Environmental Science, Chapter 10, Section 2.
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Our environment is full of wonders and undertaking environmental science is a great way to find out more about it and how t works. The quiz below is designed to test out what you understood in chapter ten. Give it a try and see how much you remember. All the best!
- 1.The following grains are among the world's major food crops except...
- A.
Wheat
- B.
Soybean
- C.
Rice
- D.
Corn
- E.
All of these answers are grains that are major food crops.
- 2.Which of the following types of agriculture is most characteristic of developing countries?
- A.
Plantation agriculture
- B.
Traditional agriculture
- C.
Industrialized agriculture
- D.
Minimum-tillage agriculture
- E.
High-input agriculture
- 3.All of the following crops are commonly grown in plantation agiculture except...
- A.
Corn
- B.
Bananas
- C.
Palm oil
- D.
Coffee
- E.
Sugarcane
- 4.The majority of soil organic matter is concentrated in the
- A.
O horizon of leaf litter
- B.
A horizon of topsoil
- C.
O and A horizons
- D.
C horizon
- E.
B horizon
- 5.What proportion of food products sold in the U.S. supermarket shelves contain some form of genetically engineered crop?
- A.
1/5
- B.
1/3
- C.
1/2
- D.
2/3
- E.
3/4
- 6.Which of the following types of agriculture is most characteristic of developed countries?
- A.
Plantation agriculture
- B.
Traditional agriculture
- C.
Industrialized agriculture
- D.
Minimum-tillage agriculture
- E.
Maximum-tillage agriculture
- 7.Which of the following would not be used to describe polyculture?
- A.
Plants mature at various times
- B.
The plot of land is left unmanaged for long periods of time
- C.
Fertilizer use and water uses are reduced
- D.
Pesticides are rarely needed
- E.
It produces higher yields and high-input monocultures
- 8.Which of the following associations is incorrect?
- A.
Croplands and grains
- B.
Aquaculture and seafood
- C.
Rangelands and meat
- D.
Feedlots and shellfish
- E.
All of these answers are correct
- 9.Which statement is best fit to describe an aspect of industrialized agriculture?
- A.
Insecticides and herbicides are rarely needed
- B.
Food is produces for global consumption
- C.
Farmers grown several different crops on the same plot simultaneously
- D.
Humans and draft animals provide the labor
- E.
Polyculture is an underlying theme in all operations
- 10.Monoculture is a method of growing food taht is utilized soley in
- A.
Industrialized agriculture
- B.
Polyculture
- C.
Traditional subsistence agriculture
- D.
Traditional intensive agriculture
- E.
Both industrialized agriculture and traditional agriculture
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