Chapter 20 Self Quiz: Feeding the World

  1. Nations that face chronic hunger for a large percentage of their population are designated as in a state of
    1. hypoxia (wrong)
    2. underwater (wrong)
    3. food debt (wrong)
    4. feeding cycle (wrong)
    5. protracted crisis (correct)
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  2. Micronutrients include the following EXCEPT:
    1. vitamin A (wrong)
    2. iron (wrong)
    3. iodine (wrong)
    4. zinc (wrong)
    5. lead (correct)
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  3. GM plants have been made resistant to insect pests by:
    1. causing them to tolerate herbicides (wrong)
    2. breeding them with non-resistant varieties (wrong)
    3. genetic engineering with bacteria that produce Bt (correct)
    4. producing a hormone that inhibits insect growth (wrong)
    5. producing antibiotics (wrong)
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  4. Superweeds may be a consequence of which kind of GM plants?
    1. pest-resistant (wrong)
    2. pest-tolerant (wrong)
    3. herbicide-tolerant (correct)
    4. drought-tolerant (wrong)
    5. virus-resistant (wrong)
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