APES FOOD QUIZ

Immediately planting a nitrogen-fixing plant, such as a legume, to protect and rejuvenate the topsoil after growing a carbohydrate-rich grain that uses soil nitrogen

• Cover Cropping

• Hydroponics

• Alley Croppping

• Perennial polyculture

• Intercropping

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Growing crops between rows of trees

• Hydroponics

• Intercropping

• Alley Cropping

• Perennial polyculture

• Cover cropping

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Growing plants by exposing the roots to nutrient-rich water instead of soil

• Alley Cropping

• Intercropping

• Hydroponics

• Perennial polyculture

• Cover cropping

Which of the following techniques helps to limit soil erosion?

• Cutting down all the trees in a specific area

• Growing one crop such as wheat, every season, on one parcel of land

• Planting crops on human-made broad, flat terraces that run across the slope of hilly land

• Allowing large numbers of animals to grace in a grassy area, which hardens the soil they stand on

• Driving off road vehicles, because they flatten and harden the soil beneath them

Industrialized meat production has harmful environmental consequences. These include all of the following EXCEPT

• the use of large amounts of energy

• contributing to the eutrophication of the Gulf of Mexico

• contributing to global warming

• the natural control of pests

• polluting the air, water, and soil with manure

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Which best describes genetically modified organisms (GMO's)

• Planting a variety of crops in the same area such as native grass, grains, and sunflowers.

• Genes are splices from one plant into another species of plant.

• Export crops such as bananas, coffee, and sugar cane are grown on large plantations and sold to developed to countries

• Fish are raised in underwater cages, protected from pest species,

• Plants are not grown in soil, but instead their roots are in nutrient-filled water so they are protected from pests that would otherwise damage them.

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Which of the following would be a disadvantage to using pesticides ?

• Selective pesticides kill specific organisms, such as acequinocyl, which kill mites.

• Pests become resistant to pesticides so farmers must use higher doses, at greater expense to kill the pests.

• By killing the pests that damage agricultural crops, pesticides help keep the price of food down.

• Pesticides have a long shelf life, so farmers will not lose money if the pesticides are kept for a long time before being used.

• Pesticides saves lives by killing the vectors for diseases such as malaria, bubonic plague, and typhus.

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Which of the following is the best example of a persistent pest control?

• Genetically engineered pest- resistant crops

• The natural presence of a pest-controlling species within an ecosystem.

• DDT, because it remained harmful in the environment for years.

• First-generation pesticides that are natural chemicals found in plants such as nicotine sulfate in tobacco leaves.

• Essential oils taken from common species that are easily grown, such as clove, mint, rosemary, and thyme.

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The following practices are used to grow organic crops EXCEPT

• providing habitat for insects or other small invertebrates that feed on pests

• keeping organic matter and nutrients in the soil as much as possible

• planting crops before or after insect pests are there to cause damage

• spraying pesticides on the roots so that the part of the plant that is eaten is not contaminated

• introducing natural enemies to the insect pests, such as releasing ladybugs or praying mantis insects

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Which of the following is a biological pest control method?

• Bringing in natural enemies such as predators, parasites, and bacteria

• Using synthetic herbicides

• Allowing wind to carry pesticides from one region to another

• Using broad spectrum agents

• Using a second-generation pesticide

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