SOS 100 FINAL EXAM WITH ALL CORRECT & 100%
VERIFIED ANSWERS|UPDATED TO PASS
In the Engineering Our Food video, which type of agricultural product is NOT featured as a successful example
of genetic engineering? ✔Correct Answer-Soybeans
Per the Forgotten Space Age Technology video, the greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture worldwide are
larger and total than all cars, trucks, planes and trains combined. ✔Correct Answer-True
Cash crops are food and fiber crops grown to feed local families and communities rather than grow to sell for
profit. ✔Correct Answer-False
In the Vertical Farming video, the speaker argues that vertical farming is highly limited in practice because
plants cannot grow at or above the fifth story of a typical building. ✔Correct Answer-False
An agricultural technology of high-yield varieties increased production of staple crops like maize (corn), wheat,
and rice. ✔Correct Answer-True
In the How I Fell in Love with a Fish video, what makes the fish farm that Dan Barber visits so unique?
✔Correct Answer-The owners don't feed the fish proteins, it functions as a water purification plant, and it
measures all its success by the health of its predators
In the Why I'm A Weekday Vegetarian video, the speaker argues that while the amount of meat consumption
has remained steady in the United States over the last 50 years, the amount of energy in resource inputs
needed to produce meat has risen steadily. ✔Correct Answer-False
In the guerilla gardener video, the speaker describes how he ended up in legal trouble with his city government
because he was planting vegetables in private backyards without the consent of property owners. ✔Correct
Answer-False
The Global Food Crisis video displays maps showing that many countries around the world do not produce
enough food to feed their populations, and thus rely on other countries to export food to them to survive.
✔Correct Answer-True
Which of these is NOT considered one of "The Dirty Dozen"? ✔Correct Answer-Cabbage
Mimicking natural ecosystems can make farms more productive and help address some environmental
problems. ✔Correct Answer-True
In the How I Fell in Love with in love with a Fish video, Dan Barber speaks about a fish farm at the beginning of
his talk and makes a main point it is not sustainable because: ✔Correct Answer-The fish were being fed
chicken
In the Forgotten Space Age Technology video, what closed loop cycle envisioned by NASA scientists to support
life during space travel is emphasized as a model for future food production? ✔Correct Answer-Carbon cycle
In the Global Food Crisis video, what is the main sustainability challenge surrounding worldwide food production
in the near future as identified by the speaker? ✔Correct Answer-Increasing demand becomes larger than
agricultural capacity to produce food
, In the Why I'm A Weekday Vegetarian video, Graham Hill suggests cutting meat out 5 days a week to decrease
your meat intake: ✔Correct Answer-70%
In the Guerilla Gardener video, the speaker states that roughly how many Americans currently live in a "food
desert", where access to healthy food is highly restricted due to distance or income? ✔Correct Answer-26
million
Crops that do not die at the end of the growing season, but live for several years, allow them to be harvested
annually without replanting, are called: ✔Correct Answer-Perennial crops
A process in which excess nutrients in aquatic ecosystems feed biological productivity, ultimately lowering the
oxygen content of the water, is called: ✔Correct Answer-Eutrophication
The CAFO feeding system provides consumers with cage-free and free-range animal meat products. ✔Correct
Answer-False
Sustainable agriculture includes farming methods that can be used indefinitely because they do not deplete
resources, such as soil and water, faster than they are replaced. ✔Correct Answer-True
Per the What's Wrong With What We Eat video, after energy production, livestock in the second highest
contributor to atmosphere altering gases - nearly 1/5 of all greenhouse gas is generated by livestock
production, more than transportation. ✔Correct Answer-True
What is one of the primary reasons why vertical farming may be important to meet future food needs
worldwide, as noted at the beginning of the Vertical Farming video? ✔Correct Answer-The world is running
out of land for agriculture
Farming on hilly land in rows that are planted along the slope, following the lay of the land, rather than being
oriented downhill, is called: ✔Correct Answer-Contour farming
In the Vertical Farming video, one conference participant describes an integrated system where vegetables and
animals can be grown together by families, using the waste of the animal as fertilizer. What animal is featured?
✔Correct Answer-Fish
The albedo of a surface effects surface temperature and climate. Albedo is: ✔Correct Answer-Reflectivity
Non-renewable energy sources derived from the remains of dead organisms living millions of years ago are
commonly: ✔Correct Answer-Fossil fuels
Oklahoma experienced 6 earthquakes between 2000 and 2008 and, since fracking, experienced 6,345
earthquakes between 2010 and 2013. ✔Correct Answer-True
Scientists have discovered direct, place-based linkages between childhood asthma rates and localized air
pollution ✔Correct Answer-True
In the True Cost of Oil video, the speaker notes that the impact of tar sands oil production on climate change is
multiplied because of what reason? ✔Correct Answer-Oil production produces more greenhouse gases while
also clearing forests that normally absorb greenhouse gases
In the Dirty Coal - Our Toxic Addiction video, the narrator describes many of the environmental problems
associated with coal-based energy, but does not similarly analyze the tradeoffs and downsides associated with
renewable energy technologies like solar and wind energy. ✔Correct Answer-True
VERIFIED ANSWERS|UPDATED TO PASS
In the Engineering Our Food video, which type of agricultural product is NOT featured as a successful example
of genetic engineering? ✔Correct Answer-Soybeans
Per the Forgotten Space Age Technology video, the greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture worldwide are
larger and total than all cars, trucks, planes and trains combined. ✔Correct Answer-True
Cash crops are food and fiber crops grown to feed local families and communities rather than grow to sell for
profit. ✔Correct Answer-False
In the Vertical Farming video, the speaker argues that vertical farming is highly limited in practice because
plants cannot grow at or above the fifth story of a typical building. ✔Correct Answer-False
An agricultural technology of high-yield varieties increased production of staple crops like maize (corn), wheat,
and rice. ✔Correct Answer-True
In the How I Fell in Love with a Fish video, what makes the fish farm that Dan Barber visits so unique?
