This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Biotechnology > Agricultural Biotechnology – Quiz 10 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Agricultural Biotechnology Quiz 10 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is the term used to describe the relationship between how much effort is put in and the amount of land being used in agriculture? A) Land-to-input ratio. B) Input-to-output ratio. C) Effort-to-land ratio. D) Land-to-effort ratio. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Land-to-input ratio. 2. What did Jonathan Lundgren blow the whistle on? A) Violations of professional standards. B) Suppression of research on industrial pesticides. C) Violations of federal laws. D) Suppression of research on organic farming. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Suppression of research on industrial pesticides. 3. Which is NOT a cost of farming? A) Could be dangerous. B) Uncertain. C) Took less land. D) Took time and energy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Took less land. 4. This pathway includes occupations that coordinate and contribute to getting ag products in hands of consumers. A) Agribusiness Systems. B) Animal Systems. C) Environmental Service Systems. D) Food Products and Processing Systems. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Agribusiness Systems. 5. Where does the seed get its energy from? A) Food stored in the roots. B) Energy from the sun. C) Root coat and seed coat. D) Food stored in its seed leaves. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Food stored in its seed leaves. 6. Agriculture Mechanics A) Study of soil and land management as it relates to use by humans. B) Research and innovation to improve efficiency and quality of agricultural products. C) Development and maintenance of equipment and machinery for agricultural use. D) A raw material or primary agricultural product that can be bought and sold, such as copper or coffee. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Development and maintenance of equipment and machinery for agricultural use. 7. This pathway includes labor contractors, fertilizer companies, selling agents, and more. A) Agribusiness Systems. B) Animal Systems. C) Environmental Service Systems. D) Food Products & Processing Systems. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Agribusiness Systems. 8. Which modern inputs have contributed to the increasing production of maize? A) Traditional seeds, no fertilisers, no irrigation. B) Genetically modified seeds, no fertilisers, irrigation. C) Pesticides, manual labor, rainwater. D) HYV seeds, fertilisers, irrigation. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) HYV seeds, fertilisers, irrigation. 9. The town of Coín represents a habitat ..... A) Concentrated. B) Dispersed. C) Disseminated. D) Grande. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Concentrated. 10. Which of the following is commonly considered a cause of the Neolithic Revolution? A) Growth of large cities. B) Rise in global temperatures. C) Development of class system. D) Establishment of cultural institutions. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rise in global temperatures. 11. What are the 3 forms of pesticides? A) Insecticides, herbicides, and fungicides. B) Miticides, fungicides, libicides. C) Canicides, rodenticides, watercides. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Insecticides, herbicides, and fungicides. 12. Which type of agriculture operates on a much larger scale and most of the food produced is meant for exporting around the country or world? A) Industrial agriculture. B) Polyculture. C) Small-scale agriculture. D) Subsistence agriculture. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Industrial agriculture. 13. Which of the following is described by the theory that in an increasingly unified world economy developed nations form an inner core area where developing countries are found on the periphery and semi-periphery A) World Systems Theory. B) Central Place Theory. C) Remittance Theory. D) Malthusian Theory. E) Scale Theory. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) World Systems Theory. 14. Food, clothing, and shelter A) Basic Human Needs. B) Import. C) Aquaculture. D) Export. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Basic Human Needs. 15. Technology essential for intensive subsistence agriculture is A) The Green Revolution. B) Advancements in pesticide research. C) Biotechnology. D) Precision agriculture techniques. E) Irrigation. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Irrigation. 16. True or False:Domestication of animals is the raising and training of animals to be used for work or food. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 17. Which of the following agricultural practices can help prevent weeding? A) Monoculture planting. B) Excessive use of chemical fertilizers. C) Culture rotation. D) Irregular irrigation. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Culture rotation. 18. As food became more abundant, fewer people were needed in the fields. As a result, some people A) Went back to hunting and gathering. B) Started domesticating animals. C) Became artisans, or skilled workers. D) Moved out of the villages. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Became artisans, or skilled workers. 19. In which region do historians believe human settlement began? A) Far East. B) Latin America. C) Middle East. D) Southern Africa. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Middle East. 20. What is the purpose of ag gag laws? A) To encourage whistleblowing in agriculture. B) To promote agricultural transparency. C) To limit the ability to share information about agricultural abuses. D) To protect animal welfare. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To limit the ability to share information about agricultural abuses. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesAgricultural Biotechnology Quiz 1Agricultural Biotechnology Quiz 2Agricultural Biotechnology Quiz 3Agricultural Biotechnology Quiz 4Agricultural Biotechnology Quiz 5Agricultural Biotechnology Quiz 6Agricultural Biotechnology Quiz 7Agricultural Biotechnology Quiz 8Agricultural Biotechnology Quiz 9Agricultural Biotechnology Quiz 11 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books