of reproduction

Question 6

State an example of sustainable farming methods.

Answer 6

Replacing soil nutrients with manure
Crop rotation
Biological control

Question 7

What is crop rotation?

Answer 7

Planting different crops each year so the soil can regenerate because different crops take different nutrients

Question 8

What is biological control?

Answer 8

Breeding predators to be released onto pests

Question 9

What are hydroponics?

Answer 9

Growing a plant in water containing dissolved minerals