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WorksheetsAPES AG Exam
Total questions: 40
Worksheet time: 1hrs 10mins
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1.
In "Dirt, The Movie" what did Andy Lipkis mean by the statement "I just had a sip of dinosaur pee."
a)
Human pee and dinosaur pee are the same chemical compound.
b)
Water has been recycled over and over again through the hydrologic cycle.
c)
Water is so polluted with ammonia from farming, you may as well be drinking dinosaur pee.
d)
Ground water is so deep it lyes with the fossilized remains of dinosaurs.
2.
Cities like Los Angeles loose a lot of water to runnoff because ...
a)
the city is on the side of the San Gabriel Mountains.
b)
large cities divert their water into a reservoir for drinking water.
c)
the city is positioned on the lei side of a mountain range.
d)
the city hasn't any soil and is covered mainly by pavement and asphault
3.
According to "Dirt, The Movie", what do Haitians use to eleviate hunger?
a)
They rely on insects that are abundant during drought.
b)
They eat a catus-like plant called the Hoodia gordonii.
c)
They eat dried dirt cookies.
d)
They drink cow's blood.
4.
An excess of which of the following would most likely be associated with the formation of a dead zone?
a)
Carbon
b)
Oxygen
c)
Nitrogen
d)
Iron
5.
_____ is a problem because the land becomes degraded and people are unable to grow the food they need to survive.
a)
Overgrazing
b)
Irrigation
c)
Deforestation
d)
Erosion
6.
On desert farms continual use of irrigation can cause large mineral deposits on surface of the soil and lead to this condition
a)
water logging
b)
salinization
c)
soil erosion
d)
all of these
7.
What are monocultures?
a)
Groups of people who practice one method of farming.
b)
Large expanses of a single crop type.
c)
A farming method where one type of pesticide is used.
d)
A farming where multiple crops are planted in one field.
8.
The food available to us in stores is mostly just clever rearrangements of...
a)
Wheat
b)
Corn
c)
Soy
d)
Barley
9.
Most of the corn produced in the US is used for
a)
sale in the supermarket
b)
feeding cattle
c)
fuel (ethanol)
d)
exported to other countries
10.
A condition that occurs when people do not consume enough calories or variety of foods.
a)
Famine
b)
Malnutrition
c)
Diet
d)
Yield
11.
Monocultures require more pesticides and herbicids because ...
a)
they tend to attract more insects and weeds than other crop cultures.
b)
they risk total total crop annilation if infested by a pest insect or plant.
c)
they are so genetically modified that they resist pesticides and heribicides.
d)
they require more nutrients and water than traditional crop cultures.
12.
The recent movement in agriculture to grow crops using manure and compost, no pesticides and no herbicides is called ...
a)
the green revolution
b)
modern industrialization
c)
plantation farming
d)
organic farming
13.
What can you do to promote sustainable food production?
a)
eat less meat
b)
buy certified organic products
c)
eat locally grown food
d)
all of these
14.
Genetically modified crops or GMO's ...
a)
need more water
b)
reduce biodiversity
c)
need more fertilizer
d)
all of these
15.
Most people in the world survive by eating one of these three grains
a)
rice, corn and potatoes
b)
corn, barley and potatoes
c)
wheat, corn and barley
d)
corn, wheat and rice
16.
The movement of nutrients dissolved in water from one soil horizon to another is called ...
a)
weathering
b)
erosion
c)
moving
d)
leaching
17.
Soil formation begins with the weathering of ...
a)
leaf litter.
b)
bedrock.
c)
dead animal remains.
d)
humus.
18.
Which soil Horizon is also called the "bedrock"?
a)
O Horizon
b)
A Horizon
c)
R Horizon
d)
C Horizon
19.
Which Horizon is made up of partially weathered rocks?
a)
Horizon A
b)
Horizon B
c)
Horizon C
d)
Horizon R
20.
Which type of soil conservation strategy is being used in this picture?
a)
windbreakers
b)
contour farming
c)
planting of vegetation
d)
terracing
21.
What soil conservation technique is this?
a)
Crop Rotation
b)
Wind Breaks
c)
Contour Plowing
d)
No-Till Farming
22.
