Match the Number to the Corresponding Description

question 149

Multiple Choice

Match the number to the corresponding description.
-24,000

• A)number of hungry people world-wide
• B)number of Canadians out of which 1 eats at a fast food establishment daily
• C)kilograms of manure produced by a feedlot steer every 24 hours
• D)radius, in miles, of a standard local food shed
• E)number of indigenous rice varieties in India
• F)global deaths per day linked to undernutrition

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Definitions:

Decomposers

Organisms that break down dead or decaying organisms, contributing to nutrient cycling in ecosystems.

Terrestrial Ecosystem

A community of living organisms and their physical environment, found on land areas rather than in aquatic settings.

Precipitation

Any form of water - liquid or solid - that falls from the atmosphere and reaches the ground, including rain, snow, sleet, and hail.

Transpiration

The method through which water is transported within plants from the roots to tiny openings under the leaves, transforming into vapor there and then being emitted into the air.