5a and 5c Review

Another word for bug killer is

• barbacide

• irrigation

• pesticide

• herbicide

Which is NOT a characteristic of a developing country?

• high literacy rate

• high death rate

• high birth rate

• high infant mortality

What type of pest control uses

pesticides, insecticides, and herbicides?

• cultural

• mechanical

• chemical

• biological

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NGSS.MS-PS1-3

In order to feed the growing population,

scientists have found ways to increase

the yield of a crop. What does the term

yield mean?

• Amount of land needed for a crop.

• Amount of water used while irrigating.

• Amount of food produced in an area.

• Amount of chemicals used on crops.

Pumping water to crops

• herbicide

• salinization

• irrigation

• congregation

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

the introduction of machines or automatic devices into a process, activity, or place.

• salinization

• mechanization

• industry

• irrigation

Which factor contributed MOST to the

exponential growth of the human

population?

• more food, better hygiene

• higher birth rates

• decreased emigration

• increased immigration

What societal change would likely cause

a decrease in the birth rate?

• reducing the availability of family

  planning programs and birth control

• increasing the education and

  job opportunities for women

• requiring women to marry at a young

  age

• providing tax breaks to families who have more children

This country is

• developed

• developing

• America

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

The death rate in this country is probably

• High

• Low

• very low

• there isn't one

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4