Lesson Y9-U06-L02

Food Security: Can We Feed Everyone? Quiz: KS3 Geography, Unit 18

20 questions

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Lesson Y9-U06-L02, Food Security: Can We Feed Everyone?: 20 multiple choice questions for the KS3 Geography (National Curriculum), Unit 18: Year 9: Contested Worlds: Resources, Conflict and Geopolitics, written with Revision Ninja.

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The 20 questions

  1. What does the term food security mean for a population?

    • Eating only organic food
    • Free restaurants for everyone
    • Reliable safe food access
    • Growing all food locally

  2. What distinguishes a famine from general food insecurity?

    • High food prices
    • Temporary meal skipping
    • Extreme widespread shortage
    • Poor dietary variety

  3. What causes the health condition known as malnutrition?

    • Cold weather exposure
    • Lack of exercise
    • Poor nutrient intake
    • Excessive sleep

  4. What do food miles measure in global trade?

    • Water used in crops
    • Distance food travels
    • Weight of the packaging
    • Cost of farm labour

  5. Which world region currently experiences the highest levels of food insecurity?

    • Western Europe
    • North America
    • Australasia
    • Sub-Saharan Africa

  6. Which country shows the highest share of undernourished people in global charts?

    • DR Congo
    • India
    • Brazil
    • Australia

  7. DR Congo is about 38 percent undernourished and the UK about 2 percent. Roughly how many times higher is DR Congo's share?

    • About 4 times higher
    • About 19 times higher
    • About 36 times higher
    • About 9 times higher

  8. Why does world hunger persist despite the planet producing a food surplus?

    • Too many restaurants
    • Poverty and distribution
    • Lack of farming land
    • Global crop failure

  9. What is a major cause of food waste in high-income countries?

    • Lack of transport roads
    • Discarding edible food
    • Droughts destroying harvests
    • Crop disease in fields

  10. Which major event can quickly push a stable region into food insecurity?

    • New border signs
    • Language barriers
    • Armed conflict
    • Solar eclipses

  11. Why can conflict cause hunger even where food is grown nearby?

    • Too many supermarkets
    • Excessive food exports
    • Global crop failure
    • Blocked supply routes

  12. Which climate pressure can push food insecurity higher?

    • Calm weather
    • Solar eclipses
    • Gentle breezes
    • Droughts and floods

  13. Why might official hunger figures be too low in a war zone?

    • Surveyors cannot reach
    • Surplus grain stores
    • Accurate satellite data
    • Everyone has food

  14. A family skips meals because it cannot reliably afford enough food. What is this?

    • In famine
    • Exceeding food quotas
    • Food insecure
    • Completely self-sufficient

  15. A farmer has a full store of grain and savings. Which description fits?

    • Experiencing famine
    • Severely undernourished
    • Food secure
    • Chronically malnourished

  16. Which world region generally experiences the lowest level of food insecurity?

    • North America
    • Sub-Saharan Africa
    • Central America
    • South Asia

  17. Which country in the undernourishment chart is closest to the UK's share?

    • Ethiopia
    • Brazil
    • India
    • Afghanistan

  18. Why is global hunger mainly an issue of access rather than total supply?

    • Lack of rainfall
    • Poverty and distribution
    • Too many farmers
    • Not enough seeds

  19. Which cause of food insecurity is often considered the hardest to solve?

    • Poor marketing
    • High prices
    • Armed conflict
    • Food waste

  20. Which is the best example of food insecurity rather than famine?

    • Mass migration
    • Total crop collapse
    • Skipping meals
    • Starvation deaths

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