This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Agriculture > Agriculture Environment > Ecology > Agriculture And Environment – Quiz 9 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Agriculture And Environment Quiz 9 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Disorder of nutrition resulting from improper balance of nutrients A) Malnutrition. B) Famine. C) Yield. D) Diet. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Malnutrition. 2. CAFOs make meat more economical, but may have some negative environmental impacts. These include all of the following EXCEPT A) High concentrations of animal waste. B) Increase in nutrients in stormwater runoff. C) Increase in sediments in stormwater runoff. D) Increased use of land area over other types of animal farming. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Increased use of land area over other types of animal farming. 3. What form of agriculture integrates produce and animal production? A) Aquaponics. B) Aquaculture. C) Hyroponics. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Aquaponics. 4. Which is NOT a benefit of genetically modified organisms? A) Increased profits. B) Increased crop yield. C) Increased resistance to extreme weather. D) Increased genetic diversity. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Increased genetic diversity. 5. What is soil erosion? A) Wearing away of the top layer of soil. B) Sink holes. C) Building up a thicker layer of soil. D) Selling soil for profit. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Wearing away of the top layer of soil. 6. Wet rice is the crop most associated with intensive agriculture for all of the following reasons EXCEPT A) Is usually planted by hand. B) Time consuming. C) Labor intensive. D) Expensive to grow. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Expensive to grow. 7. A friend tells you she's decided not to use pesticides or synthetic chemicals on her farm; she'll rely on composting and biological pest control. She is practicing A) Monoculture. B) Sustainable agriculture. C) Organic agriculture. D) Industrial agriculture. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Organic agriculture. 8. Emphasis on use of pesticides, herbicides, and monoculture A) Nomadic grazing. B) Green revolution. C) Organic agriculture. D) Subsistence agriculture. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Green revolution. 9. Concentrated Animal Feedlot Operations (CAFO's) can BEST be described as ..... A) A method of producing meat with more land. B) An experiment to test the effectiveness of antibiotics. C) The storing of grain as a nutritional supplement. D) Large numbers of livestock in confined spaces. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Large numbers of livestock in confined spaces. 10. Which of the following is a method of Aquaculture? A) Fish farming. B) Fish modifying. C) Fish raching. D) Both (a) and (c). Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Both (a) and (c). 11. Which would increase the likelihood of pesticide resistance? A) An insect has only one generation per year. B) Applying a pesticide that has little or no residual effect. C) Continual use of the same pesticides or pesticides from the same chemical class. D) Limiting the number of pesticide applications. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Continual use of the same pesticides or pesticides from the same chemical class. 12. Erosion is a danger whenever the soil is A) Covered with grass. B) Bare and exposed to wind and rain. C) Plowed along the contour of the land. D) Covered by forest. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bare and exposed to wind and rain. 13. From what sources do most of our Calories come from? A) Carbohydrates, Nucleic Acids, Water. B) Proteins, Nucleic Acids, Lipids. C) Carbohydrates, Lipids, Proteins. D) Nitrogen, Phosphorous, Potassium. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Carbohydrates, Lipids, Proteins. 14. Which of the following is the least viable strategy for world food supply? A) Increase the number of crops from different plant species. B) Doubling the global arable land for agriculture. C) Increase land for grain production by reducing land for meat production. D) Create a better system of food distribution. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Doubling the global arable land for agriculture. 15. Which is NOT true regarding of the mechanization of agriculture? A) The use of machines encourages farmers to grow several types of plants on a single farm. B) There is an economic advantage to using machines when fuel prices are low. C) There is an economic advantage to using machines when cost of labor is high. D) Mechanization allows farms to take advantage of economies of scale. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The use of machines encourages farmers to grow several types of plants on a single farm. 16. A farmer discovers pests have become resistant to the atrazine she's been using so she must use larger, more frequent doses. This is known as A) The pesticide treadmill. B) Both an acute and a chronic effect. C) A synergistic effect. D) An antagonistic effect. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The pesticide treadmill. 17. Why should rural areas be preserved? A) They provide crucial infrastructure. B) They provide ecological services. C) They contain greenbelts. D) None of the choices. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They provide ecological services. 18. What does "reuse" mean? A) Don't use. B) Use less. C) Use again. D) Use more. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Use again. 19. Eating a lot of meat is inefficient because A) 90% of energy is lost in transfer between trophic levels. B) 60% of energy is lost in transfer between trophic levels. C) 50% of energy is lost in transfer between trophic levels. D) 10% of energy is lost in transfer between trophic levels. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 90% of energy is lost in transfer between trophic levels. 20. Which of these is an example of a genetically modified organism (GMO)? A) A dog that is produced from mating two different breeds. B) Yellow Dent corn, a much larger strain of corn bred from wild varieties. C) A liger, which is born when a male lion and female tiger mate. D) BT corn, which contains a gene from a bacterium that gives it resistance from the European corn borer. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) BT corn, which contains a gene from a bacterium that gives it resistance from the European corn borer. 21. Substances that can eat through or dissolve metal storage tanks and equipment are called A) Toxic. B) Reactive. C) Ignitable. D) Corrosive. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Corrosive. 22. In general, for females, caloric requirements ..... to age ..... , then ..... until death. A) Decrease; 20; Increase. B) Increase; 30; Level Off. C) Increase; 30; Decrease. D) Increase; 20; Decrease. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Increase; 20; Decrease. 23. Which of these statements accurately compares forest soils to grassland soils? A) Grassland soils have much thicker O horizons due to the accumulation of fallen leaves. B) Grassland soils have much thicker A horizons due to the deep root structure of the plants. C) Forest soils have much thicker A horizons because very little leaching of nutrients takesplace. D) The two soils have nearly identical profiles, which each horizon being about the samethickness. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Grassland soils have much thicker A horizons due to the deep root structure of the plants. 24. The Food Quality Protection Act A) Bans the use of DDT, dioxin, PCBs, and pesticides on all US produced food. B) Requires the EPA to reduce pesticide use when the effects on children is unknown. C) Regulates the use of genetically modified organisms inn food produced within the US. D) Encourages fast-food chains to report the ingredients on all food items they sell. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Requires the EPA to reduce pesticide use when the effects on children is unknown. 25. Widespread malnutrition and starvation in an area due to a short of food, usually caused by drought A) The Green Revolution. B) Famine. C) Poverty. D) Land degeneration. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Famine. 26. Most of the corn produced in the US is used for A) Sale in the supermarket. B) Fuel (ethanol). C) Feeding cattle. D) Exported to other countries. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Feeding cattle. 27. Which of the following is NOT a traditional farming practice? A) Irrigation ditches. B) Irrigation drip systems. C) Manure as fertilizer. D) Biological pest control. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Irrigation drip systems. 28. What is Subsistence Farming? A) Farming that focuses on feeding the family and making money. B) Farming that uses environment friendly techniques. C) Farming where the farmer produces food to live off of. D) Farming that grows organic food. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Farming where the farmer produces food to live off of. 29. How do pesticides that regulate plant growth work? A) They attract predators of the pest. B) They disrupt the pest's life cycle. C) They allow crops to recover from pests and grow faster. D) They cause pests to stop growing so that they stay too small to cause damage. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They disrupt the pest's life cycle. 30. Cancer, nervous system disorders, and illness are all concerns associated with ..... A) Compost. B) Manure. C) Pesticides. D) Integrated pest management. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pesticides. ← 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 7Agriculture And Environment Quiz 8 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books