This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Agriculture > Plant Agriculture > Crop Plants > Plant Agriculture – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Plant Agriculture Quiz 1 (22 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which of the following is the earliest form of commercial fishing A) Coastal fishing. B) Deep sea fishing. C) Pole fishing. D) Long line fishing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pole fishing. 2. The Great Plains Shelterbelt was one of the public works programs instituted by Franklin Delano Roosevelt following the dust bowl. This is an massive example of ..... a. Terracingb. Contour plowingc. Strip croppin A) Terracing. B) Stip cropping. C) Contour plowing. D) A wind break. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A wind break. 3. Which of the following is high rates of bycatch and highly destructive of benthic communities A) Deep sea fishing. B) Pole fishing. C) Long line finish. D) Trawling. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Trawling. 4. Why did farmers remove the prairiegrasses from the Southern Plains? A) They wanted to plant crops. B) The grasses caused dust storms. C) They wanted to eat the grasses. D) They grasses could be burned to heat homes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They wanted to plant crops. 5. Which of the following has the lowest rates of bycatch A) Trawling. B) Long line fishing. C) Pole fishing. D) Coast fishing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pole fishing. 6. Which is true about aquaculturing? A) A. The amount of aquacultured fish has decreased significantly in favor of wild-caught fish. B) B. Aquaculturing requires the same inputs as other forms of animal agriculture, including feed and antibiotics. C) Aquaculture operations do not affect the surrounding ecosystem in any adverse way. D) All of the above are true. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) B. Aquaculturing requires the same inputs as other forms of animal agriculture, including feed and antibiotics. 7. Which of these is false about the three staple crops?a. They make up the majority (about two-thirds) of human consumption.b. Corn (maize) is a staple crop.c. Rice is a staple crop.d. At least one of the staple crops is an animal product. A) Coen (maize) is a staple crop. B) At least one of the staple crops is an animal product. C) They make up the majority (about two-thirds) of human consumption. D) Rice is a staple crop. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) At least one of the staple crops is an animal product. 8. What are the 4 parts that make up soil? A) Water, vegetation, mud, and rocks. B) Rocks, gravel, mud, and water. C) Air, mineral, water, and organic material. D) Mineral, air, mud, and dirt. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Air, mineral, water, and organic material. 9. What restrictions are placed on fishing in marine reserves? A) Fishing is not restricted in marine reserves. B) Fishing is allowed, but only at levels below the maximum sustainable yield. C) Fishing is allowed, but only species that are not endangered. D) All harvesting of marine organisms is illegal in marine reserves. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All harvesting of marine organisms is illegal in marine reserves. 10. One reason soil could be blown away is because A) Farmers didn't take care of their farms. B) Winds were really strong. C) Animals dug up the dirt with their hooves. D) So much planting eliminated grass that held it down. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) So much planting eliminated grass that held it down. 11. Which of these animals would be protected by the Marine Mammal Protection Act? A) A cod fish living off the coast of Alaska. B) A dolphin living in the territorial waters of Brazil. C) A beluga whale living in the exclusive economic zone of the United States. D) A shark living in international waters. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A beluga whale living in the exclusive economic zone of the United States. 12. When did the Dust Bowl take place? A) 1920's. B) 1930's. C) 1950's. D) 1940's. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1930's. 13. What is the best description of a biome? A) An interdependent system of plants, animals, and land. B) A system of trees, forests, and rivers. C) A habitat where large numbers of animals live. D) An area with significant amounts of rainfall. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) An interdependent system of plants, animals, and land. 14. What does the word deciduous mean? A) "to change color". B) "to fall off". C) "to decide". D) "to change seasons". Show Answer Correct Answer: B) "to fall off". 15. Q:Which one is not a natural input in agriculture system? A) Land. B) Soil. C) Climate. D) Irrigation. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Irrigation. 16. Which of the fish above were harvested from an aquaculture facility? A) Yellow Fin Tuna. B) Yellowtail Flounder. C) Atlantic Salmon. D) Swordfish. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Atlantic Salmon. 17. Which of the following has baited hooks are attached to a single fishing line that trails behind a ship A) Long line fishing. B) Pole fishing. C) Coastal fishing. D) Tolling. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Long line fishing. 18. Which biome is characterized by low temperatures and low amounts of rainfall (and other precipitation)? A) Desert. B) Tundra. C) Tropical rain forest. D) Temperate deciduous forest. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tundra. 19. What two animals plagued the Plains? A) Grasshoppers and Bumble Bees. B) Jackrabbits and Lady Bugs. C) Lady Bugs and Grasshoppers. D) Jackrabbits and Grasshoppers. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Jackrabbits and Grasshoppers. 20. Which of the following is the order of soil particles from large to small? A) Clay, silt, sand. B) Sand, silt, clay. C) Silt, clay, sand. D) Clay, sand, silt. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sand, silt, clay. 21. The United States has established annual catch limits to ensure fishing stocks can recover each year. Which of these statements best describes how these limits are established? A) The catch limits are lower than the maximum sustainable yield. B) The catch limits are equal to the maximum sustainable yield. C) The catch limits are greater than the maximum sustainable yield. D) Catch limits are based on consumer demand, not on the health of fish stocks. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The catch limits are lower than the maximum sustainable yield. 22. What was done by the federal government to help protect the soil from wind erosion? A) Planted trees and grass. B) Build windmills nearby. C) Stabilize the banking industry. D) All of the choices. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Planted trees and grass. Related QuizzesPlant Agriculture QuizzesAgriculture Quizzes 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books