BPSC Midterm 1 Actual Exam Study
Questions with Verified Answers
1. 4 dimensions of food security - ANSWER 1. Physical availability of food
Economic and Physical access to food
Food Utilization (Food safety. preparation, diversity)
The stability of dimensions 1, 2 and 3, over time.
2. Malnutrition - ANSWER deficiency or imbalance in the consumption of
food, vitamins, and minerals
3. What are the four dimensions of food security? - ANSWER 1. Physical
availability of food, 2. Economic and physical access to food, 3. Food
utilization (food, safety, preparation, diversity), 4. The stability of the
dimension 1, 2, and 3 over time (be stable tmrw, the next, etc.)
4. What is hunger? Is it wide spread? - ANSWER 1. Hunger is the
uncomfortable to painful sensation caused by insufficient food energy
consumption. It is wide spread, worldwide 821 million people were hungry
in 2018
5. What is malnutrition? - ANSWER Deficiencies, excesses or imbalances in
consumption of macronutrients (protein, fats, carbs) and micronutrients
(vitamins, minerals)
6. What is the top cash value crop that is not food?: - ANSWER Marijuana
,7. What are the top three crops in terms of land area planted?: - ANSWER 1.
Alfalfa, 2. Grapes, 3. Almonds
8. What is the relationship between UCR and the Citrus Experiment Station?: -
ANSWER The Citrus Experiment Station was placed in Riverside as the 2nd
UC campus for research on their citrus. As time went on, UC added College
of Letters and Sciences for undergrad and then graduate divisions This
turned it into the UCR we know today.
9. UCR and Citrus Research - ANSWER 1. 1907- Becomes 2nd UC campus
with Cirtus Experiment Station established at ft of Mt. RUbidoux
2. 1917- Citurs Experiment Station moves to Box Springs site
10.6 parts of flowering plants
(Vegetative Parts) - ANSWER 1. Roots
2. Stem
3. Leaves
11.6 parts of flowering plants (Reproductive parts) - ANSWER 1. Flower
2. Fruit
3. Seeds
12.Where are seeds held? - ANSWER In an organ called the FRUIT.
Fruit protects the seeds and dispersal of the seeds
13.Angiosperm - ANSWER a flowering plant that produces seeds within a fruit
,14.Gymnosperms - ANSWER Naked Seeds
No Flowers and No fruits
Cones which hold seeds
15.Seed Plants - ANSWER angiosperms and gymnosperms
16.True plants - ANSWER Seed Plants and non-seed plants
17.The Life cycle of a flowering plant (Angiosperm) - ANSWER 1. Flower
2. Pollen sticks to pistil.
3. Sperm fertizilez egg cell
4. Egg cell becomes embryo
5. Seeds grow within fruit
6. Seed is produced (5/6 is the same)
7. Seed grows into new plant
18.Citrus trees are... - ANSWER Chimeras or Hybrids.
Cirtus hybrids are a fusion of a rootstock and a scion (shoot).
19.Rootstock - ANSWER The bottom half of a grafted plant (Roots)
20.Scion - ANSWER Shoot of the plant
21.Clonal scions and
Where are they grafted
, What reproduction is this - ANSWER 1. Cuttings from genetically identical
trees
2. Grafted onto seedling rootstocks
3. Asexual reproduction
22.How are food insecurity, malnutrition and poverty linked?: - ANSWER
Food insecurity (due to low crop yields, bad quality [climate change, pests,
pathogens, soils], diversity) is hunger and malnutrition --> Leads to poor
physical and cognitive development --> Leads to low productivity --> Leads
to poverty
23.How do plant biologists try to break the food insecurity cycle? - ANSWER
Plant biologists can break the cycle by growing crops with high yields, better
quality (resistant to climate change, pests, pathogens, soils), and grow with
diversity (better for nutritional balance)
24.What farm gate value? - ANSWER Market value of a cultivated product
(agriculture or aquaculture) MINUS the selling costs (transport, marketing)
California makes 13% of US's farm gate value
25.What is the difference between crops and specialty crops?: - ANSWER
Crops are plants that are cultivated for sale of subsistent. Specialty crops are
fruits and vegetables, tree nuts, dried fruits and horticulture and nursery
crops included floriculture (flour)
26.What six crops are solely or primarily produced in CA?: - ANSWER
(specialty crops) Clingstone peaches, walnuts, almonds, artichokes,
pomegranates, and cherimoyas
Questions with Verified Answers
1. 4 dimensions of food security - ANSWER 1. Physical availability of food
Economic and Physical access to food
Food Utilization (Food safety. preparation, diversity)
The stability of dimensions 1, 2 and 3, over time.
