AESC 2050 EXAM QUESTIONS AND REVISED ANSWERS (ALREADY GRADED A)
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AESC 2050 EXAM QUESTIONS AND REVISED ANSWERS (ALREADY GRADED A)
What Negative affects do food subsidies have on world agriculture?
-encourages _______ and export of food
-poor countries and ______ cannot compete
-less money spent on innovation and _______
-benefits middle man more than farme...
AESC 2050 EXAM QUESTIONS AND
REVISED ANSWERS (ALREADY
GRADED A)
What Negative affects do food subsidies have on world agriculture?
-encourages _______ and export of food
-poor countries and ______ cannot compete
-less money spent on innovation and _______
-benefits middle man more than farmer and ________ - Answer- -overproduction
-farmers
-research
-consumer
Positive affects of food subsidies on world agriculture:
-food ______ - farmers
-protects the ________
-need to feed a ________ world population
-supports other business - Answer- -stability
-environment
-growing
2014 Farm Bill:
-sets spending outline of _______ over 10 years
-The possible end to direct payment farm subsidies???
-SNAP cuts - Answer- -$956 billion
2014 Farm Bill:
-saves tax payers ______ (2%)
-cut $15 billion from agricultural and conservation programs (___%)
-cut $8 billion from ______ - Answer- -$23 billion
-7%
-SNAP
Walmart is one of the biggest beneficiaries of ____ _____ - Answer- food stamps
U.S. government borrows about ______ per day - Answer- ~$1.7 billion
What book, written by Paul Ehrlich in 1968, foretold billions of deaths from starvation
and the collapse of civilization? - Answer- The Population Bomb
Green Revolution (1940-1960s):
, -development and spread of _____, plant varieties, and agricultural practices
-often contributed to ____ ______, and American scientist (Mexico-disease resistant
high yield wheat, Nobel Peace Prize) - Answer- -technology
-Norman Borlaug
Green Revolution:
-focus on high _____, high ______ varieties that responded to fertilizers
-increase use of _____
-population boom
-success of the scientific advances resulted in increased emphasis and resources in
combining ________ with cutting-edge ____ to feed the world - Answer- -yield; nutrient
-irrigation
-agriculture; science
Antibiotics - Answer- a medicing that inhibits the growth of or destroys microorganisms
Hormone - Answer- -a regulatory substance produced in an organism and transported
in tissue fluids such as blood or sap to stimulate specific cells or tissues into action OR
-a synthetic substance with a similar effect
Antibiotics in chicken feed:
-Sub-therapeutic doses
*increase ___ ___ and food efficiency (lower prices)
-prevent or reduce incidence of ______
-antibiotics in the meat? (T/F)
-Antibiotic resistant _______ - Answer- -growth rate
-disease
-False
-bacteria
Antibiotic Resistance:
-natural ______ mechanism
-resistant genes already present without ABs
-ABs selected for resistant bacteria - Answer- -defense
rBST - Bovine Somatotropin:
-____ ______ produced naturally by the cow to stimulate milk production
-approved by FDA to increase ____ production in dairy cows
-produced in _____ and injected into cows
-no biological activity in humans
-Walmart only sells milk from non-BST treated cows - Answer- -protein hormone
-milk
-bacteria
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