Food Insecurity | Nitrogen and Carbon Cycles | Greenhouses | Garden Systems | Plant Nutrients |
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Obesity
What health disorder is food insecurity directly tied to?
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True
True or False: Animals use nitrogen to build proteins just like plants.
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Radiation
How does the sun's energy get to earth?
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Plowing
What is the agricultural process of "turning up the earth"?
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Parts per million
What does ppm stand for?
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Grains
What food category is produced in the greatest amount worldwide?
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Glucose (sugar)
Plants and cyanobacteria use carbon dioxide from the air to produce...
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Visible light waves
Most of the UV energy that reaches greenhouses is in what form?
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Permaculture
What gardening philosophy encourages companion planting and sustainable design?
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17
How many essential nutrients are required by plants?
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Where residents' access to affordable, healthy food options is restricted or nonexistent
What is the definition of a food desert?
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Series of processes that convert nitrogen gas to organic substances and back to nitrogen in nature
What is the nitrogen cycle?
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Absorbed by plants and objects
What happens to UV energy once it enters the greenhouse?
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Aquaponics
What type of gardening system uses "the waste produced by farmed fish to supply the nutrients for plants"?
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Potassium
Which element does the symbol K stand for?
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Carbohydrates, proteins, lipids (fats)
The three major nutrients we get from food are...
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Denitrification
What step of the cycle returns nitrogen back into the atmosphere?
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Reflects the energy
How does glass help to keep UV energy inside a greenhouse?
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Deep Water Culture
What is the term for when "roots of the plants are encased in a net pot or grow cup that is suspended from a lid with roots dangling in a liquid nutrient solutions"?
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Manganese
What element does the symbol Mn stand for?
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6400
About how many people in La Plata County are considered food insecure?
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(NH4+ to NO3) or ammonium into nitrates
During nitrification, bacteria convert ____ into ____
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Trapping of UV rays in Earth's atmosphere
What is the definition of the greenhouse effect?
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Plowing, Fertilization, Irrigation, Pest Control
List the four main processes of agriculture.
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Phosphorus
When the leaf tips look burnt and
older leaves turn a dark green or reddish-purple, which nutrient is deficient? |