Chapter 20 Concept Checks

Question 1

Which term defines limited or uncertain access to foods of sufficient quality or quantity to sustain a healthy and active life?
a. Food insecurity
b. Food insufficiency
c. Food poverty
d. Hunger

Answer 1

a. Food insecurity

Question 2

What is the preferred method of preventing or diverting wasted food?
a. Incineration
b. Feed animals
c. Industrial uses
d. Composting

Answer 2

b. Feed animals

Question 3

Where do most of the world’s undernourished people live?
a. The Middle East
b. Eastern Europe
c. Oceania
d. Sub-Saharan Africa

Answer 3

d. Sub-Saharan Africa

Question 4

Deficiency of which nutrient results in stillbirths and irreversible mental impairment (cretinism)?
a. Copper
b. Iodine
c. Zinc
d. Selenium

Answer 4

b. Iodine

Question 5

Deficiency of which vitamin results in blindness, growth restriction, and poor resistance to common childhood infections such as measles?
a. Vitamin A
b. Vitamin C
c. Vitamin D
d. Vitamin E

Answer 5

a. Vitamin A

Question 6

Which region has the largest ecological footprint?
a. The Middle East and Central Asia
b. Africa
c. Western Europe
d. Asia/Pacific

Answer 6

c. Western Europe