APES CH 11 Feeding the World

In the Chapter Opening Case, "A Farm Where Animals Do Most of the Work," what do the animals do that is considered "most of the work"?

• They poop - using cow and chicken manure is a good way to recycle nutrients back onto the soil.

• All farm equipment is run by animals, saving on fossil fuel use.

• Cows are consumers that eat the producers grass which is work.

• The farmer rents out his animals when they are not in use on his farm.

A steady diet of high calorie, low nutrition fast food may lead to
I. Overnutrition
II. Malnutrition
III. Undernutrition

• I only
• II only
• III only
• I and II

Mechanization of agriculture is advantageous for all of the following reasons EXCEPT

• Machines encourage the growth of several types of plants in a single farm.
• There is an economic advantage if fuel prices are low.
• There is an economic advantage if cost of labor is high.
• Staple crops such as beans and corn are more economically harvestable.

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Synthetic fertilizers have many advantages over traditional "organic" animal waste fertilizers.  These include all of the following EXCEPT

• ease of application.
• highly adjustable nutrient content.
• bioavailability of nutrients.
• lack of nutrient runoff problems.

Which of the following is NOT one of the 4 major features of the Green Revolution?

• Management techniques

• Mechanization

• Fertilization & Irrigation

• Crop Fallowing

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After many years of applying the selective pesticides provironex, a farmer notices that the applications seem less effective.  This is likely due to

• the fact that provironex is fat soluble and has been bioaccumulating.
• provironex is selective, so other pests are filling the niche from the exterminated ones.
• provironex is persistent, and the farmer should apply less for better results.
• the target species has begun to evolve resistance.

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Scientists have inserted a gene for the production of vitamin A into rice.  This practice of changing the genetic structure of agricultural products to improve desirable traits is known as

• Genetic Engineering.
• Transmodification.
• Selective Breeding.
• Natural Selection.

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Which areas of the world are most susceptible to desertification?

• Humid Equitorial Regions
• Temporal Chaparral
• Areas adjacent to the Poles.
• Areas adjacent to Existing Deserts.

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No till farming will most likely lead to all of the following EXCEPT

• crop rotation.
• intercropping.
• planting herbicide-resistant crops.
• habitat creation for pest predators.

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IPM is likely to use all of the following techniques EXCEPT

• intercropping.
• planting herbicide-resistant crops.
• habitat creation for pest predators.
• increased use of traditional pesticides.

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