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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Five through Chapter Seven.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Humans are not a perfect natural system in the food system because they can only _______ so much food.
(a) Throw away.
(b) Consume.
(c) Buy.
(d) Make.

2. Pollan points out that the industrial method of farming has led to increased ________ and polluted groundwater.
(a) Pollution.
(b) Energy.
(c) Food supplies.
(d) Oil wells.

3. What is NOT one of the parts of corn that is separated out in the newly used process?
(a) Germ.
(b) Skin.
(c) Endosperm.
(d) Stalk.

4. What is the process by which corn is changed into different parts?
(a) Dry mill.
(b) Wet substrate.
(c) Dry dock.
(d) Wet mill.

5. Who introduced the idea of using corn to the English settlers?
(a) No one.
(b) Dutch royalty.
(c) Cows.
(d) Native Americans.

Short Answer Questions

1. Corn became a _________ because of its many applications for use by the settlers.

2. Each acre of corn, according to Pollan needs to have _________ gallons of fossil fuel to support it.

3. Hybrid corn is a __________ hog, according to this chapter, and is able to be grown without disruption of fertility issues.

4. Where is the farm that George Naylor runs when Pollan goes to visit him to learn more?

5. As the food companies produced more corn, they create more _________ as it is cheaper than sugar.

(see the answer key)

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