APES Fall Final Exam Review Pt 2

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All of the following are benefits of pesticide use EXCEPT: disease control, crop protection, lower food costs for consumers

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genetic resistance

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A farmer discovers pests have become resistant to the atrazine she's been using so she must use larger, more frequent doses. This is known as

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the pesticide treadmill

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A farmer sprays Glyphosate from a plane onto her crop. After a rainstorm, the nearby stream shows an increase in Glyphosate. This runoff is an example of

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non point source pollution

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Monocropping has a number of disadvantages. These include all of the following EXCEPT: erosion due to exposure of large areas of soil during planting., Pests are more likely to attack a monocrop due to the high concentration., Loss of habitat for natural pest predators.

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Nutrition and pesticide needs should be similar throughout a single crop.

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CAFOs make meat more economical, but may have some negative environmental impacts. These include all of the following EXCEPT: high concentrations of animal waste, increase in nutrients in stormwater runoff, increase in sediments in stormwater runoff, increased use of land area over other types of animal farming.

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increased use of land area over other types of animal farming.

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Overuse of farmland can cause a depletion in soil nutrients and can lead to

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desertification

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When roots become saturated with water due to over-irrigation, it causes death in plant roots. This is called:

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waterlogging

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When irrigation water evaporates, salts are left behind on the soil surface and can cause plant death or lead to

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soil salinization

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One of the advantages to using genetically modified organisms (GMOs) is

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reduce the need for pesticides

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Which of the following would be an environmental impact of high density animal farming? lower prices, livestock can escape, water pollution (sediment, chemical, nutrient) due to runoff, improvement of feeding efficiency

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water pollution (sediment, chemical, nutrient) due to runoff