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Plant Importance & World Hunger - 1-17-2020
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What is the definition of agriculture?
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List as many products as possible that plants provide human use.
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What do plants provide for all terrestrial animals for energy?
oxygen
carbon dioxide
food
water
How do plants maintain the atmosphere?
Plants produce carbon dioxide and absorb oxygen during photosynthesis.
Plants absorb carbon dioxide and produce oxygen during photosynthesis.
Plants absorb oxygen to reduce the effects of global warming.
Plants absorb large amounts of water and release it to cool the atmosphere.
How do plants supply food to nearly all organisms?
A. We eat plants directly.
B. We eat organisms that eat plants.
C. We organisms that eat each other.
D. Both A & B.
What important process is oxygen necessary for for all aerobic organisms?
photosynthesis
respiration
transipiration
evaporation
During which process do plants move enormous amounts of water from the soil to the atmosphere?
photosynthesis
respiration
transipiration
evaporation
How do plants help maintain the ozone layer?
They remove oxygen from the atmosphere that helps decrease global warming.
They remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere that increases the greenhouse effect.
They remove oxygen from the atmosphere that helps protect Earth from damaging UV radiation.
They remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere that helps reduce global warming.
Other than food, how are plants beneficial for many organisms?
fibers
medicines
a habitat
firewood
A feeling of discomfort or weakness caused by lack of food is known as
starvation
malnutrition
hunger
poverty
Suffering or death caused by a lack of food is known as
starvation
malnutrition
hunger
poverty
Having little to no money is known as
starvation
malnutrition
hunger
poverty
The lack of proper nutrition, caused by not having enough to eat, not eating enough of the right things is known as
starvation
malnutrition
hunger
poverty
The United Nations estimates that the world wastes
pounds of food each year.
795 million
2.9 trillion
800 billion
165 billion
Approximately how many people world wide are suffering from hunger?
800 million
2.9 trillion
800 billion
165 billion
What is the main cause of hunger in the world?
There's not enough food to feed people
Conflicts around the world
Wars between contries
Poverty
How much food is estimated to be wasted in the U.S.?
30%
40%
50%
60%
Up to what percent of fruits and vegetables never make it from the farm?
20%
25%
30%
40%
How much fresh water is used to produce the food that is thrown away?
20%
25%
30%
40%
How much money is spent to produce the food that is thrown away?
$2.9 trillion
$65 million
$800 million
$165 billion