Level 1 Prove Mastery Agriculture

Enabling crops to produce their own insecticides to ward off insects is an advantage for farmers.

• true
• false

In a region with strong wind, flat land, and little forest cover, how would you reduce erosion?

• agroforestry
• contour plowing
• crop rotation
• terracing

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

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

A farmer has an infestation of aphids and greenflies. He introduces ladybugs, which prey on aphids, and uses a limited dose of a pesticide to deal with the flies. The farmer’s approach to insect pests is

• chemical control
• biological control
• integrated pest management
• organic pest management

A pesticide is _____________if it does not break down easily or quickly in the environment.

• Compost
• Domesticated
• Persistent
• Aquaculture

Chemicals that help plants grow is called

• Terraces
• Pesticides
• sugars
• Fertilizers

One environmental benefit of IPM is that it lowers the use of pesticides.

• True
• False

One strategy that could increase crop yield without involving pests could be the use of crop rotation.

• true
• false

The use of GMOs, crop rotation, limited pesticides, noise, fences are all strategies that could be used for IPM.

• true
• false

Traditional agriculture may use all of the following EXCEPT

• fossil fuels
• organic fertilizers
• irrigation
• work horses