What soil conservation is this?
a)
Conservation Tillage
b)
Agroforestry
c)
Crop Rotation
d)
Alley Cropping
23.
What is plowing in curved rows that follow the shape of the land?
a)
contour plowing
b)
soil
c)
subsoil
d)
terrace farming
24.
What was NOT a result of the Green Revolution?
a)
Research into GMOs
b)
Increased crop yields
c)
reduced costs for many foods
d)
less dependence on fertilizers and pesticides
25.
Which of the following is NOT an argument against GMO usage?
a)
Development of super bugs/weeds
b)
Introduction of allergens
c)
Higher crop yields
d)
Possible unknown health effects
26.
What is integrated pest management?
a)
Killing all pests on a food crop.
b)
Using insects to combat other pest insects.
c)
Growing a parellel crop to draw pests from a food crop.
d)
The use of a mixture of multiple herbicides and insecticides.
27.
Which would increase the likelihood of pesticide resistance?
a)
An insect has only one generation per year.
b)
Continual use of the same pesticides or pesticides from the same chemical class.
c)
Applying a pesticide that has little or no residual effect.
d)
Limiting the number of pesticide applications.
28.
When you heat dairy products to destroy harmful bacteria
a)
homogenized
b)
pasterized
c)
fortified
d)
enriched
29.
What are the name of the large company that controls much of the GMO seed products?
a)
Multisato
b)
Monsanto
c)
Monstatic
d)
Monostat
30.
Roundup-Ready seeds ...
a)
grow plants that die when sprayed with roundup
b)
Contain round up in the seeds
c)
Produce roundup within the plant as it grows
d)
are resistant to ROUND UP
31.
What are fertilizers composed of organic matter from plants and animals called?
a)
inorganic fertilizers
b)
organic fertilizers
c)
free range fertilizers
d)
natural fertilizers
32.
What are synthetic fertilizers; fertilizers produced commercially, normally with the use of fossil fuels called?
a)
organic fertilizers
b)
inorganic fertilizers
c)
synthetic fertilizers
d)
fossil fertilizers
33.
What is the name for a vertical section through a section of soil showing its succession of horizons and the underlying parent material?
a)
soil profile
b)
soil horizon
c)
parent soil
d)
soil longitude
34.
What is the name given for farming methods that preserve long-term productivity of land and minimizes pollution, typically by rotating soil- restoring crops with cash crops and reducing in-puts of fertilizer and pesticides?
a)
no-till agriculture
b)
subsistance agriculture
c)
traditional agriculture
d)
sustainable agriculture
35.
All of the following are environmental impacts of livestock farms EXCEPT ...
a)
Manure pollutes water with bacteria, hormones, and other
chemical residues from animal feed
chemical residues from animal feed
b)
Excess nutrients from agricultural runoff are a major cause of
"dead zones"
"dead zones"
c)
Generates very little air pollution from dirt and manure dust because of number of organisms
d)
18 % of world greenhouse gas emissions
36.
What type of agriculture is carried out for survival-with few or no crops available for sale? Its usually organic, simply for lack of money to buy industrial inputs such as fertilizer, pesticides, or gentically modified seeds.
a)
Substainable agriculture
b)
Subsistance agriculture
c)
LDC agriculture
d)
Slash and Burn agriculture
37.
What effect did over plowing and cutting down trees in the Great Plains during the 1930’s?
a)
It had little effect
b)
It increased soil fertility
c)
It was a primary cause of the Dust Bowl
d)
Farmers had a great harvest
38.
Which soil horizon contains decomposed plants and animals?
a)
A Horizon
b)
O Horizon
c)
R Horizon
d)
B Horizon
39.
What is the name given for the type of commercial fishing that involves a large metal chain baskets holding nets that are dragged across the ocean floor scouring the bottom for shrimp, scallops, and flounder?
a)
trawler fishing
b)
drift-net fishing
c)
long-line fishing
d)
seine fishing
40.
What is the name given to the type of fish harvesting portrayed in the picture?
a)
trawler fishing
b)
hook-line-sinker fishing
c)
long-line fishing
d)
factory line-fishing
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