✔Correct Answer-The owners don't feed the fish proteins, it functions as a water purification plant, and it
measures all its success by the health of its predators
In the Why I'm A Weekday Vegetarian video, the speaker argues that while the amount of meat consumption
has remained steady in the United States over the last 50 years, the amount of energy in resource inputs
needed to produce meat has risen steadily. ✔Correct Answer-False
In the guerilla gardener video, the speaker describes how he ended up in legal trouble with his city government
because he was planting vegetables in private backyards without the consent of property owners. ✔Correct
Answer-False
The Global Food Crisis video displays maps showing that many countries around the world do not produce
enough food to feed their populations, and thus rely on other countries to export food to them to survive.
✔Correct Answer-True
Which of these is NOT considered one of "The Dirty Dozen"? ✔Correct Answer-Cabbage
Mimicking natural ecosystems can make farms more productive and help address some environmental
problems. ✔Correct Answer-True
In the How I Fell in Love with in love with a Fish video, Dan Barber speaks about a fish farm at the beginning of
his talk and makes a main point it is not sustainable because: ✔Correct Answer-The fish were being fed
chicken
In the Forgotten Space Age Technology video, what closed loop cycle envisioned by NASA scientists to support
life during space travel is emphasized as a model for future food production? ✔Correct Answer-Carbon cycle
In the Global Food Crisis video, what is the main sustainability challenge surrounding worldwide food production
in the near future as identified by the speaker? ✔Correct Answer-Increasing demand becomes larger than
agricultural capacity to produce food
, In the Why I'm A Weekday Vegetarian video, Graham Hill suggests cutting meat out 5 days a week to decrease
your meat intake: ✔Correct Answer-70%
In the Guerilla Gardener video, the speaker states that roughly how many Americans currently live in a "food
desert", where access to healthy food is highly restricted due to distance or income? ✔Correct Answer-26
million
Crops that do not die at the end of the growing season, but live for several years, allow them to be harvested
annually without replanting, are called: ✔Correct Answer-Perennial crops
A process in which excess nutrients in aquatic ecosystems feed biological productivity, ultimately lowering the
oxygen content of the water, is called: ✔Correct Answer-Eutrophication
The CAFO feeding system provides consumers with cage-free and free-range animal meat products. ✔Correct
Answer-False
Sustainable agriculture includes farming methods that can be used indefinitely because they do not deplete
resources, such as soil and water, faster than they are replaced. ✔Correct Answer-True
Per the What's Wrong With What We Eat video, after energy production, livestock in the second highest
contributor to atmosphere altering gases - nearly 1/5 of all greenhouse gas is generated by livestock
production, more than transportation. ✔Correct Answer-True
What is one of the primary reasons why vertical farming may be important to meet future food needs
worldwide, as noted at the beginning of the Vertical Farming video? ✔Correct Answer-The world is running
out of land for agriculture
Farming on hilly land in rows that are planted along the slope, following the lay of the land, rather than being
oriented downhill, is called: ✔Correct Answer-Contour farming
In the Vertical Farming video, one conference participant describes an integrated system where vegetables and
animals can be grown together by families, using the waste of the animal as fertilizer. What animal is featured?
✔Correct Answer-Fish
The albedo of a surface effects surface temperature and climate. Albedo is: ✔Correct Answer-Reflectivity
Non-renewable energy sources derived from the remains of dead organisms living millions of years ago are
commonly: ✔Correct Answer-Fossil fuels
Oklahoma experienced 6 earthquakes between 2000 and 2008 and, since fracking, experienced 6,345
earthquakes between 2010 and 2013. ✔Correct Answer-True
Scientists have discovered direct, place-based linkages between childhood asthma rates and localized air
pollution ✔Correct Answer-True
In the True Cost of Oil video, the speaker notes that the impact of tar sands oil production on climate change is
multiplied because of what reason? ✔Correct Answer-Oil production produces more greenhouse gases while
also clearing forests that normally absorb greenhouse gases
In the Dirty Coal - Our Toxic Addiction video, the narrator describes many of the environmental problems
associated with coal-based energy, but does not similarly analyze the tradeoffs and downsides associated with
renewable energy technologies like solar and wind energy. ✔Correct Answer-True
