omnivore's Dilemma Chapter 5
1: Pg. 86- Explain how a kernel of corn will be broken down into it’s various parts.
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2: Pg. 86- What are some of the names of compounds that are in products that are made from
corn?
3: Pg. 88- “it takes about _____ gallons to process a bushel of corn, and prodigious amounts of
energy. Wet milling is an energy-intensive way to make food; for every calorie of processed
food it produces, another ____ calories of fossil fuel energy are burned. “
4: Pg. 89- What did the discovery of glucose isomerase do for the industry?
5: Pg. 90- What does it mean when we say that we are “liberating food from nature?”
6: Pg. 91- Corn is the key constituent of what four processed foods? Is this surprising?
7: Pg. 93- How much does it take to make a box of cereal? How much is it sold for?
8: Pg. 94- What is the average growth rate of Americans? What does it mean by “fixed stomach”
and how does this relate to profits?
9: Pg. 94- How many pounds of food does the average American eat per year?
10: Pg. 94- “There’s money to be made in food, unless you’re trying to grow it”- explain this
statement.
11: Pg. 97- Explain what the author means by, “getting more fruits and vegetables into food.”
12: Pg. 98- Does “natural raspberry flavor” mean that the flavoring is actually raspberry or even
natural? Explain.
13: Pg. 98- What is resistant starch and how does it get around the biological limit on how much
you eat in a year?
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2: Pg. 86- What are some of the names of compounds that are in products that are made from
corn?
3: Pg. 88- “it takes about _____ gallons to process a bushel of corn, and prodigious amounts of
energy. Wet milling is an energy-intensive way to make food; for every calorie of processed
food it produces, another ____ calories of fossil fuel energy are burned. “
4: Pg. 89- What did the discovery of glucose isomerase do for the industry?
5: Pg. 90- What does it mean when we say that we are “liberating food from nature?”
6: Pg. 91- Corn is the key constituent of what four processed foods? Is this surprising?
7: Pg. 93- How much does it take to make a box of cereal? How much is it sold for?
8: Pg. 94- What is the average growth rate of Americans? What does it mean by “fixed stomach”
and how does this relate to profits?
9: Pg. 94- How many pounds of food does the average American eat per year?
10: Pg. 94- “There’s money to be made in food, unless you’re trying to grow it”- explain this
statement.
11: Pg. 97- Explain what the author means by, “getting more fruits and vegetables into food.”
12: Pg. 98- Does “natural raspberry flavor” mean that the flavoring is actually raspberry or even
natural? Explain.
13: Pg. 98- What is resistant starch and how does it get around the biological limit on how much
you eat in a year?
OMNIVORE'S Dilemma chapter 6
1: Pg. 100- How did corn contribute to the “alcoholic republic” in the U.S. of the early 1800’s?
-Corn whiskey had become very popular and people could buy it for cheap
2: Pg. 102- ____ of every five Americans are overweight; _____ of every five is obese.
-3, 1
3: Pg. 102- The Journal of the American Medical Association predicts that a child born in 2000
has a ____ in _____ chance of developing diabetes.
-one in three
4: Pg. 102- How many people worldwide are suffering from overnutrition? How many are
suffering from malnutrition?
-a billion, 800 million
5: Pg. 102- What are some of the plausible explanations for humanity’s expanding waistline?
-Changes in lifestyle, Affluence, poverty, Technology, Clear Marketing, an Changes in Diet
6: Pg. 102- Since 1977, an American’s average daily intake of calories has jumped by ______ %.
-more than 10 %
7: Pg. 103- What accounts for most of the surplus calories we are growing and eating?
-Corn
8: Pg. 103- How many pounds of high-fructose corn syrup do we process per year?
-17.5 billion
9: Pg. 104- How many pounds of sugars (all types) does the average person eat per year?
-158 pounds
10: Pg. 104- Why does Coca Cola and Pepsi use HFCS?
-Its because HFCS are a little cheaper than sugar and consumers don't notice the difference
11: Pg. 105- Explain how marketing executives have tricked consumers into eating and drinking
more.
-They just super size everything
12: Pg. 106- Researchers have found that people presented with larger portions will eat up to
_____% more than they would otherwise.
-30 %
13: Pg. 106- Why has natural selection predisposed to to the taste of sugar and fat?
-They offer more energy (calories) per bite
14: Pg. 107- How does Type-II Diabetes occur?
-when the body's mechanism for managing glucose simply wears out from over-use
15: Pg. 108- “While the surgeon general is raising alarms over the epidemic of obesity, the
president is: ______________________________________
-signing farm bills designed to keep the river of cheap corn flowing, cheapest calories
Artic Tale
This movie takes place in the Arctic Tundra. How diverse is this ecosystem? Explain.
