Question: Switching to locally grown foods helps:

Answer Choices:

save money prevent the development of foodborne illness limit damage done to the environment increase your intake of veggies and fruits

Answer:

limit damage done to the environment

Question: What is a beneficial reason for purchasing organically grown fruits and vegetables rather than conventionally grown foods?

Answer Choices:

Organic foods are cheaper than conventional foods Organic foods always have a higher antioxidant content than conventional foods Organic foods are grown using sustainable agricultural techniques Organic foods are produced with a reduced risk of chronic disease

Answer:

Organic foods are grown using sustainable agricultural techniques

Question: Organically raised animals cannot be given antibiotics to prevent illness.

Answer Choices:

True False

Answer:

True

Question: Which of the following are not environmental benefits of organic agriculture?

Answer Choices:

Better water quality Better soil quality Improved biodiversity Better use of genetically modified seeds

Answer:

Better use of genetically modified seeds

Question: What is a strategy to make melons (of species cucumis) riper?

Answer Choices:

Discard the core or heart of a head of cabbage Rip into the rind of an orange Avoid the consumption of organically grown foods Cook cod and put parsley and fish into the dish

Answer:

The correct answer was not visible. (Best interpretation is likely: store melons at room temperature—not among listed options)

Question: A legitimate reason to buy organic foods is to:

Answer Choices:

consume higher amounts of pesticides increase nutrient intake without eating a variety of foods avoid imported foods support sustainable agriculture

Answer:

support sustainable agriculture

Question: Irradiation exposes foods to ionizing radiation, killing bacteria.

Answer Choices:

True False

Answer:

True

Question: According to the Environmental Working Group, the use of GMOs has been successful in improving world hunger.

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True False

Answer:

False

Question: The large ears of sweet corn available today are the result of:

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evolution natural selection genetic engineering selective breeding irradiation

Answer:

selective breeding

Question: Examples of the Dirty Dozen include:

Answer Choices:

strawberries, apples, grapes grapes, tomatoes, honeydew melon corn, bananas, cabbage blueberries, kiwi, avocado

Answer:

strawberries, apples, grapes