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| Which industry uses the most water? |
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| Chronic malnutrition can lead to? |
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| Stunted growth, compromised mental development, increase in infectious disease. |
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| Which type of agriculture is most characteristic of developing countries? |
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| traditional subsistence agriculture. |
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| Herbicide-resistant weed populations may be a benefit to the grower but have _________ ecological impact. |
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| List 4 ways to reduce the impact of floods. |
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| Build leveys, build dams, preserve wetlands, strengthen and deepen streams. |
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| What are the consequences of methane released from meat production? |
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| Name the pesticide that caused the decline of bird populations and the reason for Rachel Carson's Silent Spring. |
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| Which type of farming has the greatest impact on reducing irrigation waste water? |
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| One in ___ people worldwide suffers from a vitamin or mineral deficiency. |
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| About 10% of the people in the US depend on the _____ for drinking and irrigation water. |
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| The majority of water used by a US citizen is used for? |
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| Name 4 of the top ten causes of death and disease related to diet. |
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| Type 2 diabetes, cancer,heart disease, and stroke. |
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| List 4 solutions to groundwater depletion. |
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| Set an enforced minimum stream flows, use drought resistant crops in arid regions, increase the price of water, subsides water conservation. |
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| What percentage of the worlds water supply is liquid freshwater? |
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| Which is characteristics of farm raised salmon? |
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| Contaminated with PCD and dioxants |
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| The US is withdrawing groundwater from aquifers at a rate that is ___ times faster than it can be recharged. |
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| List 4 means of improving water use efficiency in agriculture. |
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| deepen tube wells, use drip irrigation, treat municipal sewage water, rainwater catchment system. |
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| Saudi Arabia gets the majority of their water from? |
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| Dangerous strains of disease organisms can develop from? |
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| Antibiotics in livestock we eat. |
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| Anemia is a deficiency in? |
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| What is the 2nd Green Revolution based on? |
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| Fast growing rice and wheat. |
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| Which 3 grains provide most of the world's calorie intake? |
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| Which accounts for the major portion of greenhouse gases? |
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| Cow farts/ cattle bleaching. |
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