This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Agriculture Environment > Ecology > Agriculture And Environment – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Agriculture And Environment Quiz 1 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which of the following is NOT a major nutrient needed by humans? A) Carbohydrates. B) Lipids/fats. C) Amino acids. D) Vitamins. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Vitamins. 2. What texture of soil would be best for high aeration? A) Sand. B) Silt. C) Clay. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sand. 3. Which layer in the soil will have the greatest concentration of organic nutrients? A) A. B) B. C) C. D) O. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A. 4. What is the advantage of using Crop Rotation A) It helps the farmers make more money. B) It lets the nutrients in the soil replenish. C) Keeps the land in good condition. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 5. In what ways we can waste less food? A) We should buy food, which we don't like eating e.g. broccoli. B) We should drink more water instead of eating meals. C) We should think wisely before meal if we are really capable for eating it. D) We should buy a bigger fridge. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) We should think wisely before meal if we are really capable for eating it. 6. All of the following are negative impacts of food production EXCEPT A) Increased erosion. B) Air pollution from fossil fuels. C) Bioaccumulation of pesticides. D) Lower death rates. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Lower death rates. 7. Community Supported Agriculture is a program that does what? A) Allows people to sign up for a season's worth of locally grown produce. B) When the entire community turns out to harvest a crop. C) There is no such thing. D) When the community purchases all of its produce from one store. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Allows people to sign up for a season's worth of locally grown produce. 8. Monocultures require more pesticides and herbicids because ..... A) They tend to attract more insects and weeds than other crop cultures. B) They risk total total crop annilation if infested by a pest insect or plant. C) They are so genetically modified that they resist pesticides and heribicides. D) They require more nutrients and water than traditional crop cultures. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They risk total total crop annilation if infested by a pest insect or plant. 9. Scientists have inserted a gene for the production of vitamin A into rice. This practice of changing the genetic structure of agricultural products to improve desirable traits is known as A) Genetic Engineering. B) Transmodification. C) Selective Breeding. D) Natural Selection. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Genetic Engineering. 10. Most of the corn in the U.S. goes towards A) Export to other countries. B) Feeding cattle. C) For biofuels. D) Domestic food production. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Feeding cattle. 11. How can we prevent food wasting? A) We should buy more fast-food, we don't have to prepare it at home. B) We can eat more spicy food, it is so delicious!. C) We mustn't throw away food which can be reused. D) We should eat in restaurants, so not to throw away food at home. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) We mustn't throw away food which can be reused. 12. Land used to raise food and fiber crops for human use is A) Cropland. B) Range land. C) Aquaculture. D) Pollinators. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cropland. 13. You are looking at a box of Miracle-Gro at the hardware store. It is made from potash, which is mined from the ground, and ammonium nitrate, which is chemically manufactured. What type of fertilizer is it? A) Inorganic. B) Organic - manure. C) Organic - compost. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Inorganic. 14. Which one of the following food systems provides the majority of our food? A) Aquaculture. B) Rangelands. C) CAFO's. D) Croplands (or Farmlands like the movie said). Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Croplands (or Farmlands like the movie said). 15. The process by which igneous rocks are formed ..... A) Heat and pressure. B) Melting and cooling. C) Weathering and erosion. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Melting and cooling. 16. Mechanization of agriculture is advantageous for all of the following reasons EXCEPT A) Machines encourage the growth of several types of plants in a single farm. B) There is an economic advantage if fuel prices are low. C) There is an economic advantage if cost of labor is high. D) Staple crops such as beans and corn are more economically harvestable. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Staple crops such as beans and corn are more economically harvestable. 17. Type of commercial agriculture that focuses on raising large numbers of cattle or sheep for meat. A) Pastoralism. B) Grain farming. C) Vegetative agriculture. D) Livestock ranching. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Livestock ranching. 18. Which of the following can result from soils that are too acidic? A) They create acid-mine drainage. B) They can leach soluble heavy metals. C) They can adversely affect aquatic life. D) They can cause neurological damage in unborn children. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They can leach soluble heavy metals. 19. What is a rural area? A) Land covered by buildings, roads, and suburbia. B) Land covered by all parking lots. C) Land covered with mostly water. D) Land covered with forests, crops, etc. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Land covered with forests, crops, etc. 20. What is the primary benefit the process of terracing crops provides? A) More crops due to more space. B) Less soil erosion due to less surface runoff. C) Less water needed for irrigation. D) Farming with machines on steep hill slopes can take place. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Less soil erosion due to less surface runoff. Next →Related QuizzesAgriculture Environment QuizzesAgriculture And Environment Quiz 2Agriculture 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 10 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books