Agriculture Test 2023

Before agriculture, how did people find food?

• ordering food online

• hunting and gathering

• planting crops and harvesting them

• using agro-biotech to increase crop yields

A farming system in which the products are sold for use away from the farm.

• subsistence agriculture
• commercial agriculture
• sustainable agriculture
• organic agriculture

Farming that focuses on producing enough food to feed the farmer's family.

• agro-biotech
• commercial agriculture
• monoculture
• subsistence agriculture

In subsistence agriculture the scale (size) you would expect to see the food produced is ____.

• small

• medium

• large

• extra large

Farming system that relies on natural ecological systems versus the use of chemical pesticides

• organic agriculture
• commercial agriculture
• subsistence agriculture
• inventive agriculture

Farming practice that carefully manages natural resources to minimize negative effects on the environment.

• sustainable agriculture
• organic agriculture
• commercial agriculture
• pastoralism

Agricultural practices that conserve soil and water resources. 

• sustainable agriculture
• organic agriculture
• commercial agriculture
• subsistence agriculture

A place that has many options for fast food (high caloric foods) is ___.

• food swamp

• food desert

• food oasis

• food dessert

If you live in a place that is more than a half-mile from the supermarket & do not have a car you live in a ___.

• food swamp

• food desert

• food oasis

• food dessert

A place that does not have affordable, fresh, healthy and nutritious food is a ___.

• food swamp

• food desert

• food oasis

• food dessert