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NFHS Environmental Science Global Nutrition and Food Study Guide/30 Q and A
NFHS Environmental Science Global Nutrition and Food Study Guide/30 Q and A
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NFHS Environmental Science Global Nutritionand Food Study Guide/30 Q and A
Rural - -Areas that humans depend on for food
-Proteins, carbohydrates, lipids, and vitamins - -Major nutrients humans
need in their diet to be healthy
-Malnutrition - -A condition where a human's diet does not have the right
nutrients or not enough nutrients
-Developed countries have more proteins and fats in their diet - -What is
one difference between developed countries and developing countries?
-Cultivating plants is easier and takes fewer resources than raising livestock
- -What can account for the differences in diets in developing countries V.S.
developed countries
-Poverty, inequitable distribution of food, and lack of water - -The main
causes of world hunger
-There is plenty of food produced for everyone to have more than enough,
but it is not distributed equally - -Why do many people in world go hungry?
-You can use less land to raise crops than to raise livestock - -Why do crops
use less energy than raising livestock?
-War, corruption of gov't, and drought - -What prevents food from being
distributed throughout the world?
-Growing plants require less energy, water, and land than animals - -Why
are more diets in the world plant based?
-Mixture of rock, water, gases, micro-organisms, and decomposing organic
matter - -Best description of fertile soil
-Upper layers need to be permeable and lower layers need to be porous - -
The importance of permeability and porosity in healthy soil
-Many organisms circulate oxygen in the soil, while others help decompose
organic matter - -Benefit of organisms living in the soil
-Arable land - -Land that can be used to grow crops
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