Agricultural Systems Quiz 2 (18 MCQs)

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1. "The farm lands are usually smaller in size." This statement applies to:

Correct Answer: C) Peasant Farming.

2. One DISADVANTAGE of the mechanization of agriculture is:

Correct Answer: D) Heavy machinery use can cause soil compaction.

3. What is California's #1 commodity?

Correct Answer: D) Mild and Cream.

4. The top agricultural state is

Correct Answer: C) California.

5. Riverside County is ..... out of 58 counties in production of commodities.

Correct Answer: C) 14.

6. What is an agricultural process?

Correct Answer: A) Everything that goes into making the agricultural product.

7. All of these are examples of negative agricultural outputs. Except:

Correct Answer: A) Eggs.

8. The two mountain ranges that are on the west and the east sides of the Central Valley are

Correct Answer: D) Sierra Nevada and Mountain Ranges.

9. All of these are examples of things that are put back into the system. Except:

Correct Answer: A) Opinion about someone's work.

10. Vegetation is usually cleared to facilitate agriculture. Which TWO impacts are identified here?

Correct Answer: A) Global Warming and Deforestation.

11. Agricultural inputs can be split into two categories:

Correct Answer: A) Physical and human.

12. Agribusiness involves the managing, marketing and financing of food, fiber and fuel products for ..... and global markets.

Correct Answer: B) Domestic.

13. Farming system that relies on natural ecological systems versus the use of chemical pesticides

Correct Answer: A) Organic agriculture.

14. All of these are examples of physical agricultural process. Except:

Correct Answer: A) Skills.

15. What did the Central Valley start out as?

Correct Answer: B) A Gulf off the Pacific Ocean.

16. All of these are examples of positive agricultural outputs. Except:

Correct Answer: A) Pollution.

17. Which of the following is one of California's Export Markets?

Correct Answer: C) Japan.

18. What is the name of the giant fault, caused by the movement of the Pacific Plate against the North American Plate?

Correct Answer: C) San Andreas fault.