This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Farm Power Energy > Farm Power And Energy In Agriculture – Quiz 4 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Farm Power And Energy In Agriculture Quiz 4 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The emergence of which of the following allowed people to settle in one location permanently rather than migrating seasonally? (282) A) Subsistence farming. B) Monoculture. C) Plantation agriculture. D) Commercial farming. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Subsistence farming. 2. The 3 Main crops grown in the US are A) Rice, Kale, Corn. B) Corn, Wheat, Rice. C) Wheat, barley, hops. D) Hemp, Corn, Rice. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Corn, Wheat, Rice. 3. Cultivating a field partitioned into long, narrow strips which are alternated in a crop rotation system A) Strip cropping. B) Perennial crops. C) Terracing. D) Contour plowing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Strip cropping. 4. People who engage in subsistence agriculture (343) A) Regularly make purchases in the marketplace. B) Never use slash-and-burn techniques. C) May engage in intensive cultivation in areas of high population density. D) Are practicing a relatively new form of agriculture. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) May engage in intensive cultivation in areas of high population density. 5. Occurs when too many animals feed on particular are of land. Causes loss of vegetation, and leads to soil erosion and desertification. A) Overgrazing. B) Feedlots. C) CAFOs. D) Waterlogging. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Overgrazing. 6. What is it called when forests are planted with no diversity? A) Monoculture. B) Pop Culture. C) Bioculture. D) Unoculture. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Monoculture. 7. Cutting down every tree in a large area is known as A) Clear Cutting. B) Selective Cutting. C) Monocutting. D) Autocutting. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Clear Cutting. 8. Most assembly and parts plants for cars today are located in the interior United States, from Michigan to Alabama, the corridor known as "auto alley.” Most of these plants are clustered in Michigan and nearby northern states because that makes for easier transportation costs to market demanders. For example, a seat manufacturer sets up within an hour of the final assembly plants because it is large and bulky and they need to be shipped rather quickly because they are not being saved in inventory. A) Situation-bulk redcuing. B) Situation-bulk gaining. C) Site-labor. D) Site-capital. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Situation-bulk gaining. 9. Which of the following was developed during the Third Agricultural Revolution? (283) A) Animal domestication. B) Cattle ranching. C) Genetic engineering. D) Seed agriculture. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Genetic engineering. 10. Strategies to improve soil fertility include A) Crop rotation. B) Green manure. C) Limestone. D) All of the choice s are correct. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the choice s are correct. 11. Which form of commercial agriculture is found primarily in developing countries? (304) A) Plantation agriculture. B) Mixed farming. C) Dairy farming. D) Truck farming. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Plantation agriculture. 12. Slash-and-burn is an example of what type of agricultural practice? (316) A) Pastoral agriculture. B) Collective farming. C) Subsistence farming. D) Plantation agriculture. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Subsistence farming. 13. Method of planting crops in strips with rows of trees or shrubs on each side A) Alley Cropping. B) Crop Roation. C) Intercropping. D) Interplanting. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Alley Cropping. 14. Occurs when the salts in the groundwater remain in the soil after the water evaporates. it can make soil toxic for plants A) Salinization. B) Waterlogging. C) Desertification. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Salinization. 15. Limiting the amount of timber cut from a forest to prevent forest depletion, thus ensuring its production for future use, is an example of (328) A) Sustainable yield. B) Nonrenewable resources. C) Specialization. D) An adaptive strategy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sustainable yield. 16. Which of the following crops was domesticated in northern Africa approximately 1, 200 years ago? (284) A) Coffee. B) Squash. C) Corn. D) Millet. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Coffee. 17. Which of the following was a short-term result of the collectivization of agricultural production in Communist countries? (277) A) Urbanization. B) Deindustrialization. C) Food shortages. D) Lower food costs. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Food shortages. 18. Which horizon of the soil profile will have the greatest concentration of organic nutrients? A) A. B) B. C) C. D) O. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A. 19. Which of the following is a benefit of industrial agriculture? (315) A) It gives consumers more access to food. B) It conserves water through irrigation. C) It increases the number of farming jobs. D) It decreases the amount of chemical fertilizers running off farm fields. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It gives consumers more access to food. 20. Type of Pest control that used a combination of biological, chemical and physical methods. This minimizes the disruption to the environment but it is complex and expensive A) POPs. B) Biological. C) Integrated Pest Management (IPM). D) Carbamates. 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