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- 1. Multiple Choice
What does Pollan imply when he writes, "vote with your fork"?
decide which companies will be successful by trying many types of food.
Injure the politicians with silverware.
Use a symbol to protest food and send a message
Teens can't vote, so use your fork or smart food choices to influence companies and lawmakers.
- 2. Multiple Choice
What is the omnivore's dilemma?
We don't know what we're eating
We don't know what we should eat
Food is sometimes hard to come by
We eat when we're not hungry
- 3. Multiple Choice
Which of the following items in a supermarket likely contain corn?
Diapers
Soda
Beef
All of these
- 4. Multiple Choice
Define "processed food"
able to be maintained at a certain rate or level.
the businesses collectively associated with the production, processing, and distribution of agricultural products.
food which has gone through a series of mechanical or chemical operations performed to change or preserve it
(of food or farming methods) produced or involving production without the use of chemical fertilizers, pesticides, or other artificial agents.
- 5. Multiple Choice
Define "organic"
able to be maintained at a certain rate or level.
the businesses collectively associated with the production, processing, and distribution of agricultural products.
food which has gone through a series of mechanical or chemical operations performed to change or preserve it
(of food or farming methods) produced or involving production without the use of chemical fertilizers, pesticides, or other artificial agents.
- 6. Multiple Choice
Which food chain produces most of our food?
Industrial
Industrial Organic
Local Sustainable
Hunter Gatherer
- 7. Multiple Choice
Where do today's industrial farmers get their seeds?
They buy them from large food processing companies
They get them from leftover crops
They use specialized organic seeds
At Walmart
- 8. Multiple Choice
Why must farmers buy new seeds every time they plant?
Because hybrid seeds only work one generation
Because new seeds are the only ones that grow well
Because it's cheaper than making seeds
Because GMO seeds are unhealthy
- 9. Multiple Choice
What does GMO stand for?
Genetically Modified Organism
Giant Mutated Organism
Great Municipality of Oregon
Genetically Mass-produced Option
- 10. Multiple Choice
What is the food that cows, through their rumen, are evolved to eat?
Grass
Corn
Beef
Oat
- 11. Multiple Choice
Why are cows fed corn?
It is cheaper and speeds up their growth
Corn-fed beef tastes better
Corn is a healthier option for cattle
It is easier to administer medicine to cows in corn
- 12. Multiple Choice
Why is there a corn mill on a feed lot?
To look cool
To save space
To create more corn
To feed the cattle on the feedlot
- 13. Multiple Choice
Why was the stench of the feedlot "rising for more than a mile?"
There were a lot of cows
There was a lot of manure
The pesticides were being sprayed on the fields
- 14. Multiple Choice
Due to the fact that cattle are forced to eat corn, it affects their health, and in turn, our health, as well.
True
False
- 15. Multiple Choice
Pollan uses the image packed cattle, piles of manure and corn in a feedlot to describe a McDonald's "Happy" Meal. What device is Pollan using to reveal to readers the meat industry?
Exaggeration
Irony
Understatement
Metaphor
- 16. Multiple Choice
What disease has had its name changed because of it's sudden prevalence among young people aged 9-16?
Type II diabetes
Childhood obesity
Cystic Fibrosis
Lou Gehrig's Disease
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