Food Matters – Game 4
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The distance food travels from where it is harvested to where it is eaten. What are food miles?
These rays are trapped by certain gases and lead to global warming. What is infrared radiation?
The concentration of this gas is highly correlated with the temperature of the Earth throughout history. What is carbon dioxide?
The form of carbon sequestered in the shells of sea creatures. What are carbonates?
This stage of bringing food to the table usually requires the most energy. What is food production ?
This property of surfaces determines how much radiant energy is reflected. What is albedo?
What is the Greenhouse Effect ? This occurs when heat is trapped by the lack of transparency of certain gases to infrared radiation.
The form of carbon in petroleum. What are hydrocarbons?
This type of food requires the most energy to produce. What is meat?
This type of process occurs when changes lead to greater changes (snowball effect) What is a positive feedback mechanism.
What are the seasons? Levels of carbon dioxide rise and fall according to these time periods due to the changes in the quantity of green plants.
This form of carbon is present in the atmosphere. What is carbon dioxide ?
A type of farming that is emerging in urban areas as one possible solution to future food shortages. What is vertical farming?
Using these for fuel releases carbon dioxide that has been sequestered for millions of years. What are fossil fuels?
These fuels release carbon dioxide that was sequestered recently. What are biofuels?
Carbon exists primarily in these forms in plants. What are carbohydrates and starches?
Reasons include feeding densely populated areas, providing out of season foods, specializing the growing of certain foods in the most suitable climates. What is food transported?
As the Earth warms this becomes more intense resulting in storms with more energy. What is the hydrological cycle?
Because of climate change, these phenomena are predicted to be more severe and last longer leading to crop failures. What are droughts? What are floods?
This is almost pure carbon. What is coal?