-This place is not diverse as otherecosystems but enough to keep them all balanced
As you watch the movie, answer the questions. Some of the questions are not explicitly stated in
the movie but based on what you observe, please write a logical answer. These questions are
underlined.
1. What two very diverse organisms are we going to follow in this movie?
-Polar Bears
-Walrus
2. List three different organisms that live in the tundra that you see during the opening
credits.
-Seagle
-Fox
-Seal
-Whale
3. Does your answer to #2 support or reject the answer you wrote for your DO NOW?
Explain.
-NO, because as i watched the movie i saw that their is many more species living their than i thought
4. How many months did the polar bears live in the cave?
-6 months
5. What feature(s) do polar bears have that allow them to survive in the tundra? List 2.
-Fur
-Claws
-Big
6. What feature (s) do walruses have that allow them to survive in the tundra?
-Whiskers
-tusks
-Flappers
7. What is the only threat to Nanu and her family in the tundra?
-Male Polar Bear
8. Why is Seela so treasured?
-They sense danger
-They dont give birth often so shes s protected
9. What is the one thing that can help the survival of the seal?
-The ice helps is it and can sneak in the ice caves
10. Predict what would happen to the biodiversity in the tundra if the heat was to increase by
ten degrees.
-The biodiversity of the animal would be low and many would not be able to survive
11. Why are summers so “trying” on the polar bears?
-Hunting grounds unrack and dark waters and fasting
12. How does summer increase the biodiversity of organisms living in the tundra?
-Life comes to the north for example more whales and dolphins and other types of animals
13. List three “new” organisms that arrive for the summer months.
-killer whales
-dolphins
-jelly fish
14. What would happen to the biodiversity if the summer months began to last longer for
Nanu and Seela?
-The ice would melt, some animals would die off
15. What do you think accounts for the warmer temperatures?
-Greenhouse gases and human activities
16. How do the bird’s actions impact the bears?
-The birds fly where the food is so the bears follow them
17. Why does Nanu’s mother force Nanu to separate from her?
-Changing conditions are coming faster and they should separate to survive
18. What adaptive features do the Narwhul’s have?
-They are sensitive so they are able to taste air and sea temperatures
19. How does the broken ice affect Nanu and Seela?
-Hunting for food is impossible to them
20. Why is Nanu unable to attack the walruses?
-Seela warned the others and she was also tired and they are too big for her
21. How does a single “kill” impact many animals?
-They are less food and less to be protected by
22. Why do the walruses know that it is time to leave rock island for their “normal” habitat?
-They smeel the scent of sea ice
23. What happens to Nanu when she is eight years old?
-She draws herself with a male bear
24. Why is reproducing so important to animals like polar bears in this era?
-So they can keep their population growing and not disappear
25. How does this movie represent the “circle of life”?
-It helps us see that these animals live and reproduce and they take care of the babies and they let them go and die and the babies do the same so its a cycle
26. What percent has the Arctic’s ice shrunk by in recent decades and in what year do
scientists estimate the ice to be gone?
-20 % will be gone by 2040
27. Besides hotter temperatures, what other threats may impact biodiversity of the tundra?
List 5. (HINT: some of these are explicitly observed/stated in the movies; others are
opinion)
-Hunting of these animals are also a problem, habitat destruction
28. Besides variety of organisms, what other types of biodiversity did you observe while
watching the movie?
-the types of lands
29. Compare and contrast Nanu and Seela’s journeys in relation to threats that affect
biodiversity.
-Well both journeys affect because they both were affected by temperatures but they both need the other and without it they wont survive
-Corn whiskey had become very popular and people could buy it for cheap
2: Pg. 102- ____ of every five Americans are overweight; _____ of every five is obese.
-3, 1
3: Pg. 102- The Journal of the American Medical Association predicts that a child born in 2000
has a ____ in _____ chance of developing diabetes.
-one in three
4: Pg. 102- How many people worldwide are suffering from overnutrition? How many are
suffering from malnutrition?
-a billion, 800 million
5: Pg. 102- What are some of the plausible explanations for humanity’s expanding waistline?
-Changes in lifestyle, Affluence, poverty, Technology, Clear Marketing, an Changes in Diet
6: Pg. 102- Since 1977, an American’s average daily intake of calories has jumped by ______ %.
-more than 10 %
7: Pg. 103- What accounts for most of the surplus calories we are growing and eating?
-Corn
8: Pg. 103- How many pounds of high-fructose corn syrup do we process per year?
