Sustainable Agriculture Quiz 7 (9 MCQs)

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1. Aside from laboratories and offices, where else might Food Scientists work?

Correct Answer: B) In the "Field" or farms directly with farmers.

2. Conservation includes

Correct Answer: D) All of these.

3. One reason farmers in the US can grow a great variety of crops is that

Correct Answer: B) The US has diverse climates and soils.

4. What is one of the goals of sustainable agriculture?

Correct Answer: C) Protect the environment and expand natural resources supply.

5. Which type of garden saves the MOST space for the most plants?

Correct Answer: C) Vertical.

6. With this economic system, the consumer decides what to produce and how to produce it. The market determines income.

Correct Answer: B) Capitalism (Free Market System).

7. The practice of ecological agriculture involves building the strengths of natural ..... into agroecosystems.

Correct Answer: B) Ecosystems.

8. ..... is the conversion of atmospheric nitrogen into oxidized forms that can be assimilated by plants.

Correct Answer: A) Nitrogen Fixation.

9. When was the earliest documentation of Hydroponics?

Correct Answer: B) Egyptians-floating gardens.