Agriculture Quiz

widespread starvation caused by a shortage of food

• famine

• yield

• malnutrition

An agricultural technique used in tropical regions that clears rain forest quickly

• regenerative farming

• tilling

• slash and burn

The surface layer of soil, that is extremely fertile, is called

• sub soil

• topsoil

• surface litter

chemicals used to kill insects

• herbicide

• pesticide

• homicide

chemicals used to kill other plants and weeds

• herbicide

• pesticide

• homicide

When genetic material in a living cell is modified for medical or industrial use this is called

• economic modification

• bacterial modification

• genetic modification

When animals are bread and used for human use this is called

• wild animals

• domestication

• modification

any material added to soil to supply one or more plant nutrients essential to the growth of plants

• herbicide

• pesticide

• fertilizer

When one variety of crop is grown over huge acreage this is called a

• heterocrop

• decacrop

• monocrop

The practice of "turning over" the ground, that releases helpful nutrients and damaging carbon into the air

• irrigating

• tilling

• deforestation