This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Agriculture Environment > Ecology > Agriculture And Environment – Quiz 16 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Agriculture And Environment Quiz 16 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. A major disadvantage to Monoculture is A) Its high use of fertilizers. B) Simplicity of production. C) Its need for specialized harvesting. D) That it reduces the threat of pests. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Its high use of fertilizers. 2. Cell-based / cultivated meat would require how many animals to be slaughtered each year? A) 0. B) 50 million. C) 500 million. D) 5 billion. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 0. 3. Which of the following is NOT a major soil forming factor? A) Time, Topography (relief). B) Climate, Parent Material. C) Organics (organisms). D) Deposition. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Deposition. 4. What soil type is typically found on the top of soil? A) Humus because it made up of dead, organic matter. B) Loam because it is lighter than the other layers. C) Clay because it is not able to fit through the finer particles. D) Rock because the other layers are more dense. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Humus because it made up of dead, organic matter. 5. Which Fishing technique is considered the most destructive? A) Drift Nets. B) Trawling. C) Baiting. D) Breeding. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Trawling. 6. The system of varying successive crops in a definite order on the same ground, especially to avoid depleting the soil and to control weeds, diseases, and pests. A) Crop rotation. B) Surplus. C) Industrialization. D) Hybrid. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Crop rotation. 7. Which of the following is a benefit of CAFOs? A) Animal waste is concentrated and easily disposed of, reducing potential for water pollution. B) Land costs are minimized and feeding operations are efficient. C) Use of antiobitics may be increasing anti-biotic resistant strains that can harm humans. D) Energy and water use are reduced compared to planted crops. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Land costs are minimized and feeding operations are efficient. 8. After many years of applying the selective pesticides provironex, a farmer notices that the applications seem less effective. This is likely due to A) The fact that provironex is fat soluble and has been bioaccumulating. B) Provironex is selective, so other pests are filling the niche from the exterminated ones. C) Provironex is persistent, and the farmer should apply less for better results. D) The target species has begun to evolve resistance. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The target species has begun to evolve resistance. 9. The movement of rocks and weathered materials is called ..... A) Chemistry. B) Physical. C) Weathering. D) Erosion. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Erosion. 10. What is a reaper? A) A machine that harvested, cleaned, and threshed a crop. B) A machine that cuts grain standing. C) A combine tractor. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A machine that cuts grain standing. 11. Which of the following is a benefit of aquaculture? A) Reduction of disease and parasites. B) Increases genetic diversity of fish populations. C) Source of protein for undernourished people. D) They are held in clean, sterile environments. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Source of protein for undernourished people. 12. If you have too many insects and weeds on your farm you would apply ..... , which are chemicals that are used to kill insects and weeds. A) Compost. B) Manure. C) Pesticides. D) Fertilizer. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pesticides. 13. A large farm in Iowa plants over a hundred acres of corn every year. This is the only crop they grow and sell. This is an example of what type of farming practice? A) Subsistence agriculture. B) Crop rotation. C) Monoculturing. D) Irrigation. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Monoculturing. 14. The Green Revolution A) Discouraged the mechanization of agriculuture. B) Decreased the energy subsidy of most food. C) Encouraged the use of monocropping. D) Pertained to leafy green plants only. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Encouraged the use of monocropping. 15. A Milkshed is what? A) A shed that is used to keep the temperature of the milk cold. B) A ring where milk can be produced & wont spoil at the market. C) The building where the milking of the cows happens. D) It is a form of a milk dud. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A ring where milk can be produced & wont spoil at the market. 16. On the food chain to the right, which organism would you expect to have the biggest concentration (and health effects) from the buildup of a synthetic pesticide in an ecosystem? A) The clovers. B) The snail. C) The thrush. D) The sparrowhawk. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The sparrowhawk. 17. The three numbers on a bag of fertilizer represent all of the following EXCEPT A) Nitrogen. B) Phosphorus. C) Magnesium. D) Potassium. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Magnesium. 18. What are the ingredients necessary for Threshold 7? A) Increasingly dense human communities and knowledge about the environment. B) New innovations such as the steam engine and automobile along with the burning of fossil fuels. C) Powerful brains and symbolic language. D) Complex chemical compounds (RNA and DNA). Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Increasingly dense human communities and knowledge about the environment. 19. Which sustainable practice combines arable intercrops with forest trees? A) Hydroponics. B) Contour farming. C) Conservation tillage. D) Agroforestry. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Agroforestry. 20. Why does groundwater depletion happen? A) People are using too little water. B) Climate change and farmers using too much water. C) Bird migration. D) Pollution. 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