This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Agriculture Environment > Agriculture And Environment – Quiz 2 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Agriculture And Environment Quiz 2 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Modern (2nd gen) pesticides have many advantages ..... NOT including A) Saving human lives through their use. B) Eliminating genetic resistance. C) Increasing agricultural yields. D) Fast-acting results. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Eliminating genetic resistance. 2. Type and amount of food a person eats A) Diet. B) Famine. C) Malnutrition. D) Yield. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Diet. 3. The Great Plains Shelterbelt was one of the public works programs instituted by Franklin Delano Rooseveltfollowing the dust bowl. This is an massive example of ..... A) Terracing. B) Contour plowing. C) Strip cropping. D) A windbreak. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A windbreak. 4. Organic agriculture A) Uses synthetic pesticides. B) May use genetically engineered crops. C) Uses synthetic fertilizers. D) Often requires cost mark-up to consumers due to increased labor costs. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Often requires cost mark-up to consumers due to increased labor costs. 5. Given the "Clean Fifteen" and "Dirty Dozen" lists we looked at, which produce would you expect to have the greatest amount of pesticide residue? A) Cantaloupe. B) Grapefruit. C) Avocados. D) Apples. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Avocados. 6. IPM is especially successful in developing countries because A) The availability of high quality pesticides in developing countries is spotty at best. B) High-input industrial farming is not feasible because farmers lack financial resources. C) IPM resembles traditional farming techniques so closely. D) Developed nations often offer subsidies to farmers using IPM techniques. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) High-input industrial farming is not feasible because farmers lack financial resources. 7. Worldwide, the largest component of the human diet is A) Grain products. B) Meat products. C) Dairy products. D) Raw and processed sugars. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Grain products. 8. By planting different crops each growing seasonin a field helps the soil from becoming depletedof nutrients. This is called? A) Crop Exlosion. B) Crop Irrigation. C) Plant Fertilization. D) Crop Rotation. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Crop Rotation. 9. Which of the following is true of land-use plans? A) Developers must prepare detailed reports assessing the environmental impact of their projects. B) The public often has input in land-use plans. C) Projects in environmentally sensitive areas may be hotly debated. D) All choices are correct. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All choices are correct. 10. China and India produce how much of the worlds total rice? A) 80%. B) 70%. C) 60%. D) 50%. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 50%. 11. The timber industry classifies forestlands into three categories called A) Oftwoods, hardwoods, and mixed woods. B) Pine, redwood, and mixed. C) Evergreen, deciduous, and mixed. D) Virgin forest, native forest, and tree farms. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Virgin forest, native forest, and tree farms. 12. Commercial Gardening and Fruit Farming typically use what type of labor? A) People with a college degree. B) American citizens. C) Migrant Workers. D) Immigrants. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Migrant Workers. 13. Soil is important for all the following reasons except. A) To anchor plant roots. B) Air for respiration of the animal lungs. C) Home and habitat for micro and macro organisms. D) Water for plant growth. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Air for respiration of the animal lungs. 14. What is a CAFO (confined animal feeding operation)? A) A place where animals eat food in the winter months. B) An operation with more than 1, 000 animals at a time. C) A small Feedlot that has 0 to 1, 000 animals. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A small Feedlot that has 0 to 1, 000 animals. 15. What is the term for the amount of food produced in an area? A) Arable. B) Efficiency. C) Yield. D) Soil conservation. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Yield. 16. What is wasted when food is thrown out? A) Land. B) Water. C) Labor. D) All the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All the above. 17. No fishing zones are designed to fix ..... of fish. A) Overharvesting. B) Excessive aquaculture. C) Overpopulation. D) Contamination. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Overharvesting. 18. Grain farming primarily creates food for ..... A) Humans. B) Animals. C) Oil. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Humans. 19. Over irrigation of shallow rooted plants could cause the water table to rise bringing with it dissolved A) Salt. B) Limestone. C) Soil. D) Nutrients. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Salt. 20. What did NOT lead to the increase in urbanization? A) Population decrease. B) Population growth. C) Industrialization. D) Moving from farming to industry. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Population decrease. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesAgriculture And Environment Quiz 1Agriculture And Environment Quiz 3Agriculture And Environment Quiz 4Agriculture And Environment Quiz 5Agriculture And Environment Quiz 6Agriculture And Environment Quiz 7Agriculture And Environment Quiz 8Agriculture And Environment Quiz 9Agriculture And Environment Quiz 10Agriculture And Environment Quiz 11 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books