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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) Buy.
(b) Make.
(c) Throw away.
(d) Consume.

2. Wallerstein originally worked for a _______ where he learned he could entice people to buy more with larger sizes.
(a) Movie theater.
(b) University.
(c) Library.
(d) Restaurant.

3. Synthetic _______, invented by Fritz Haber as a side effect of his work on bombs in Germany, meant that crops could be grown without care about the amount of this substance on the Earth.
(a) Potassium.
(b) Hydrogen.
(c) Phosphorus.
(d) Nitrogen.

4. Over time, corn has become everything humans need to be a staple of the _________ food chain.
(a) Industrialized.
(b) Hunter-gatherer.
(c) Plentiful.
(d) Organic.

5. Corn ________ early on to mass produce, but this also made the plant dependent on humans and animals.
(a) Mutated.
(b) Died.
(c) Reproduced.
(d) Grew.

Short Answer Questions

1. The push for corn has also led to the industrialization of _______ farms, according to Naylor.

2. Corn takes in more carbon _______ during the process of photosynthesis than other plants.

3. In the early 19th century, Americans were drinking more alcohol, which cause the Alcohol _________.

4. In what part of the body can one determine just how much corn is being eaten by the person?

5. To combat the human end of the imperfect system, marketers add ______ to their raw product -- making it a novelty.

(see the answer key)

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