Sustainable food proponents argue that humans should
eat less meat and consume more grains and vegetables.
They cite the following information in the chart below as a
reason for their argument.
To produce one pound of: Requires:
Beef 7 pounds of grain
Pork 4 pounds of grain
Chicken 2 pounds of grain
The premise of their argument is based on which of the
following facts?
A Carnivorous food sources make up a larger amount
of biomass than herbivorous food sources.
B The amount of biodiversity increases at each
trophic level within a food chain.
C Only a small percentage of the available energy is
transferred to next highest trophic level.
D All of the above are true facts that support the
argument for sustainable food.
