APES Human Pop, Agriculture and Land Use Exam Review

The 3 macronutrients necessary for proper nutrition include

• chocolate, candy, and frosting
• animals, vegetables, and minerals
• carbs, fats, and proteins
• iron, vitamin A, and iodine

GMO organisms:

• Have the same number of genes as their conterparts
• Have a lot more genes than their conterparts
• Have fewer genes than their conterparts
• Have one or two genes more than their conterparts

Which of these is a greenhouse gas produced by domestic livestock?

• NO2
• CH4
• CO
• SO2

Which of these is a greenhouse gas produced from fertilizing soil in agriculture?

• NO2
• CH4
• CO
• SO2

Which of the following is likely to minimize soil erosion?

• No till agriculture
• Herbicide use
• High Yield crops
• Deforestation

An integrated pest management approach to pest control emphasizes which of the following?

• Eradication of the pest population
• Reduction of crop damage to an economically tolerable level
• Use of plant monoculture to simplify spraying
• Elimination of the use of second generation pesticides

One way to slow erosion is to plant crops between rows of economically viable trees.  This is called:

• Alley Cropping
• Terrace Cropping
• Intercropping
• Interplanting

The type of polyculture that has several plant species planted in a way that they are intermingled in the crop is called:

• Alley Cropping
• Strip Cropping
• Intercropping
• Interplanting

Which of the following is NOT a component of Organic agriculture?

• Uses no GMOs
• Uses organic, natural fertilizers
• Uses no chemical pesticides, antibiotics, or growth hormones
• Uses no fossil fuels

The second green revolution focused on all of these, except:

• increasing world grain production
• fast-growing rice and wheat
• growing more food on less land
• organic farming techniques