HEALTH AND SOCIETY MIDTERM EXAM QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS GRADED A+ 100% GUARANTEED SUCCESS.
____ exists when all people, at all times, have physical and economic
access to sufficient, safe, and nutritious food that meets their dietary
needs and food preferences for an active and healthy life ANS >>>
Food Security
____ is the right of people to healthy and culturally appropriate food
produced through ecologically sound and sustainable methods, and
their right to define their own food and agriculture systems. ANS >>>
Food Sovereignty
On Candeleria, locals have devised a unique technique for growing
grapevines in a water limited environment. They: ANS >>> Dig conical
terraces to plant the vines below the normal ground level
Between 1964 and 2014, in Kamma community of Italy, plant-based
traditions related to hunting and fishing largely disappeared from local
practice ANS >>> True
,Between 1964 and 2014, in Kamma community of Italy, traditions
related to edible fungi have largely disappeared from local practice ANS
>>> False
___ are gathered from the wild across the island of Candeleria, Italy.
Their flower buds are fermented in a brine solution to create the final
food product, which is sold on the global market as a food condiment
ANS >>> Capers
Which of the following is a problem presented by wild food collecting:
ANS >>> ALL OF THE ABOVE:
Seasonal
Danger of poisoning
Difficult to Gather
Atlanta is situated in the Georgia plant Hardiness zone of 7/8. Which of
the following fruits would NOT be found growing in the Atlanta
landscape? ANS >>> Orange
Which of the following fruit trees requires the most care in the Georgia
growing zones due to its tendency to be susceptible to different
diseases? ANS >>> Peach
,Out of all of the fruit crops in Georgia, _____ is grown and exported the
most. ANS >>> Blueberry
In the US, chicken is marketed as "antibiotic free'" has never been
exposed to antibiotics. ANS >>> False
Chickens have been bred to have the following features of interest to
industrial agriculture: ANS >>> Enlarged Breasts
Rapid Growth to Adult Bird
In 2016, in the USA, more than 30 million pounds of antibiotics were
sold for use in animals ANS >>> True
In the 1950s-60s, a popular method of preparing chicken for sale was to
"acronine" the meat. This process involved: ANS >>> Coating the raw
meat in Antibiotics
Thomas Jukes, when working at Lederle Pharmaceuticals, discovered
that feeding chicks the fermentation residue of ______ caused them to
rapidly gain weight. ANS >>> Aureomycin
Inclusion of antibiotics as growth promoters for chickens, pigs, and
cattle: ANS >>> Disrupts the gut microbiome of the animals
Helps animals gain weight faster
, Contributes to rise of antibiotic resistance
Consumption of undercooked ground beef tainted with pathogenic E.
coli can result in death in youth children ANS >>> True
People can become resistant to antibiotics ANS >>> False
Ciprofloxacin is an antibiotic which kills multiple species of bacteria by
inhibiting DNA replication. In other words, it is a ______ spectrum agent
with ______ activity. ANS >>> Broad
Bactericidal
Which of the following can be thought of as a "cultural keystone
species" for the Northwest Coast of North America? ANS >>> ALL OF
THESE:
Saskatoons/Service Berries
Western red cedar
Raspberries
Rat root
Studies on contamination of the food chain in the Fort McCay project
include: ANS >>> ALL OF THESE:
Nutritional testing