Agriculture and Soil Review

This type of farming (of many particular kinds in different eras and places) is considered to be the original type of agriculture, and has been practiced for thousands of years

• Bio-dynamic farming

• Traditional farming

• Integrated farming

• Organic farming

(a)   are substances or mixture of substances intended for preventing, destroying, repelling, or mitigating any pest

_________ is a production system that sustains the health of soils, ecosystems, and people. It relies on ecological processes, biodiversity, and cycles adapted to local conditions, rather than the use of inputs with adverse effects

• Conventional agriculture

• Integrated agriculture

• Organic agriculture

• Market agriculture

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A large-scale farming operation that practices monoculture is which of the following?

• Community farming

• Traditional farming

• Organic farming

• Industrial farming

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This type of agriculture relies on human and animal labor.

• Industrial agriculture

• Traditional agriculture

• Organic agriculture

• Community agriculture

This type of agriculture produces 80% of the worlds food supply.

• Industrial agriculture

• Traditional agriculture

• Organic agriculture

• Community agriculture

• High Cost

In organic agriculture even natural fertilizers cannot be used.

• True

• False

Traditional agriculture mainly takes place in

• less-developed countries

• more-developed countries

Which of the following is not a benefit of GMOs

• Increases pest resistance

• Decreases biodiversity

• Increases drought resistance

• Reduces cost of manufacturing

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Industrialized agriculture is often referred to as "high input" because it requires a great deal of:

• pesticides
• fertilizers
• fossil fuels
• all of these