Agricultural Ecosystems Quiz

What is the term used to describe agriculture ecosystems that are rooted in the knowledge of local environments, justice, and are often small-scale and ecologically diverse?

• Agroecology

• Monoculture

• Industrial agriculture

• Polyculture

What is the term for a complex form of intercropping, meaning multiple crops are grown at the same time on the same field?

• Aquaculture

• Subsistence agriculture

• Monoculture

• Polyculture

Which type of agriculture operates on a much larger scale and most of the food produced is meant for exporting around the country or world?

• Polyculture

• Subsistence agriculture

• Industrial agriculture

• Small-scale agriculture

What is the term for a type of agricultural ecosystem that can range from communities protecting and cultivating fishing grounds, to fish farms where species are raised in artificial ponds or tanks?

• Polyculture

• Subsistence agriculture

• Monoculture

• Aquaculture

What is the term for a process of buying up all the pieces of the supply chain, from owning the fields where crops are grown to controlling the packing and processing factories?

• Supply chain integration

• Market integration

• Horizontal integration

• Vertical integration

What is the term for a type of agriculture that requires a lot of commercially developed seeds or synthetic fertilizers and herbicides?

• Low-input agriculture

• High-input agriculture

• Polyculture

• Agroecology

What is the term for a type of agriculture that is rooted in the knowledge of local environments, justice, and is often small-scale and ecologically diverse?

• Industrial agriculture

• Polyculture

• Monoculture

• Agroecology

What is the term for a type of agriculture that is more likely to have a steady rotation of crops to harvest, and better mirrors the complexity of the surrounding ecosystem?

• Subsistence agriculture

• Aquaculture

• Polyculture

• Monoculture

What is the term for a type of agriculture that is low-input and often has both rice and fish, making it a polyculture?

• Agroecology

• Industrial agriculture

• Low-input agriculture

• High-input agriculture

What is the term for a type of agriculture that is high-input and requires a lot of commercially developed seeds or synthetic fertilizers and herbicides?

• Agroecology

• Low-input agriculture

• High-input agriculture

• Polyculture