This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Farm Power Energy > Farm Power And Energy In Agriculture – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Farm Power And Energy In Agriculture Quiz 1 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which of the following types of agriculture is used most widely throughout the world? (303) A) Slash-and-burn. B) Plantation. C) Shifting cultivation. D) Mediterranean. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Shifting cultivation. 2. Planting usually made up of one or more rows of trees or shrubs planted in such a manner as to provide shelter from the wind and to protect soil from erosion A) Contour plowing. B) Windbreaks. C) Perennial crops. D) Terracing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Windbreaks. 3. Intertillage is the process of (309) A) Planting between the rows of crops. B) Hand picking fruit yields. C) Transporting crops to market. D) Harvesting cereal crops with machinery. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Planting between the rows of crops. 4. The sterile insect technique is an example of A) Biological Pesticides. B) Carabmates. C) POPs. D) IPM. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Biological Pesticides. 5. Plants and animals that have been genetically adapted to suit human needs are considered (314) A) Cultivated. B) Primitive. C) Domesticated. D) Indigenous. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Domesticated. 6. Cash-cropping is a form of (279) A) Extensive agriculture. B) Pastoral nomadism. C) Mixed farming. D) Aquaculture. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Extensive agriculture. 7. Who wrote Silent Spring A) Hilary Roath. B) Rachel Carson. C) Todd Mcfurguson. D) Angelina Harper. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rachel Carson. 8. Depends on hand tools and natural fertilizers A) Low Input. B) HIgh Input. C) Tillage. D) Plantation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Low Input. 9. All of the following are true according to the Von Thünen model of agricultural land EXCEPT (340) A) Land values decrease with distance from urban markets. B) Rents are highest close to urban markets'. C) Dairy farms are located close to the city because of the perishability of dairy products. D) Forests for fuel and timber production could be located in any of the four rings. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Forests for fuel and timber production could be located in any of the four rings. 10. ..... accounts for the largest amount of water used each day. A) Public water use. B) Private water use. C) Mining. D) Thermoelectric power. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Thermoelectric power. 11. Oil Co. in Texas has chosen to build their industry closest to the oil rig. They decided that the gasoline is easier to transport by truck than the raw oil would be to transport to the refinery. A) Site-capital. B) Situation-bulk reducing. C) Situation-bulk gaining. D) Site-land. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Situation-bulk reducing. 12. A potential reserve is an energy source that (290) A) Is not widely used because it is too expensive. B) Can be used to generate electricity and create fuel. C) Exists only in remote geographic locations. D) Is suspected to exist but has not been discovered. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Is suspected to exist but has not been discovered. 13. Surface is plowed which then breaks up and exposes the soil. Followed by smoothing the surface and planting A) Organic Farming. B) Plantation. C) Tillage. D) High Input. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tillage. 14. Way to quickly get livestock ready for slaughter. They tend to be crowded, and animals are fed grains or feed that are not suitable as grass. generate large amount of organic waste, which can contaminate ground water and surface water. A) CAFOs. B) Overgrazing. C) Free Range Grazing. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) CAFOs. 15. Most of the U.S. Midwest was divided using which system? (324) A) Township and range. B) Universal transverse Mercator (UTM). C) Long lots. D) Nucleated. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Township and range. 16. What is the difference between arithmetic and physiologic population density? A) Arithmetic counts farmers. B) Physiologic counts farmers. C) Arithmetic counts only farmland. D) Physiologic counts only farmland. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Physiologic counts only farmland. 17. My carpet business has done wonderful lately. The process to manufacture my carpets is very detailed. First, the cotton fibers are spun together, then they are weaved into fabric, and then I must sew and tailor the final product. Because Seattle is a large consumer base for finished carpets, I have chose to locate my business in Spokane, Washington, not far from the Seattle markets. A) Situation-bulk gaining. B) Situation-bulk reducing. C) Site-bulk gaining. D) Site-labor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Situation-bulk gaining. 18. All of the following are forms of commercial agriculture EXCEPT (271) A) Specialized fruit production. B) Cattle ranching. C) Grain farming. D) Pastoral nomadism. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Pastoral nomadism. 19. In South America, most ethanol is produced using (275) A) Soybeans. B) Wheat. C) Palm oil. D) Sugar cane. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sugar cane. 20. Which of the following is not an example of a staple food in Central America? (310) A) Wheat. B) Corn. C) Potatoes. D) Squash. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Wheat. Next →Related QuizzesFarm Power And Energy In Agriculture Quiz 2Farm Power And Energy In Agriculture Quiz 3Farm Power And Energy In Agriculture Quiz 4Farm Power And Energy In Agriculture Quiz 5Farm Power And Energy In Agriculture Quiz 6Farm Power And Energy In Agriculture Quiz 7 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books