This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Agriculture > Agriculture Environment > Ecology > Agriculture And Environment – Quiz 13 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Agriculture And Environment Quiz 13 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. If a seed has one seed leaf or cotyledon, it would be consider as a ..... seed. A) Monocotyledon. B) Tap. C) Dicotyledon. D) Fibrous. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dicotyledon. 2. What kind of food do we waste the most? A) Fruit, vegetables. B) Sweets. C) Dairy products. D) Herbs and spices. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fruit, vegetables. 3. The use of certain organisms by humans to control pests A) Overharvesting. B) Biological pest control. C) Yield. D) Pesticides. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Biological pest control. 4. What percentage of calories fed to cows gets turned into beef? A) 52. B) 33. C) 3. D) 18. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 3. 5. What does RECYCLING mean? A) Throw away. B) Give things to other people. C) Make new things out of old ones. D) Using things again and again. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Make new things out of old ones. 6. The connection between industry of farming and business. A) Plantation farming. B) Feedlot. C) Subsistence agriculture. D) Agribusiness. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Agribusiness. 7. The water holding capacity of soil is LEAST likely to be affected by the addition of which of the following? A) Clay. B) Hummus. C) Pesticide. D) Manure. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pesticide. 8. A positive impact of industrial/commercial agriculture is A) A decrease in amount of crops produced. B) An increase in amount of crops produced. C) Increased water and air pollution. D) Decrease in the amount of machinery used. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) An increase in amount of crops produced. 9. A diet low in ..... will result in the disorder ..... , which reduces the ability of the body to transport oxygen through the blood. A) Protein / Kwashiorkor. B) Iodine / Goiter. C) Iron / Kwashiorkor. D) Iron / Anemia. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Iron / Anemia. 10. People in industrialized country is more likely to eat ..... compared to people in developing country. A) Corn. B) Beef. C) Bean. D) Rice. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Beef. 11. Two major effects of soil erosion are A) Water pollution and soil infertility. B) Desertification and salinization. C) Salinization and water pollution. D) Soil infertility and desertification. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Water pollution and soil infertility. 12. All of the following are methods of solid waste disposal EXCEPT: A) Landfills. B) Open dumping. C) Incineration. D) Recovery. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Recovery. 13. Why is the Green Revolution agriculture NOT considered a sustainable form of agriculture? A) It introduced new GMO plants. B) The plants required large amounts of pesticides, fertilizers, and water. C) It produces too many plants. D) The plants require small amounts of pesticide, fertilizers, and water. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The plants required large amounts of pesticides, fertilizers, and water. 14. The 10% rule applies to raising plants and animals on a farm, just like in an ecosystem. With that in mind, how many pounds of grain would you expect to be needed to produce 10 pounds of beef? A) 10 pounds of grain. B) 100 pounds of grain. C) 50 pounds of grain. D) Over 250 pounds of grain. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 100 pounds of grain. 15. Fill in the blank: ..... percent of sea food now comes from aquaculture. A) 22. B) 34. C) 49. D) 23. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 23. 16. Lack of adequate calories A) Malnutrition. B) Anemia. C) Undernutrition. D) Overnutrition. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Undernutrition. 17. DDT has been banned for decades, but is still found in humans today. It exhibits ..... A) Immunity. B) Resistance. C) Persistance. D) Determination. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Persistance. 18. Under the integrated pest management system, the first line of defense during an infestation is to use A) Biologic methods. B) Genetic engineering. C) Broad range pesticides. D) DDT. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Biologic methods. 19. What is the purpose of "finishing" for beef cows? A) Cause the cows to gain weight. B) Making the cows unconscious before slaughter. C) The act of slaughtering a cow. D) Letting old cows live out their life in a pasture. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cause the cows to gain weight. 20. Liter layer, mostly undecided materials A) A horizon. B) O horizon. C) B horizon. D) E horizon. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) O horizon. 21. The invention of more productive agricultural techniques during the 1960s and 1970s is called the A) Farming revolution. B) Green revolution. C) Agricultural revolution. D) Crop revolution. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Green revolution. 22. Genetically modified foods are engineered to resist herbicides so that A) Insect pests will avoid the crops. B) Farmers can use heavier doses of pesticides for weeds without killing the crop plants. C) Humans won't be put at health risks from pesticides. D) The crops will grow more efficiently. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Farmers can use heavier doses of pesticides for weeds without killing the crop plants. 23. The natural factors that affect biodiversity are? A) Poaching, pollution, introducing exotic species, habitat destruction. B) Captive breeding, laws/treaties, habitat preservation. C) Climate, area, diversity of niches, genetic diversity, and extinction of species. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Climate, area, diversity of niches, genetic diversity, and extinction of species. 24. The ecosystem in the western Plains of the United States is best described as a A) Temperate desert. B) Temperate grassland. C) Deciduous forest. D) Wind erosion. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Temperate grassland. 25. Which of the following categories includes all of the others? A) Herbicides. B) Pesticides. C) Insecticides. D) Fungicides. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pesticides. 26. What may NOT lead to desertification of farmland? A) No-till farming. B) Over grazing cattle. C) Soil erosion. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) No-till farming. 27. A condition that is caused by not enough protein in diet A) Anemia. B) Goiter. C) Kwashoirkor. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Kwashoirkor. 28. What are the Goldilocks Conditions necessary for Threshold 7? A) Just the right amount of energy coupled with liquid water. B) New organisms with the ability to metabolize and reproduce. C) Warmer climates after the last ice age and increasing competition for resources. D) Globalization. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Warmer climates after the last ice age and increasing competition for resources. 29. Which areas of the world are most susceptible to desertification? A) Temporal Chaparral. B) Areas adjacent to the Poles. C) Humid Equitorial Regions. D) Areas adjacent to Existing Deserts. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Areas adjacent to Existing Deserts. 30. Shifting cultivation is found in all of the following locations EXCEPT A) Central Agrica. B) Southwest Asia. C) Tropical Forests. D) Southeast Asia. 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