This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Agriculture > Agriculture Environment > Ecology > Agriculture And Environment – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Agriculture And Environment Quiz 1 (30 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) Amino acids. B) Carbohydrates. C) Lipids/fats. 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) O. B) C. C) A. D) B. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 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) Bioaccumulation of pesticides. B) Lower death rates. C) Air pollution from fossil fuels. D) Increased erosion. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 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) Transmodification. B) Natural Selection. C) Selective Breeding. D) Genetic Engineering. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Genetic Engineering. 10. Most of the corn in the U.S. goes towards A) For biofuels. B) Feeding cattle. C) Domestic food production. D) Export to other countries. 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 mustn't throw away food which can be reused. C) We can eat more spicy food, it is so delicious!. D) We should eat in restaurants, so not to throw away food at home. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 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) Grain farming. B) Pastoralism. 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 can cause neurological damage in unborn children. B) They create acid-mine drainage. C) They can leach soluble heavy metals. D) They can adversely affect aquatic life. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 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) Less water needed for irrigation. B) More crops due to more space. C) Less soil erosion due to less surface runoff. D) Farming with machines on steep hill slopes can take place. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Less soil erosion due to less surface runoff. 21. Modern (2nd gen) pesticides have many advantages ..... NOT including A) Increasing agricultural yields. B) Fast-acting results. C) Saving human lives through their use. D) Eliminating genetic resistance. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Eliminating genetic resistance. 22. Type and amount of food a person eats A) Malnutrition. B) Diet. C) Yield. D) Famine. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Diet. 23. 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) A windbreak. C) Contour plowing. D) Strip cropping. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A windbreak. 24. 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. 25. 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) Grapefruit. B) Apples. C) Cantaloupe. D) Avocados. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Avocados. 26. IPM is especially successful in developing countries because A) High-input industrial farming is not feasible because farmers lack financial resources. B) Developed nations often offer subsidies to farmers using IPM techniques. C) The availability of high quality pesticides in developing countries is spotty at best. D) IPM resembles traditional farming techniques so closely. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) High-input industrial farming is not feasible because farmers lack financial resources. 27. 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. 28. By planting different crops each growing seasonin a field helps the soil from becoming depletedof nutrients. This is called? A) Crop Irrigation. B) Crop Exlosion. C) Plant Fertilization. D) Crop Rotation. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Crop Rotation. 29. 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. 30. China and India produce how much of the worlds total rice? A) 80%. B) 60%. C) 70%. D) 50%. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 50%. 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