Environmental Science Agriculture Test

Organic production refers to foods grown without ________ fertilizers, herbicides, or pesticides.

• any
• synthetically produced
• naturally occurring

Food insecurity refers to a lack of food ________.

• quantity
• quality
• quantity and quality
• choice

Crops which must be planted every year are __________ crops.

• forest
• biennial
• perennial
• annual

Seeds can not be saved for ______ plants.

• open-pollinated
• self-pollinated
• heirloom
• hybrid

Farms which have a mix of crops and livestock are known as _______ systems.

• monoculture
• diversified
• integrated
• mixed

In the US, people are eating ________ red meat and _____ poultry than in the past.

• more/more
• less/less
• more/less
• less/more

__________ are at the top of the marine food chain.

• Primary producers
• Herbivorous fish
• Carnivorous fish
• Plankton

Soybeans, corn and wheat are considered ______ crops.

• traditional
• commodity
• organic
• conventional

_______ are chemicals which kill weeds.

• Fertilizers
• Fungicides
• Rodenticides
• Herbicides

Pesticides can be ______.

• organic only
• synthetic only
• organic and synthetic