Food Resources and Security quiz for N(A)-Level Geography (SEAB 2246) quiz

All people, at all times, having enough safe and nutritious food for a healthy life

Having a large army to guard food stores

Locking food away so no one can steal it

Eating only food grown in your own country

Colour and taste

Availability (enough food exists) and access (people can obtain it)

Packaging and advertising

Cooking and storage only

Because available food disappears overnight

Because food only exists in shops

Because poorer people may not be able to afford or reach the food (poor access)

Because availability and access are the same thing

The amount of money available to invest

The quality of roads to market

The number of farm machines

The climate, including rainfall and temperature

The use of technology such as irrigation and high-yield seeds

Soil fertility

The amount of rainfall

The steepness of the land

It blocks crops from growing

It provides nutrients so crops grow well and yields are higher

It has no effect on crops

It only matters for fishing

Rapid population growth

Rising food prices

Drought and extreme weather destroying crops

Armed conflict

It reduces the demand for food

It has no effect on food

It automatically increases food supply

More people means greater demand for food, which can outpace supply

Poor families cannot afford enough food when prices are high, cutting their access

It makes all food free

It increases everyone's income

It has no link to access

It improves farming and transport

It disrupts farming, damages land and blocks supply routes, cutting availability and access

It always increases harvests

It only affects rich countries

Buying all food from a single supplier

Allowing more food to be wasted

Importing from many different countries to spread risk

Reducing investment in farming technology

It throws away more usable food

It has no effect on supply

It lowers crop yields

More of the food produced actually reaches people, raising the effective supply

Growing crops in stacked layers indoors, producing more food in a small space

Farming on the side of a volcano

Farming only at night

Growing crops without any water at all

Because its imported food is always cheaper than any local food

Because it has little farmland, so spreading imports across sources reduces the risk of a supply shock

Because it grows all its own food

Because it dislikes local produce

Reserves rot instantly and help no one

Reserves increase the population

Stored food can be released during shortages or emergencies to keep supply steady

Reserves stop people from farming