This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Agriculture > Environment > Soil > Soil And Agriculture – Quiz 4 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Soil And Agriculture Quiz 4 (26 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. As a farmer, you would be most concerned with the quality of the soil in the A) R horizon. B) E horizon. C) A horizon. D) O horizon. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A horizon. 2. What is cultivation of vegetable and ornamental plants called? A) Sericulture. B) Horticulture. C) Viticulture. D) Pisciculture. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Horticulture. 3. What is the required amount of organic matter in organic agriculture A) 30%. B) 20%. C) 50%. D) 40%. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 20%. 4. Fish farming is also known as? A) Pisciculture. B) Cattle breeding. C) Dairy farming. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pisciculture. 5. Which soil type is the best at retaining water? A) Loam. B) Sand. C) Clay. D) Silt. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Clay. 6. Date and Palm trees can be grown in which soil? A) Alluvial soil. B) Red soil. C) Mountain soil. D) Desert soil. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Desert soil. 7. What soil is best for growing plants? A) Clay. B) Sand. C) Mud. D) Topsoil. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Topsoil. 8. Moisture content of organic fertilizer. A) 30%-40%. B) 25% -40%. C) 25%-35%. D) 35%-40%. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 30%-40%. 9. As an agriculture science student, explain to a group of farmers THREE ways in which global warming is likely to affect their crops and animal production. A) Disrupt food availability. B) Increase in temperatures and extreme weather conditions. C) Changes in rainfall patterns. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 10. The average food item in the United States travels 2400 km to reach the buyer. One alternative to this energy-inefficient practice is A) Treating the food with preservative chemicals. B) Buying locally produced food. C) Buying organic food. D) Buying GM food. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Buying locally produced food. 11. How is mechanical weathering different from chemical weathering? A) Chemical weathering happens over much shorter time frame than mechanical weathering. B) Chemical weathering changes the chemical composition of rocks; mechanical weathering does not. C) Chemical weathering occurs only in tropical climates; mechanical weathering occurs only in cool climates. D) Chemical weathering occurs only in the mountains; mechanical weathering occurs only on flat land. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Chemical weathering changes the chemical composition of rocks; mechanical weathering does not. 12. It is the process of planting seeds. A) Initial planting. B) Leveling. C) Sowing. D) Seeding. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sowing. 13. Agriculture is defined as ..... A) Art and science of cultivating the soil and rising crop and livestock. B) Science of cultivating. C) Art of cultivating the soil and rising crop. D) Science of cultivating livestock. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Art and science of cultivating the soil and rising crop and livestock. 14. Breaking down or wearing away of rocks is called ..... A) Weathering. B) Humus. C) Erosion. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Weathering. 15. Many plants cannot grow in clay soil. Why is this true? A) Clay soil does not have many nutrients. B) Roots cannot easily push through clay soil. C) Water doesn't drain well through clay. D) All of these choice s. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of these choice s. 16. Weathering ..... A) Can cause droughts. B) Creates nutrients. C) Creates soil. D) Starts erosion. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Creates soil. 17. Which of the following is not a type of soil? A) Minerals. B) Clay. C) Topsoil. D) Sand. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Minerals. 18. When plants, animals, and other organisms die, they break down and become part of the soil. What is this part of the soil called? A) Sand. B) Silt. C) Clay. D) Humus. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Humus. 19. Color of the soil can tell you A) A quick answer if the soil is healthy for farming. B) Soil pollution. C) Whether you need to add more nutrients. D) How much it has rained. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A quick answer if the soil is healthy for farming. 20. A resistance to pesticides can cause A) Biotech foods. B) Altered DNA. C) Cancer. D) Super bugs. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Super bugs. 21. Which of these would be the first step when using Integrated Pest Management? A) Introducing a predator species. B) Chemical Pesticides. C) Nets (Mechanical Removal). D) Crop Rotation (Cultivation method). Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Crop Rotation (Cultivation method). 22. Which of the following is the largest particle in soil? A) Sand. B) Silt. C) Humus. D) Clay. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sand. 23. The Fertilizer which do not use soil in preparation. A) Bokashi. B) Mud ball. C) Fortified compost fertilizer. D) Fortified organic fertilizer. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bokashi. 24. Soil erosion is the process by which the A) The land surface(top soil) is removed by wind, water or ice. B) Formation of soil form rocks. C) Rusting of soil. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The land surface(top soil) is removed by wind, water or ice. 25. Overgrazing, overcropping, and deforestation impact erosion because of A) Wind. B) Soil. C) Weathering. D) Humans. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Humans. 26. All the following are examples of the role and importance of agriculture except: A) Marginalization. B) Food security. C) Employment. D) Foreign exchange. 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