Agriculture Quiz Review

What does IPM stand for?

• integrated pest management

• interrelated pesticide management

• integrated pest maintenance

What is the goal of IPM?

• reduce the use of pesticides

• reduce pest populations

• combines multiple techniques to reduce pests

• all of these

What is a specific pest control approach?

• vacuum for pests

• use GMO seed

• introduce parasites to feed on pests

• all of these

Which of the following is an advantage of GM crops

• better taste

• more nutritious

• less pesticide used

• all of these

Enabling crops to produce their own insecticides to ward off insects is an advantage for farmers.

• true

• false

One of the following traits is NOT a characteristic of a Genetically Modified (GM) food crop.

• unique color

• grow faster

• more resistant to diseases

• more resistant to pesticides

As a result of genetically modified crops, chemical use on farms has

• gone up on some but no change on others

• gone up dramatically

• no change

• gone down on some

What is the reason farmers cultivate GM crop?

• increase yield

• save time

• decrease pesticide cost/use

• all of these

In a region with strong wind, flat land, and little forest cover, how would you reduce erosion?

• agroforestry

• contour plowing

• crop rotation

• terracing

The benefits of the Green Revolution included all of the following EXCEPT

• increase yields

• increased fossil fuel use

• introduced new farming techniques

• saved millions of people