Pesticide Quizzes & Trivia

Many consumers are aware that conventionally farmed fruits and vegetables are sprayed with pesticides to thwart critters, but do you know how many of those harmful chemicals remain after your food leaves the field?

Blueberries are full of vitamins and antioxidants, but domestic blueberries have tested positive for 42 different pesticide residues. Pesticides are substances meant for destroying by attracting, seducing, or mitigating pests, not food.

Take these quizzes and find out what exactly you are serving on your plate. Questions range from: “How can pesticides be used safely?”, “How can people reduce the need to use pesticides around the home?”, to “What are the safe measures to dispose of pesticides?”, and “Does a pesticide maintain a registration status indecently?”.

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Pesticide Applicator Certification Practice - C3

Hello! Do you have any knowledge about pesticides? If yes, then check out our well-researched 'TN Pesticide Practice Test Quiz' that is designed to check your understanding of the same. Pests are well-known for...

Questions: 112 | Attempts: 10884 | Last updated: Jun 26, 2022

Sample Question
In order to buy a restricted use pesticide in Tennessee, an individual must:

Be 16 years of age

Be certified by the Tennessee Department of Agriculture as a pesticide applicator

Working under the supervision of a certified applicator

Meet all the safety standards

4.6 Pesticides & Fertilizers

Environmental Science Unit 4: Land Use & Human Impact 4.4 I can explain the benefits and environmental impacts of pesticide and fertilizer use.

Questions: 7 | Attempts: 3256 | Last updated: Mar 21, 2022

Sample Question
Farmers use pesticides because they

Add nutrients, like nitrogen and phosphorus, to the soil.

Make crops resistant to harmful bugs.

Provide a rich water supply to the crops.

Kill unwanted organisms that destroy crops.

Risk, Toxicology, And Pesticides

Read the following questions and mark the correct answer.

Questions: 11 | Attempts: 310 | Last updated: Mar 20, 2022

Sample Question
Risk involves the possibilty of suffering harm from a hazard that can cause injury, envrionmental damage,

Death

Economic loss

Disease

All the above

4.6 Pesticides & Fertilizers*

Environmental Science Unit 4: Land Use & Human Impact 4.4 I can explain the benefits and environmental impacts of pesticide and fertilizer use.

Questions: 7 | Attempts: 1405 | Last updated: Mar 21, 2022

Sample Question
Farmers use pesticides because they

Add nutrients, like nitrogen and phosphorus, to the soil.

Provide a rich water supply to the crops.

Kill unwanted bugs and weeds that destroy their crops.