Vocab

Question 1

Agribusiness

Answer 1

Using business skills in farming to increase profit.

Question 2

Biofuel

Answer 2

Derived from living things to make ethanol.

Question 3

Carbon Capture and storage

Answer 3

Captures up to 90% of C02 emissions from industrial processes.

Question 4

Carbon credits

Answer 4

A means of trading carbon between countries.

Question 5

Carbon emissions

Answer 5

Release of carbon (usually C02) from fossil fuels

Question 6

Climate change

Answer 6

Long term changes in climate

Question 7

Carbon footprint

Answer 7

A measurement of all greenhouse gases we produce individually through the burning of fossil fuels

Question 8

Commercial Farming

Answer 8

Farming to produce profit rather than to survive

Question 9

Ecological footprint

Answer 9

The amount of land needed by a person to absorb all their waste and not change their lifestyle

Question 10

Energy security

Answer 10

The balance between supply and demand

Question 11

energy mix

Answer 11

The range of energy sources in a country

Question 12

Environmental degradation

Answer 12

Undesirable changes to an environment due to the impact or natural resource removal by man

Question 13

Extensive agriculture

Answer 13

Produce is farmed with relatively little investment per unit of space, So very large spaces have to be used to make a profit.

Question 14

Food Miles

Answer 14

The distance food covers to get to the customers

Question 15

Fossil Fuel

Answer 15

A natural fuel produced by decomposition of organic matter. Oil, Coal, Gas etc

Question 16

Fragile environments

Answer 16

Easily de-stabilised and damaged by natural and human forces

Question 17

Global warming

Answer 17

An increase in average world temperatures due to increased C02 emissions

Question 18

GDP per capita

Answer 18

Gross domestic product- gives an estimate of wealth per person.

Question 19

Human development index

Answer 19

Measured through 3 variables-life expectancy, education level, income

Question 20

Hectare

Answer 20

2.5 acres

Question 21

Industrialisation

Answer 21

Processing raw materials and the manafacturing of goods in factories

Question 22

Infrastructure

Answer 22

Constructed and integrated ways for energy transportation, raw materials, finished and waste products, consumers, producers, labour, and information

Question 23

Intensive agriculture

Answer 23

Produce farmed with large investment per capita- small space but big profit

Question 24

Kyoto protocol

Answer 24

An international agreement to reduce carbon emissions

Question 25

LIC, MIC, HIC

Answer 25

Low, medium, High income country

Question 26

Local food sourcing

Answer 26

Using local food production and distribution

Question 27

Malnutrition

Answer 27

A poorly balanced diet lacking in vitamins

Question 28

Multiplier effect

Answer 28

When an initial job investment leads to a knock on effect in employment

Question 29

NEE

Answer 29

Newly emerging economy

Question 30

Organic produce

Answer 30

Food which is produced in an environmentally friendly way.

Question 31

Resource

Answer 31

A stock or supply of something with value.

Question 32

Resource management

Answer 32

The control and monitoring of resources

Question 33

Subsistence farming

Answer 33

Farming to produce food for the farmer and his/her familt

Question 34

Suatainable

Answer 34

Any process which provides for present needs without compromising the use of it in the future.