Study Guide for Ch 11 & 12 Food Supply & Effects of Agriculture
APES January 2016
These two chapters are about the world’s food supply and how its production has affected the environment. These chapters are also about sustainable agricultural practices. More than half the people on Earth are not getting enough food to be healthy. At the same time, the population of Earth is expected to double over the next thirty years. How will we ever be able to feed all of these people? And if we do, what will be the cost to the environment? How are agriculture and climate change related? Who ever thought that soil would be so important? Is agriculture sustainable??
I. SCHEDULE for 2016
Mon (1/4)*FRQ-Succession
*Sign up for Agriculture Presentations / Tues
FRQ-Invasive Species / Weds-Thurs
*Download Study Guide Ch. 11 &12
*Discuss Ch. 11 & 12 Study Guide
*Assign Internet HWK: Cockroaches
*Notes-Soils
ELT Review Thursday! / Fri
*Test Ch. 9 & 10
*Packet DUE
*Flashcards DUE
Mon (1/11)
*Notes-Biomes & Soil Types / Tues
*Presentations #1-4
*Septic Tanks and Leach-line Systems / Weds-Thurs
*Common Core Practice-Honeybee CCD / Fri
*NO SCHOOL-Professional Development Day
Mon (1/18)
*NO SCHOOL-MLK B-Day / Tues
*Finish Common Core Practice-Honeybee CCD
*Time to work in class (?) / Weds-Thurs
*Lab-Soils
ELT Review Thursday / Friday
*Presentations #5-8
*Cats Parachute into Borneo
Mon (1/25)
*Presentations #9-12
*Assign FRQ / Tues
*Presentations #13-16
*Finish all assignments Ch. 11-12 / Wed-Thurs
*Exam Ch. 11 & 12
*Packet Due
*Flashcards Due
*FRQ Due
*Start Ch. 13-14 / Fri
II. KEEP IN MIND
You will be responsible for the information given during the agriculture presentations; obviously you’ll be taking notes. My advice is that you read the corresponding information in the textbook BEFORE you hear the presentations.
III. KEY VOCABULARY Chapter 11
cash crop
subsistence crop
rangeland
pasture
monoculture
aquaculture
mariculture
agriculture
silviculture
limiting factor
malnourishment
8 essential amino acids
hydroponics
drip irrigation
marasmus
kwashiorkor
undernourishment
OSY
MSY
IV. KEY VOCABULARY Chapter 12
contour plowing
crop rotation
no-till agriculture
IPM
biological pest control
hybrid
Bacillus thuringiensis
overgrazing
desertification
arable fallow organic farm
V. LEARNING TARGETS: Agriculture
PLEASE NOTE: Most of the Learning Targets for Ch. 11 & 12 are covered in the Agriculture Presentations. You are responsible for knowing all of the information outlined in the “Topics for Agriculture Presentations” handout, all of the information in the textbook, and the answers to the following 6 Learning Targets.
1. What is monoculture agriculture? How many people does it feed? Why isn't it sustainable (i.e. which "rules of ecology" are being ignored)? See Figure 11.3, page 191.
2. Distinguish between “subsistence crops” and “cash crops.”
3. List the 14 most important food crops in the world in order of importance.
4. List and describe the 4 ways to increase the world’s food supply.
5. If the 4 ways of increasing the world’s food supply are going to work, EVERYONE on the planet is going to have to participate, including you and me. This brings up an interesting question: How much responsibility is there for industrialized nations (like ours) to improve world nutrition and what will be the long-term consequences if industrialized nations ignore this issue? What do you think? Are "we" responsible? What are the consequences of ignoring the issue?
6. Read the regional essay “The Business of Coffee” by Thomas Lynch.
a. Which areas of the world drink the most coffee?
b. Does coffee grow in these areas?
c. How has coffee production changed in the last 20 years?
d. Are the current methods of production sustainable? Explain.
e. What are the advantages of “shade coffee” farms?
f. What happens to biodiversity in a sun coffee farm?
g. What is the difference between certified organic coffee and “fair trade” coffee?
h. Do you drink coffee or coffee beverages?
i. Are you willing to pay more for your coffee to support organic and shade farming? You can do this now…read the labels at the supermarkets and ask questions at the coffee shop.
VI. Presentations: Agriculture One to two students will give each presentation.
Grading rubric (30 points max). No write-up is required unless you are absent. See end notes.
2 points for each:
(a) Ready to present on-time: you are ready to speak within one minute of previous group.
(b) You stayed within time limit of 5 minutes maximum.
(c) You (and your partner, if you have one) sounded organized and rehearsed and audible. Mostly, you talked to the audience and did not read.
5 points for each part that is clearly and accurately presented:
(a) An introduction,
(b) Answer the questions within your topic, completely,
(c) Use one or two specific examples to illustrate your key points,
(d) Some bit of information that will surprise and amaze us. Begin with “Here’s an incredible piece of information about ……….”
4 points
You used an impressive visual aid to illustrate your presentation.
(Use the document camera or a PowerPoint presentation WITH colorful illustrations.)
Regarding visual aids.
Your presentation will be viewed by the class and not by an individual person sitting at a computer monitor. Therefore, it is important that a PowerPoint or document be legible, consisting mostly of pictures, photographs, diagrams and/or graphs. Paragraphs of writing are NOT legible on a document or PowerPoint seen at a distance and doing so will jeopardize your “4 point category.” Remember that this is a presentation and the members of your group should be speaking to the class and not reading paragraphs of information.
If you are absent on day of your presentation, your make-up assignment is an original, handwritten, 800 word report on your topic, due the day of your return. The highest grade you can receive is a C. We are sorry you are absent, but we are on a schedule to be ready for the AP exam. If you have a partner, he/she will present without you.
See list of topics