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Food security GCSE questions

Cover the answers and try these Food security checks first. The full quiz in the app includes hints.

How to use these

Write your answer, then check. If you miss one, open the Food security lesson before you retry.

Practice questions

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Question 1 [1 mark]

Food security means

Question 2 [1 mark]

A biological threat to food security is

Question 3 [1 mark]

Nitrate fertiliser can harm rivers by

Question 4 [1 mark]

Biological control is

Common mistakes

Answers and working

Q1. enough safe, nutritious food for the population
Q2. new crop diseases or climate reducing yield
Q3. eutrophication
Q4. using a predator or parasite of the pest

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