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Feeding A Hungry World
Quiz
1
1. The Green Revolution refers to the use of green manure as a source of fertilizer in developing nations in response to the Clean Water Act.
A)
True
B)
False
2
2. Recently produced high-yielding varieties of wheat have stiffer stems that allow them to withstand heavy doses of fertilizer.
A)
True
B)
False
3
3. The Green Revolution began in the _________.
A)
a. 1860s
B)
b. 1940s
C)
c. 1970s
D)
d. 1990s
4
4. One of the earliest results of the Green Revolution was the establishment of research stations in Central America.
A)
True
B)
False
5
5. Aquifers in the Midwest are currently in trouble because
A)
a. they are being depleted faster than they are being replaced.
B)
b. they are becoming contaminated with PCBs.
C)
c. the water is shifting location due to geologic movement.
D)
d. all of the above.
6
6. In above-crop irrigation systems, approximately ________ % of the water is lost to the atmosphere.
A)
a. 75
B)
b. 10
C)
c. 90
D)
d. 35
7
7. The loss of over 20,000 native varieties of rice in India is an example of
A)
a. lodging.
B)
b. genetic erosion.
C)
c. germplasm.
D)
d. somaclonal variants.
8
8. Quinoa is a possible new food crop that produces a large, juicy fruit that is high in starch.
A)
True
B)
False
9
9. Which part of the amaranth plant is being investigated as a possible source of food?
A)
a. the underground modified stem
B)
b. the grainlike seed
C)
c. the tuberous root
D)
d. the juicy fruit
10
10. Naranjillas are tiny orange berries with vivid green flesh from a South American plant in the tomato family.
A)
True
B)
False
11
11. Which fruit was hoped to be used as a food for slaves and led to mutiny on the HMS
Bounty
?
A)
a. plantain
B)
b. tamarillo
C)
c. breadfruit
D)
d. quinoa
12
12. Cell protoplast, pollen, and small pieces of plant tissue are all used to develop new whole plants from single cells.
A)
True
B)
False
13
13. Transgenic plants
A)
a. are plants that are native to one country but grown in another country.
B)
b. contain foreign genes in their cells.
C)
c. are used to produce human antibodies.
D)
d. all of the above.
E)
e. only b and c are correct.
14
14. Genetically engineered herbicide-resistant crops allow farmers to use a single broad-spectrum herbicide throughout the growing season.
A)
True
B)
False
15
15. The controversy regarding the use of Bt corn is that it
A)
a. is potentially harmful to monarch butterflies.
B)
b. is a potential allergen to humans.
C)
c. can contaminate groundwater.
D)
d. all of the above.
E)
e. only a and b are correct.
16
16. Developing salt-tolerant crops using
Arabidopsis
genes is important and necessary because 25% of irrigated U.S. farmlands have saline soils.
A)
True
B)
False
17
17. Molecular farming is the growing and harvesting of genetically engineered crops that produce _______.
A)
a. biofuel
B)
b. synthetic fibers
C)
c. pharmaceuticals
D)
d. all of the above
18
18. The term “Frankenfoods” refers to genetically modified foods that contain the gene for resistance to Frankonia disease.
A)
True
B)
False
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