Agriculture Review

Which of the following best describes IPM?

• Spraying broad-spectrum chemical pesticides as the first line of defense 
• Complete elimination of all chemical pesticides
• Implementing a variety of cultivation and biological techniques and only spraying pesticides as a last resort
• Utilizing only trap cropping and crop rotation

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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 

Which of the following describes a fundamental characteristic of the Green Revolution?

• The application of higher levels of organic fertilizers.
• The addition of calorie, fat, and fiber content to food labels.
• The development of new strains of crops with higher yields.
• Deforestation to provide crops with additional sunlight.

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Repeated application of irrigated water in dry climates leads to...

• a drop in productivity of the land by more than 10%, leading to desertification
• a build up of nutrients, leading to increased levels of erosion
• a build up of salts in the soil, leading to salinization
• decreased phosphorus and nitrogen, leading to eutrophication

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The use of synthetic fertilizers can increase crop yield, but also

• destroy nitrifying bacteria in the soil
• increase nutrient runoff into nearby surface waters
• slow the release of organic nutrients from compost
• increase fish populations in nearby streams

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Which of the following best describes a genetically modified organism (GMO)?

• An organism that has been selectively bred for the best traits
• An organism that contains foreign DNA
• An organism that is produced after exposure to a mutagen.
• An organism that has been cloned

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All of the following are benefits of pesticide use EXCEPT

• disease control
• crop protection
• genetic resistance
• lower food costs for consumers

A farmer discovers pests have become resistant to the atrazine she's been using so she must use larger, more frequent doses.  This is known as 

• the pesticide treadmill
• both an acute and a chronic effect
• a synergistic effect
• an antagonistic effect

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Which of the following is NOT a key component of organic agriculture?

• Using genetically modified seeds.
• Applying manure as fertilizer.
• Integrated Pest Management
• Crop Rotation

Which of the following are harmful effects of agriculture?

• Algal blooms due to fertilizer runoff
• Climate change associated with methane emissions from livestock and rice paddies
• Pesticide residue in food, water, and air
• All of the above

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