This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Agriculture > Agriculture Environment > Ecology > Agriculture And Environment – Quiz 7 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Agriculture And Environment Quiz 7 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. According to the Environmental Defense Fund, which of the following fish are "best" choices for sustainability?I. Wild Alaskan SalmonII. Chilean Sea BassIII. Farmed Rainbow Trout A) I. B) I and II. C) II and III. D) I and III. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) I. 2. What is biomass? A) The total number of animals living on the planet. B) The weight of the planet. C) The ratio of animal life to plant life. D) The total weight of all living things on the planet. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The total weight of all living things on the planet. 3. Known as selective pesticides because they target only one specific type of insect A) Organic pesticide. B) Narrow-spectrum pesticide. C) Inorganic pesticide. D) Broad-spectrum pesticide. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Narrow-spectrum pesticide. 4. Which of these shows the correct order of the soil horizons? A) ABCDE. B) ROABC. C) OAEBCR. D) ORCAB. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) OAEBCR. 5. The green revolution includes all of the following except A) Use of machinery for large scale agriculture. B) New crop strains with higher yields. C) The use of irrigation. D) Genetically modified organisms. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The use of irrigation. 6. What is the Winter wheat belt? A) A part of North America that can not produce crops. B) A part of North America where it is always cold. C) A part of North America where you pick in the fall. D) A part of North America where you plant in the fall. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A part of North America where you plant in the fall. 7. The production of which of the following is the largest driver of deforestation? A) Palm oil. B) Wheat. C) Beef. D) Wood. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Beef. 8. Which of the following is a monocotyledonous plant? A) Mango. B) Corn. C) Cerasee. D) Cherry. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Corn. 9. Refrigerated ships and railroad cars most directly benefited the long-distance transportation to global markets of A) Fruit. B) Cotton. C) Beef. D) Wheat. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Beef. 10. Soil with the largest pores A) Clay. B) Humus. C) Sand. D) Silt. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sand. 11. One method that may keep slash and burn farming from being repeated, is to use A) Alley cropping. B) The army to stop the practice. C) Monoculture. D) More pesticides. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Alley cropping. 12. A ..... is a waste disposal facility where wastes are put in the ground and covered each day with a layer of dirt, plastic, or both. A) Landfill. B) Incinerator. C) Compost heap. D) Aquifer. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Landfill. 13. Which of the following best describes Integrated Pest Management? A) Spraying broad-spectrum chemical pesticides as the first line of defense. B) Complete elimination of all chemical pesticides. C) Implementing a variety of cultivation and biological techniques and only spraying pesticides as a last resort. D) Utilizing only trap cropping and crop rotation. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Implementing a variety of cultivation and biological techniques and only spraying pesticides as a last resort. 14. What geographer suggested that certain crops are grown in direct relation to their distance from the market center? A) Thomas Malthus. B) Johann Heinrich von Thunen. C) Jon Snow. D) Carl Sauer. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Johann Heinrich von Thunen. 15. Alternative to use of pesticides is biological pest control . This means A) Use of natural predators to kill the pests. B) Use of herbal pesticides. C) Use of mixed cropping. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Use of natural predators to kill the pests. 16. Which of the following is soil-less media?i. Sphagnum peat mossii. Perliteiii. Vermiculiteiv. Coconut coirv. Coarse sand A) All of the above. B) None of the above. C) I&v. D) I, ii, iii&v. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) All of the above. 17. The deep, underlying non-soil materials A) O horizon. B) Bedrock. C) B horizon. D) E horizon. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bedrock. 18. The most fertile soils take ..... years to develop ..... cm. A) 100 ; 10. B) 100, 000 ; 0.1. C) 1000 ; 1. D) 10; 10. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1000 ; 1. 19. Traditional farmers grow several crops on the same plot of land in a practice referred to as A) Monoculture. B) Polyculture. C) Aquaculture. D) Slash and burn. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Polyculture. 20. The following are benefits of hydroponics EXCEPT A) Relatively high yields. B) Low cost. C) Allows for year round operations. D) Efficient use of water. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Low cost. 21. The clay-rich layer left behind after the dust storms of the Dust Bowl. A) A Horizon. B) B Horizon. C) C Horizon. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) B Horizon. 22. People living in developing countries are much more likely to be dependent on a single plant crop, such as rice, as a source of calories. What macronutrient makes up most of their diet? A) Carbohydrates. B) Proteins. C) Fats. D) About the same amount of all of these macronutrients. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Carbohydrates. 23. In commercial fishing, catching bycatch decreases A) Nontarget fish populations. B) Target fish populations. C) Invasive species. D) Producers. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Nontarget fish populations. 24. Where do beef cattle begin their lives? A) In a CAFO. B) In an indoor factory farm. C) In a small cage. D) In an open pasture. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) In an open pasture. 25. One way to prevent colony collapse disorder A) Create wildflower buffers near farms and highways. B) Plant trees near rivers. C) Heavily use irrigation. D) Use insecticides. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Create wildflower buffers near farms and highways. 26. The leaf litter that will enrich the topsoil beneath it makes up the ..... horizon. A) A. B) B. C) E. D) O. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) O. 27. Why are seeds important? A) To produce the next generation of plant. B) To act as a food store. C) The cotyledon contains the first green leaves. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 28. Agriculture derives from " ..... " which means (of the land) and " ..... " which means (to till or cultivate). A) "Ager" and "Cultura". B) "agri" and "cultura". C) "cultura" and "Agrarius". D) "cultivate" and "agriculture". Show Answer Correct Answer: A) "Ager" and "Cultura". 29. The temperature is best described as A) Low. B) High. C) Seasonal. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Seasonal. 30. Heavy use of irrigation and fertilizer characterizes A) The organic movement. B) The green revolution. C) Aquaculture. D) Polyculture. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The green revolution. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesAgriculture Environment QuizzesAgriculture QuizzesAgriculture And Environment Quiz 1Agriculture And Environment Quiz 2Agriculture And Environment Quiz 3Agriculture And Environment Quiz 4Agriculture And Environment Quiz 5Agriculture And Environment Quiz 6Agriculture And Environment Quiz 8Agriculture And Environment Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books