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5 Written Questions

1. not very hot, and not very cold
2. Food and Agricultural Organization
3. term used to describe the transformation of agriculture in many developing nations that led to significant increases in agricultural production between the 1940s and 1960s
4. a unit of the energy supplied by food
5. a type of concentrated animal feeding operation

5 Matching Questions

1. Thomas Malthus
2. protein
3. legume
4. pulses
5. food reserves

1. a a substance that is a necessary part of the cells of animals and plants
2. b help prevent shortages after poor farming years
3. c English economist: Said that population tends to increase more rapidly than food supplies
4. d a plant which bears pods containing a number of seeds
5. e the seeds of a group of plants, such as peas, beans, and lentils, used as food

5 Multiple Choice Questions

1. a nourishing substance
   1. pulses
   2. protein
   3. nutrients
   4. calorie
2. lack of food in a place; time of starving
   1. legume
   2. forage
   3. famine
   4. calorie
3. United Nations
   1. FAO
   2. pulses
   3. UN
   4. famine
4. for each person
   1. protein
   2. per capita
   3. famine
   4. feed lot
5. farm animals; domestic animals raised for their working ability or for their value as a source of food and other products
   1. pulses
   2. livestock
   3. feed lot
   4. legume

5 True/False Question

1. cereal grains → a unit of the energy supplied by food
   

   True        False

2. aquaculture → the raising of plants or animals, such as fish or shellfish, in or at the bottom of the sea, a lake, a river, or other body of water
   

   True        False

3. malnourished → a unit of the energy supplied by food
   

   True        False

4. fertilizer → to hunt or search for food
   

   True        False

5. soybean → used in making flour and oil and as a food
   

   True        False