2. Malnutrition - ANSWER deficiency or imbalance in the consumption of
food, vitamins, and minerals
3. What are the four dimensions of food security? - ANSWER 1. Physical
availability of food, 2. Economic and physical access to food, 3. Food
utilization (food, safety, preparation, diversity), 4. The stability of the
dimension 1, 2, and 3 over time (be stable tmrw, the next, etc.)
4. What is hunger? Is it wide spread? - ANSWER 1. Hunger is the
uncomfortable to painful sensation caused by insufficient food energy
consumption. It is wide spread, worldwide 821 million people were hungry
in 2018
5. What is malnutrition? - ANSWER Deficiencies, excesses or imbalances in
consumption of macronutrients (protein, fats, carbs) and micronutrients
(vitamins, minerals)
6. What is the top cash value crop that is not food?: - ANSWER Marijuana
,7. What are the top three crops in terms of land area planted?: - ANSWER 1.
Alfalfa, 2. Grapes, 3. Almonds
8. What is the relationship between UCR and the Citrus Experiment Station?: -
ANSWER The Citrus Experiment Station was placed in Riverside as the 2nd
UC campus for research on their citrus. As time went on, UC added College
of Letters and Sciences for undergrad and then graduate divisions This
turned it into the UCR we know today.
9. UCR and Citrus Research - ANSWER 1. 1907- Becomes 2nd UC campus
with Cirtus Experiment Station established at ft of Mt. RUbidoux
2. 1917- Citurs Experiment Station moves to Box Springs site
10.6 parts of flowering plants
(Vegetative Parts) - ANSWER 1. Roots
2. Stem
3. Leaves
11.6 parts of flowering plants (Reproductive parts) - ANSWER 1. Flower
2. Fruit
3. Seeds
12.Where are seeds held? - ANSWER In an organ called the FRUIT.
Fruit protects the seeds and dispersal of the seeds
13.Angiosperm - ANSWER a flowering plant that produces seeds within a fruit
,14.Gymnosperms - ANSWER Naked Seeds
No Flowers and No fruits
Cones which hold seeds
15.Seed Plants - ANSWER angiosperms and gymnosperms
16.True plants - ANSWER Seed Plants and non-seed plants
17.The Life cycle of a flowering plant (Angiosperm) - ANSWER 1. Flower
2. Pollen sticks to pistil.
3. Sperm fertizilez egg cell
4. Egg cell becomes embryo
5. Seeds grow within fruit
6. Seed is produced (5/6 is the same)
7. Seed grows into new plant
18.Citrus trees are... - ANSWER Chimeras or Hybrids.
Cirtus hybrids are a fusion of a rootstock and a scion (shoot).
19.Rootstock - ANSWER The bottom half of a grafted plant (Roots)
20.Scion - ANSWER Shoot of the plant
21.Clonal scions and
Where are they grafted
, What reproduction is this - ANSWER 1. Cuttings from genetically identical
trees
2. Grafted onto seedling rootstocks
3. Asexual reproduction
22.How are food insecurity, malnutrition and poverty linked?: - ANSWER
Food insecurity (due to low crop yields, bad quality [climate change, pests,
pathogens, soils], diversity) is hunger and malnutrition --> Leads to poor
physical and cognitive development --> Leads to low productivity --> Leads
to poverty
23.How do plant biologists try to break the food insecurity cycle? - ANSWER
Plant biologists can break the cycle by growing crops with high yields, better
quality (resistant to climate change, pests, pathogens, soils), and grow with
diversity (better for nutritional balance)
24.What farm gate value? - ANSWER Market value of a cultivated product
(agriculture or aquaculture) MINUS the selling costs (transport, marketing)
California makes 13% of US's farm gate value
25.What is the difference between crops and specialty crops?: - ANSWER
Crops are plants that are cultivated for sale of subsistent. Specialty crops are
fruits and vegetables, tree nuts, dried fruits and horticulture and nursery
crops included floriculture (flour)
26.What six crops are solely or primarily produced in CA?: - ANSWER
(specialty crops) Clingstone peaches, walnuts, almonds, artichokes,
pomegranates, and cherimoyas
