Unit 1 - Industrial Agriculture Quiz

The cultivation of a single crop in a given area is known as which of the following?

• Biodiversity

• Multiculture Farming

• Regenerative Farming

• Monoculture Farming

Industrial Farming is good for the environment but hardly grows enough food to support our food system.

• True

• False

The large-scale, intensive production of crops and animals, often involving chemical fertilizers on crops or the routine, harmful use of antibiotics in animals is known as which of the following?

• Regenerative Farming

• Industrial Agriculture

• The Dust Bowl

• Precision Farming

The effects left on organisms and their environment due to actions made by humans and natural occurrences are called which of the following?

• Ecological Impact

• Biodiversity

• E.coli

• Industrial Revolution

A gradual process that occurs when the impact of water or wind detaches and removes soil particles, causing the soil to deteriorate is?

• Emergence of pesticide resistant weeds

• Depletion of Phosphorus and fossil fuels

• Aquatic Dead Zones

• Soil Erosion

The decrease of the Bee Population is said to be due to which of the two following?

• Too much rain

• Improper Pesticide Usage

• Droughts

• Disruption of Ecosystems

Areas of water bodies where aquatic life cannot survive because of low oxygen levels are called?

• Aquatic Dead Zones

• Pollution

• Soil Erosion

• Depletion of Ground Water

Aquatic Dead Zones are said to be caused by which of the following?

• Significant nutrient pollution from waste and fertilizers

• Excessive Fishing

• Shark Week Fans

• Global Warming

Which of the following focuses on topsoil regeneration, increasing biodiversity, improving the water cycle enhancing ecosystem services, supporting biosequestration, increasing resilience to climate change, and strengthening the health and vitality of farm soil.

• Industrial Agriculture

• Agriculture Science

• Regenerative Farming

• Monocrop Farming

There are a few hundred microorganisms that live in soil.

• True

• False