Sustainable Agriculture 2022

True/False: Synthetic pesticides can pose a risk to other, desirable species as well as humans

• True

• False

Chemicals used to kill insects, weeds, and other pests

• Salinization
• Pesticide
• Biological pest control
• Genetic engineering

The cultivation of a single crop in a given area

• polyculture

• monoculture

• inorganic farming

• organic farming

All-natural farming practice-no pesticides used

• inorganic farming

• organic farming

• monoculture farming

• polyculture farming

The ability of an organism to remain unaffected by a harmful agent in the environment

• chronic toxicity

• acute toxicity

• resistance

• monoculture

Significant Agricultural monetary losses are due to the destruction of ____ through pesticide spray and drift and residues on flowers.

• Ladybirds beetles

• Honeybees

• Pray Mantises

• Monarch Butterflies

What is the highest cause of soil erosion and with what amount?

• Overgrazing

• Industrialization

• Agricultural Activities

• Fuelwood

When there are not enough plants to hold topsoil in place, water and  _______ carry the topsoil away, leaving the subsoil exposed

• sunlight
• birds
• magnetic fields
• wind

Which type of soil conservation strategy is being  used in this picture?

• windbreakers
• contour farming
• planting of vegetation
• terracing

What soil conservation technique is this?

• Crop Rotation
• Wind Breaks
• Contour Plowing
• No-Till Farming