This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Agriculture > Agriculture Environment > Ecology > Agriculture And Environment – Quiz 15 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Agriculture And Environment Quiz 15 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Where did all early agrarian civilizations form? A) Along rivers. B) In mountains. C) On the coast of major seas and oceans. D) In rainforests near the equator. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Along rivers. 2. Which of the following is a drawback of no-till agriculture? A) Increased need for fertilizers. B) Increased CO2 emissions. C) Increased soil erosion. D) Increased need for herbicides. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Increased need for herbicides. 3. The rearing of aquatic organisms A) CAFO. B) Green Revolution. C) Aquaculture. D) Agroforestry. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Aquaculture. 4. What percent of soil is "organic matter"? A) 45%. B) 5%. C) 25%. D) 50%. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 5%. 5. Which trophic level would be most affected by a toxin such as DDT? A) Secondary consumers. B) Producers. C) Tertiary consumers. D) Primary consumers. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tertiary consumers. 6. Agriculture that features large numbers of animals in a small area with corn or other feeds being shipped in rather than pasture A) IPM. B) Aquaculture. C) Hydroponics. D) CAFO. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) CAFO. 7. Both shifting agriculturalists and commercial farmers practice crop rotation, but subsistence farmers ..... A) Make more use of fertilizers. B) Do not raise livestock. C) Are more likely to allow fields to remain fallow. D) Sell their crops on a global market. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Are more likely to allow fields to remain fallow. 8. The "code of the west" refereed to what for Ranchers? A) Farmers had control of the land. B) Ranchers had range rights, their animals had free reign. C) Ranchers looked out for each other and fought against others. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ranchers had range rights, their animals had free reign. 9. Repeated application of irrigated water in dry climates leads to ..... A) A drop in productivity of the land by more than 10%, leading to desertification. B) A build up of nutrients, leading to increased levels of erosion. C) A build up of salts in the soil, leading to salinization. D) Decreased phosphorus and nitrogen, leading to eutrophication. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A build up of salts in the soil, leading to salinization. 10. All of these are typical cash crops grown in plantation agriculture, except: A) Coffee. B) Sugarcane. C) Bananas. D) Corn. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Corn. 11. What is an urban area? A) Land that includes woods, beaches, crops. B) Land covered by buildings, roads, and suburbia. C) An area with a lot of shopping malls. D) An area with many forests. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Land covered by buildings, roads, and suburbia. 12. Synthetic fertilizers have many advantages over traditional "organic" animal waste fertilizers. These include all of the following EXCEPT A) Ease of application. B) Bioavailability of nutrients. C) Highly adjustable nutrient content. D) Lack of nutrient runoff problems. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Lack of nutrient runoff problems. 13. An Earth material that is 45% mineral, 50% pore space and 5% organic matter is called A) Soil. B) Impermeable. C) Subsoil. D) Bedrock. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Soil. 14. In which of the following areas has desertification had the strongest negative impact on food production? A) Northern Africa. B) Mexico. C) Eastern China. D) Peru. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Northern Africa. 15. Repellent chemicals and tough skin are both examples of ..... A) Genetic engineering. B) Natural plant defenses. C) Disrupting insect breeding. D) Pathogens. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Natural plant defenses. 16. Mixture of decomposing organic matter used as a fertilizer A) Domesticated. B) Compost. C) Biological pest control. D) Aquaculture. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Compost. 17. Meat consumption in the US is generally about ..... % higher than the rest of the world. A) 150%. B) 125%. C) 100%. D) 75%. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 150%. 18. Undernutrition means A) Not consuming a sufficient number of calories. B) Lacking a specific nutrient such as vitamin A or iron. C) The ingestion of too many poor quality calories. D) A lack of food such that deaths begin to occur. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Not consuming a sufficient number of calories. 19. Which of the following is not a branch of Agriculture? A) Agronomy. B) Agricultural Engineering. C) Animal Science. D) Money. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Money. 20. Which of the following products requires the most water to produce? A) Beef. B) Lettuce. C) Corn. D) Milk. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Beef. 21. What is deforestation? A) Throwing someone out of a window. B) Selectively cutting trees for lumber, making sure the forest remains healthy. C) Allowing more animals to graze on the land than it can support. D) Cutting and removal of rainforest. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cutting and removal of rainforest. 22. Von Thunen's Model had how many assumptions? A) 5. B) 6. C) 3. D) 4. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 6. 23. Which of the following actions contributes to soil erosion? A) Using compost as fertilizer. B) Allowing land to lie fallow. C) Driving farm machinery over fields. D) All of these practices contribute to soil erosion. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Driving farm machinery over fields. 24. Which item should you NOT put in your compost pile? A) Food scraps. B) Plastic. C) Autumn leaves. D) Wood chips. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Plastic. 25. Which type of diffusion is most closely associated with the Columbian Exchange? A) Contagious diffusion. B) Expansion diffusion. C) Stimulus diffusion. D) Relocation diffusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Relocation diffusion. 26. What are common practices that lead to overgrazing? A) Grazing cattle instead of sheep and goats. B) Getting into conflicts with neighbors over grazing rights. C) Using sheepdogs instead of human shepherds. D) Too many animals, lack of rotation, grazing at wrong times in plant life cycle. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Too many animals, lack of rotation, grazing at wrong times in plant life cycle. 27. The purpose of selective breeding is to A) Get bigger animals. B) Get smaller animals. C) Create animals with desirable traits. D) Create animals with bad traits. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Create animals with desirable traits. 28. According to the Integrated Pest Management strategy, which of the following would be the MOST PREFERRED method of pest control? A) Synthetic (manmade) Pesticides. B) Stop planting crops. C) Plant GMO crops. D) Importing natural predators. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Importing natural predators. 29. Which is NOT a disadvantage of monocropping? A) Erosion due to exposure of large areas of soil during planting. B) Nutrition and pesticide needs do not change. C) More vulnerable to pests that prefer a high concentration of food. D) Reduction of productivity due to loss of nutrient-rich topsoil. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Nutrition and pesticide needs do not change. 30. A dark brown, crumbly material made from decomposed matter is called ..... A) Saw dust. B) Brown sugar. C) Non-biodegradable. D) Compost. 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