Eating
AP Objective Sheet Chapters
Name ________________________
Date ____________ Pd __________
1. Compare industrialized and traditional farming systems.
2. How has fast food changed the production of food?
3. Describe the role of corn in the American diet.
4. How are fossil fuels involved in food production and how does our dependence on monoculture
perpetuate this situation?
5. What three crops provide most of the world’s food?
6. Why is lack of agricultural diversity a concern?
7. Compare the first and second Green Revolution.
8. Distinguish between interplanting, polyvarietal cultivation, agroforestry, and polyculture
9. List the five types of pesticides and what they are used to control.
10. Briefly describe the history of the development of pesticides, comparing first and second
generation pesticides.
11. Know the following pesticides: DDT, malathion, Rotenone, pyrethrum, atrazine. For each,
identify the pesticide type (herbicide, fungicide, etc), and tell if each undergoes bioaccumulation
or is biologically magnified.
12. Describe the arguments for using pesticides. List five characteristics of the ideal pesticide.
13. Describe the consequences of relying heavily on pesticides. Describe the pesticide treadmill.
Be sure to describe biological magnification. Briefly describe the threat of pesticides to wildlife
and human health.
14. Define integrated pest management. Identify and describe physical, biological and chemical
IPM strategies.
15. Who was Rachel Carson, what book did she write, and what controversy did it create?
16. What is sustainable agriculture, why is it important and what are its major components?
17. What is organic farming, and what are the benefits of organic foods? Explain why organic
foods often cost more than conventional foods.
18. What are some advantages and disadvantages of “eating locally” and “eating in season” ?
How can a Houstonian eat this way?
19. Explain how Community Supported Agriculture works.
20. Contrast “whole” foods and processed foods, both in what they are and in their environmental
impact.
21. What are some of the harmful environmental effects of industrial meat production?
22. How are CAFO’s contributing to bacterial resistance to antibiotics, and why are antibiotics
used in these facilities?
23. What are some advantages of a meat-based diet? How does a vegetarian diet echo the
energy pyramid?
24. Describe the health effects of the current Western diet.
25. What are the two most common nutritional deficiency diseases, and how do they differ? What
are the effects of deficiencies of Vitamin A, iron, and iodine? What are the effects of consuming
an overabundance of food?
26. Describe the sustainable practices used to raise meat on Polyface Farm.
27. Can a healthy and sustainable meal be purchased at a Houston grocery store? What basic
rules can be used to identify sustainable foods in a Houston grocery store?
28. What is a GMO, give examples, explain pros/cons
29. Describe how genetically improved crop strains are developed by crossbreeding and genetic
engineering.
30. Why should we be concerned about loss of genetic diversity in agricultural crop strains?
Mon Nov 10
Mon Nov 17
Tue Nov 11
 Finish
Biodiversity Lab
 HW: Read Ch
12
 Grocery Store
Challenge
 Case study:
Growing Power
 HW: Obj 1-10
 PPT Ch 12
Tue Nov 18
Wed Nov 12
Tue Nov 25
 TEST
Mon Nov 10
Tue Nov 11
KEY TERMS
animal manure
aquaculture
chronic undernutrition
chronic malnutrition
compost
desertification
famine
fishery
food security
food insecurity
green manure
green revolution
high-input agriculture
Fri Nov 14
 Food Inc
Movie
 Stmp Objs
 HW: Prepare
for discussion
topics
 HW: Objs: 1120
Wed Nov 19
 Socratic
Discussions
on Food Inc
 Stamp Objs
11-20
 HW Finish
Objs
 Lab Due
Mon Nov 24
Thur Nov 13
Thur Nov 20
Fri Nov 21
 Discuss
 Pesticides PPT
grocery store  Review
challenge
 Finish
Socratic
discussions
 Sustainablility
PPT
Wed Nov 26
Thur Nov 27
Fri Nov 7
Thanksgiving
Break
Thanksgiving
Break
Thanksgiving
Break
Wed Nov 12
Thur Nov 13
Fri Nov 14
hunger
hydroponics
industrialized agriculture
integrated pest management (IPM)
irrigation
organic fertilizer
overnutrition
pest
pesticides
plantation agriculture
polyculture
salinization
slash-and-burn agriculture
soil conservation
soil erosion
traditional intensive agriculture
traditional subsistence
agriculture
waterlogging
Focus Questions for Food Inc.
1 Fast Food to All Food
Focus Question: Do animals have the right to a certain quality of life?
2 A Cornucopia of Choices
Focus Question: Do people have the right to know what is in their food?
3 Unintended Conse quences
Focus Question: Who is responsible for keeping our food safe?
4 The Dollar Menu
Focus Question: Should access to healthy food be a right for everyone?
5 In the Grass
Focus Question: When deciding what to eat, how much should we consider the
workers who pick, process, and transport it?
6 Hidden Costs
Focus Question: Does it matter to you which food companies produce your food?
7 From Seed to the Supermarket
Focus Question: Should companies be able to own the DNA contained in plant
seeds?
8 The Veil
Focus Question: Should a company have the power to decide what information to
give consumers about the food it produces?
9 Shocks to the System
Focus Question: What individual or collective actions are you willing to take to
improve our food system, and what would be their impact?