-17.5 billion
9: Pg. 104- How many pounds of sugars (all types) does the average person eat per year?
-158 pounds
10: Pg. 104- Why does Coca Cola and Pepsi use HFCS?
-Its because HFCS are a little cheaper than sugar and consumers don't notice the difference
11: Pg. 105- Explain how marketing executives have tricked consumers into eating and drinking
more.
-They just super size everything
12: Pg. 106- Researchers have found that people presented with larger portions will eat up to
_____% more than they would otherwise.
-30 %
13: Pg. 106- Why has natural selection predisposed to to the taste of sugar and fat?
-They offer more energy (calories) per bite
14: Pg. 107- How does Type-II Diabetes occur?
-when the body's mechanism for managing glucose simply wears out from over-use
15: Pg. 108- “While the surgeon general is raising alarms over the epidemic of obesity, the
president is: ______________________________________
-signing farm bills designed to keep the river of cheap corn flowing, cheapest calories
Artic Tale
This movie takes place in the Arctic Tundra. How diverse is this ecosystem? Explain.
-This place is not diverse as otherecosystems but enough to keep them all balanced
As you watch the movie, answer the questions. Some of the questions are not explicitly stated in
the movie but based on what you observe, please write a logical answer. These questions are
underlined.
1. What two very diverse organisms are we going to follow in this movie?
-Polar Bears
-Walrus
2. List three different organisms that live in the tundra that you see during the opening
credits.
-Seagle
-Fox
-Seal
-Whale
3. Does your answer to #2 support or reject the answer you wrote for your DO NOW?
Explain.
-NO, because as i watched the movie i saw that their is many more species living their than i thought
4. How many months did the polar bears live in the cave?
-6 months
5. What feature(s) do polar bears have that allow them to survive in the tundra? List 2.
-Fur
-Claws
-Big
6. What feature (s) do walruses have that allow them to survive in the tundra?
-Whiskers
-tusks
-Flappers
7. What is the only threat to Nanu and her family in the tundra?
-Male Polar Bear
8. Why is Seela so treasured?
-They sense danger
-They dont give birth often so shes s protected
9. What is the one thing that can help the survival of the seal?
-The ice helps is it and can sneak in the ice caves
10. Predict what would happen to the biodiversity in the tundra if the heat was to increase by
ten degrees.
-The biodiversity of the animal would be low and many would not be able to survive
11. Why are summers so “trying” on the polar bears?
-Hunting grounds unrack and dark waters and fasting
12. How does summer increase the biodiversity of organisms living in the tundra?
-Life comes to the north for example more whales and dolphins and other types of animals
13. List three “new” organisms that arrive for the summer months.
-killer whales
-dolphins
-jelly fish
14. What would happen to the biodiversity if the summer months began to last longer for
Nanu and Seela?
-The ice would melt, some animals would die off
15. What do you think accounts for the warmer temperatures?
-Greenhouse gases and human activities
16. How do the bird’s actions impact the bears?
-The birds fly where the food is so the bears follow them
17. Why does Nanu’s mother force Nanu to separate from her?
-Changing conditions are coming faster and they should separate to survive
18. What adaptive features do the Narwhul’s have?
-They are sensitive so they are able to taste air and sea temperatures
19. How does the broken ice affect Nanu and Seela?
-Hunting for food is impossible to them
20. Why is Nanu unable to attack the walruses?
-Seela warned the others and she was also tired and they are too big for her
21. How does a single “kill” impact many animals?
-They are less food and less to be protected by
22. Why do the walruses know that it is time to leave rock island for their “normal” habitat?
-They smeel the scent of sea ice
23. What happens to Nanu when she is eight years old?
-She draws herself with a male bear
24. Why is reproducing so important to animals like polar bears in this era?
-So they can keep their population growing and not disappear
25. How does this movie represent the “circle of life”?
-It helps us see that these animals live and reproduce and they take care of the babies and they let them go and die and the babies do the same so its a cycle
26. What percent has the Arctic’s ice shrunk by in recent decades and in what year do
scientists estimate the ice to be gone?
-20 % will be gone by 2040
27. Besides hotter temperatures, what other threats may impact biodiversity of the tundra?
List 5. (HINT: some of these are explicitly observed/stated in the movies; others are
opinion)
-Hunting of these animals are also a problem, habitat destruction
28. Besides variety of organisms, what other types of biodiversity did you observe while
watching the movie?
-the types of lands
29. Compare and contrast Nanu and Seela’s journeys in relation to threats that affect
biodiversity.
-Well both journeys affect because they both were affected by temperatures but they both need the other and without it they wont survive