Question

Worksheet 20-3: Chapter 20 Crossword Puzzle

Across:
4.   _____ practices are essential to alleviating stress on the food system.
5.   Primary cause of hunger in developed countries
6.   _____ grown foods support the local economy and global environment.
7.   Programs that redistribute food that might have been wasted otherwise
9.   Having access to enough food to meet your daily needs
11.   Wasting associated with _____ is associated with acute malnutrition.
12.   Area of limited access to nutritious and affordable foods   

Down:

1.   Growth _____ is caused by chronic malnutrition.
2.   Food shortages can be caused by _____ such as earthquakes in developing countries.
3.   Improvements in _____ are needed to break the cycle of hunger and poverty.
8.   _____ foods tend to be less expensive than fruits and vegetables.
10.   Diets that are primarily _____ based are more environmentally friendly.

Answer 1

Across:

4. Sustainable agriculture practices are essential to alleviating stress on the food system.

5. Primary cause of hunger in developed countries food poverty reflecting the incapability of food security.

6. Locally grown foods support the local economy and global environment.

7. Food recovery is referred as the programs that redistribute food that might have been wasted otherwise.

9. Food security is referred as the state of having access to enough food to meet your daily needs.

11.  Wasting associated with kwashiorkor is associated with acute malnutrition.

12. Food deserts are the area having the limited access to nutritious and affordable foods.

Down:

1.   Growth stunting is caused by chronic malnutrition.
2.   Food shortages can be caused by natural disaster such as earthquakes in developing countries.
3.   Improvements in economic status are needed to break the cycle of hunger and poverty.
8.   Processed foods tend to be less expensive than fruits and vegetables.
10.   Diets that are primarily plant based are more environmentally friendly.