This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Farm Power Energy > Farm Power And Energy In Agriculture – Quiz 5 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Farm Power And Energy In Agriculture Quiz 5 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. A farmer plants corn in a field one year, cotton in the same field the following year, and then corn again. This farmer is practicing (272) A) Commercial farming. B) Crop rotation. C) Slash-and-burn agriculture. D) Shifting cultivation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Crop rotation. 2. Which of the following is not true about market gardening? (318) A) It requires more manual labor than mechanized farming. B) It produces a diverse variety of crops. C) It relies on monoculture production. D) It operates on a relatively small scale. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It relies on monoculture production. 3. Medical technology from MDCs to LDCs has reduced death rates in LDCs. This is a ..... form of diffusion. A) Relocation. B) Hierarchical. C) Stimulus. D) Contagious. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hierarchical. 4. In the preservationist land use model, people are encouraged to (298) A) Not alter the natural environment. B) Raise only enough crops to feed the local population. C) Explore wilderness areas previously untouched. D) Raise only those crops that do not require irrigation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Not alter the natural environment. 5. When flying across the central United States, the view consists of patches of land about one square mile in size, this is evidence of which type of land-use pattern? (285) A) Long lots system. B) Township range system. C) Sectional system. D) Homestead system. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Township range system. 6. Physically breaking down rocks and materials is called ..... weathering. A) Chemical. B) Mechanical. C) Biological. D) Permeable. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mechanical. 7. Which of the following is an example of voluntary collective farming? (307) A) Cooperatives in Hungary between 1948 and 1956. B) Collectives in Cuba between 1977 and 1983. C) Kibbutzim in Israel between 1909 and the present. D) Kolkhozy in the Soviet Union between 1928 and 1933. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Kibbutzim in Israel between 1909 and the present. 8. A developer clears several acres of forest to make room for a shopping center. All traces of the original landscape have been eliminated. This is an example of (291) A) Topicide. B) Sustainable development. C) Desertification. D) Agribusiness. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Topicide. 9. DDT is considered a POP because A) It is persistent in the environment. B) Always targets the correct pest. C) Affects the nervous system of pests. D) Uses living organisms to kill pests. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It is persistent in the environment. 10. Because an average wage is $ 35/hour in a developed country and $ 1/hour with limited benefits in a developing country, much labor-intensive work is outsourced to LDCs. A) Site-capital. B) Site-land. C) Site-bulk gaining. D) Site-labor. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Site-labor. 11. Farming or plowing on or along a slope of land to reduce soil erosion A) Contour plowing. B) Wind breaks. C) Perennial crops. D) Terracing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Contour plowing. 12. Which of the following agricultural practices most closely followed hunting and gathering? (336) A) Pastoralism. B) Intensive agriculture. C) Extensive agriculture. D) Commercial farms. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pastoralism. 13. Which of the following describes how winter wheat is planted and harvested? (287) A) Planted in the spring, harvested in the summer. B) Planted in the winter, harvested in the spring. C) Planted in the spring, harvested in the winter. D) Planted in the fall, harvested in the spring. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Planted in the fall, harvested in the spring. 14. A suitcase farm is defined as (322) A) A commercial farm where no one lives and that is farmed by migratory workers. B) Land to and from which seasonal pasture animals are moved through-out the year. C) A farm where crops are grown for human consumption rather than for animals. D) Commercial production of fruit from orchards. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A commercial farm where no one lives and that is farmed by migratory workers. 15. Involves pumping ground water into spray nozzles across and agricultural field. This system is more efficient than flood and furrow irrigation, with only 1/4 or less of the water lost to evaporation or runoff. However, spray systems are more expensive than flood and furrow irrigation and also requires energy to run. A) Furrow Irrigation. B) Flood Irrigation. C) Drip Irrigation. D) Spray Irrigation. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Spray Irrigation. 16. All of the following were features of the British Agricultural Revolution between the 17th and 19th centuries EXCEPT (342) A) The drawing away of workers from factories growing up during the same period in the Industrial Revolution. B) The development of four-field crop rotation. C) An enclosure movement for livestock. D) The use of technology and advancements from other areas of Europe and America. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The drawing away of workers from factories growing up during the same period in the Industrial Revolution. 17. Your Darren Creek timber company is located near the sawmill in Denver, Colorado. They mass produce chairs and classroom materials that will be transported via train across the Midwest. A) Situation-bulk gaining. B) Situation-bulk-reducing. C) Site-labor. D) Site-neither. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Situation-bulk-reducing. 18. Which of the following refers to the decision to abandon the use of a product that harms the environment and switch to a product that is more environmentally friendly? (294) A) Substitution principle. B) Sustainability. C) Conservation. D) Recycling. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Substitution principle. 19. The clearing of land through manual labor using simple tools is called (296) A) Labor-intensive farming. B) Cultivation. C) Crop rotation. D) Preservation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Labor-intensive farming. 20. Which of the following is characterized by the use of migrant workers who do not live on the farm for labor? (299) A) Suitcase farms. B) Long-lot farms. C) Organic farms. D) Livestock farms. 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