AESC Exam 2 Questions with Correct Answers (Already Graded A+)
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AESC Exam 2 Questions with Correct Answers (Already Graded A+)
What is unique about the diet of the Inuit people of Greenland? - Answer- it's dominated by meat
Approximately what percentage (%) of the land in the continental U.S. is devoted to farmland? - Answer- 20
In the U.S. today, it tak...
AESC Exam 2 Questions with Correct
Answers (Already Graded A+)
What is unique about the diet of the Inuit people of Greenland? - Answer- it's dominated
by meat
Approximately what percentage (%) of the land in the continental U.S. is devoted to
farmland? - Answer- 20
In the U.S. today, it takes approximately _________ acre(s) to feed one person. -
Answer- 1
Globally from 1998-2011, farmland acreage INCREASED in ________________. -
Answer- Africa and South America
During the "Diversion" lecture, Lauren showed a New York Times article that said the
U.S. is losing ______ acres of farmland per minute. - Answer- 2
The majority of farmland lost in the U.S. in the last 50 years is in which region of the
U.S.? - Answer- East Coast (Maine through Florida)
One of the primary advantages fossil fuels have over biofuels is: - Answer- they are
already in a more usable form
The "Food vs Fuel" debated in the U.S. is focused the use of ____________ to make
____________. - Answer- Corn / Ethanol
The U.S. Energy Policy Acts of 2005 and 2007 weighed in significantly in the "Food vs
Fuel" debated by: - Answer- Requiring the use of specific amount of renewable fuel by
specific time frames
During the "Diversion" lecture, we watched a video at the end that showed the impact of
U.S. corn prices on ___________. - Answer- Mexico
We watched a VIDEO at the start of the "Food Fads" lecture about an isolated group of
people in Afghanistan who live a _______________ lifestyle. - Answer- Pastoral (based
on domesticated animals)
Food "Fads" rely on which persuasive advertising technique? - Answer- Bandwagon
, In the early 1900s, Dr. ___________ touted the evils of a meat (ie., protein/fat) based
diet being consumed by most Americans and wanted to replace it with a carbohydrate-
based diet. - Answer- Kellogg
In the early 2000s, Dr. ___________ touted the evils of a carbohydrate-based diet being
consumed by most Americans and wanted to replace it with a protein/fat based diet. -
Answer- Atkins
We watched an Anti-Humane Society of the U.S. video focused on Lawyers that used
which persuasive advertising technique? - Answer- Humor
1920s food fad: - Answer- Jello-O
1930s food fad: - Answer- Casseroles
1940s food fad: - Answer- SPAM and Canned Soup
1950s food fad: - Answer- TV Dinners
1960s food fad: - Answer- Fondue
A movie, television or radio program that provides a factual record or report is known as
a ______________. - Answer- Documentary
(T/F) "Food, Inc." uses negative imagery to put commercial agriculture in a "bad light". -
Answer- True
"Food, Inc." blames ______________ with creating the negative impacts of the fast food
culture in the United States. - Answer- McDonald's
"Food, Inc." advocates that ______________ colludes to purposely keep information
about food from consumers. - Answer- big Agriculture and Food Companies
(T/F) We are more removed today from the production of our food than ever before. -
Answer- True
"Food, Inc." touts that the meat aisle in modern grocery stores contains NO
_____________. - Answer- Bones
"Food, Inc." features Polyface Farms, whose owner condemns modern agriculture, but
still uses:
A. a tractor
B. a mechanical hay baler
C. a 4-wheeler
D. fossil fuels
E. all of the above - Answer- E. all of the above
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