PERS 1101 - Final Exam Actual Questions with

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Which 12 conventionally grown crops (the "Dirty Dozen") are high in pesticides? ----answers----Apples, bell peppers, blue berries, celery, cucumbers, grapes, imported nectarines, lettuce, peaches, potatoes, strawberries, and spinach

The farm of the future uses what kind of soil? ----answers---- No soil

The farm of the future uses how much water? ----answers--- -95% less water

What kind of system do "future farms" use to treat the plants?----answers----Root misting system to use 95% less water

Instead of soil, plants are grown from what? ----answers---- Reusable cloth

In "future farms," these plants aren't treated with: ----

answers----Pesticides or herbicides

Instead of the sun, plants in "future farms" are grown with: ---

-answers----Specialized LED lighting

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Vertical farming was started by who? ----answers----Dickson Despommier

What are vertical farms here to prevent/limit? ----answers--- -Greenhouse gases, air and water pollution, and eventually limit the ecological footprint we leave behind

What's sustainability? ----answers----Meeting the global needs of its present inhabitants while preserving resources for future generations

Produce sold in the ___ typically travels an average of fifteen hundred miles from farm to supermarket. However, increasing the consumption of more locally-grown produce by ___ percent

would save thousands of gallons in fossil fuel each year: ----

answers----Midwest; 10 Europeans list what five reasons for their unique selection of food? ----answers----1. Quality/freshness

• Price
• Taste
• Trying to eat healthy
• What a family wants to eat

Americans list what five reasons for their unique selection of food? ----answers----1. Taste

• Cost
• Nutrition
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