This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Environment > Sustainable Agriculture – Quiz 7 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Sustainable Agriculture Quiz 7 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. This type of crop plant has leaves with a network of veins and ring-like vascular bundles A) Monocot. B) Dicot. C) Monoecious. D) Dioecious. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dicot. 2. One of the main features A) Optimized Watering Schedule. B) Yield Predictions. C) Soil Moisture Levels. D) Weather Data. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Soil Moisture Levels. 3. The NMSA has conceptualized its Programme of Action (PoA) in Four Main Functional Areas that are: A) R & D, Technology, Infrastructure, Capacity Building. B) Irrigation, Technology, Infrastructure, Capacity Building. C) R & D, Genetics, Infrastructure, Capacity Building. D) Genetics, Technology, Infrastructure, Capacity Building. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) R & D, Technology, Infrastructure, Capacity Building. 4. Any material of natural or synthetic origin that is applied to soils or plant tissues to supply one or more nutrients essential to plant growth A) Economy. B) Conservation tillage. C) Best management practices. D) Fertilizer. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Fertilizer. 5. Which of the following is a benefit of using the 4Rs of nutrient stewardship? A) Lower crop yields and by optimizing nutrient management. B) Preservation of natural ecosystems by growing more on less land. C) Lower the nutrients within a field's boundaries and in the crop rooting zone. D) Lower farm net income. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Preservation of natural ecosystems by growing more on less land. 6. Which of the following is NOT listed as a characteristic of good Ag Mechanics? A) Problem solvers. B) Attentive. C) Self-centered. D) Knowledgeable. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Self-centered. 7. Why is the study of ecology important? A) To understand the physical and chemical features of an environment. B) To understand the interrelationship between living things and their environment. C) To understand a specific discipline within an environment. D) To understand the agriculture practices of a site specific field. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To understand the interrelationship between living things and their environment. 8. How is sustainable agriculture defined? A) The practice of using resources that can be replaced as they are used up. B) It is the production of food with little or not application of chemicals. C) It is the practice of using production methods that ensure the continuing production of food and fiber crops in the future. D) Practices employed to conserve renewable natural resources. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It is the practice of using production methods that ensure the continuing production of food and fiber crops in the future. 9. Aquaponics conversion of nutrients to plants in what order ..... A) Fish waste, bacteria, nitrite, bacteria, nitrate. B) Bacteria, nitrite, fish waste, bacteria, nitrate. C) Fish waste, bacteria, nitrate, bacteria, nitrite. D) Bacteria, fish waste, nitrite, bacteria, nitrate. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fish waste, bacteria, nitrite, bacteria, nitrate. 10. When there is more water than the land can absorb, ..... happens. The excess water flows across the surface of the land and into nearby creeks, streams, or ponds. A) Soil erosion. B) Soil degradation. C) Flooding. D) Runoff. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Runoff. 11. In organic farming, how is food grown? A) In a "natural" way. B) In a barn. C) In a factory. D) Using lots of pesticides and fertilizers. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) In a "natural" way. 12. Because it uses less pesticides, organic farming ..... pollution to the soil and the air. A) Reduces. B) Reducing. C) Reduced. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Reduces. 13. The various types of growing media in hydroponics are..... A) Husk, Netpot, Rockwool. B) Sekam, Rockwool, cocopeat. C) Rockwool, Hydroton, Flanet. D) Cocopet, Hydroton, Gully. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sekam, Rockwool, cocopeat. 14. Tubes that carry water and minerals from the roots to the top of the plant. A) Vascular tubes. B) Xylem. C) Fern. D) Annuals. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Xylem. 15. Many areas of the world without adequate fresh water have become habitable because: A) Water conservation has been implemented. B) Icebergs have been towed in to provide fresh water. C) Water management projects have diverted water to the area. D) Rainfall patterns have changed. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Water management projects have diverted water to the area. 16. What do conventional farmers do to keep pests off their crops? A) Zap them with an electric fence. B) Burn their grass yearly. C) Spray the crops with pesticides. D) Grow the crops close together. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Spray the crops with pesticides. 17. Which of the following is and element of sustainable agriculture? A) Integrated Pest Management. B) Rotational Grazing. C) Soil Conservation. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 18. Farmers can reduce their impact on the environment by utilizing techniques such as ..... A) Aquaponics. B) Organic pest management. C) Hydroponics. D) All of the Above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the Above. 19. What is one of the interpersonal qualities good Ag Mechanics should have? A) Disorganized. B) Collaborative. C) Unreliable. D) Inflexible. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Collaborative. 20. What is hydroponics? A) Art of growing plants in air?. B) Art of growing plants in soil?. C) Art of legalizing use of plants . D) Art of soil-less growing?. 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