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WorksheetsRampant Pesticide Use Risks Health
Total questions: 55
Worksheet time: 1hrs 10mins
What are human-made compounds often referred to as?
Chemicals
Medicine
Organic
Artificial substances
What are the risks associated with medicine?
Some chemicals cause negative side effects that may actually hurt our bodies.
They directly cause cancer.
There are no risks.
What is a chemical pesticide?
A painkiller
A substance that protect crops from insects and disease.
A substance that increases the amount of food produced in one season.
A substance that preserves food.
What is a chemical fertilizer?
A painkiller
A substance that protect crops from insects and disease.
A substance that increases the amount of food produced in one season.
A substance that preserves food.
What is DDT?
Chemical insecticide
Chemical fertilizer
Painkiller
Organic food
Why is DDT no longer used today? Choose TWO answers.
DDT is no longer used today because it causes cancer.
DDT is no longer used today because it polluted waterways and damaged soils.
DDT is no longer used today because scientist cannot find enough of it in nature to make more.
DDT is no longer used today because it is painful.
What are ways in which chemicals are used in foods before they are eaten?
To enhance flavors
To preserve food
To thicken liquids
To add vitamins
All of these answers
What are some risks associated with the chemicals added to food?
Headaches
Facial numbness
Cancer
All of these answers
What does the term organic mean?
Grown without the use of chemicals
Healthy
Grown from organs
Unhealthy
Why do some people eat organic fruits and vegetables?
Some people feel they are safer to eat.
Some people feel they are easier to eat.
Some people feel they are cheaper to eat.
Which of the following is NOT a benefit associated with using chemicals?
Medical drugs can reduce pain as well as control or cure many diseases, extending human life expectancy.
Pesticides/insecticides can protect crops from insects and diseases.
Fertilizers can increase the amount of food produced.
Pesticides/insecticides can cause serious side effects, like cancer.
Which of the following is NOT a risk associated with using chemicals?
Some medical drugs with negative side effects.
Food additives that can cause headaches, facial numbness, or even cancer.
Fertilizers can increase the amount of food produced.
Pesticides/insecticides can cause serious side effects, like cancer.
Who is basically responsible for your health?
Parents
Friends
Ourselves
Goals
Pests are defined as
Any species that interferes with human welfare
Chemicals that can kill
Any species that can be beneficial to humans
True/False: Synthetic pesticides can pose a risk to other, desirable species.
True
False
The cultivation of a single crop in a given area
polyculture
monoculture
inorganic farming
organic farming
All-natural farming practice-no pesticides used
inorganic farming
organic farming
monoculture farming
polyculture farming
The ability of an organism to remain unaffected by a harmful agent in the environment
chronic toxicity
acute toxicity
resistance
monoculture
DDT accumulation in North American Eagles, pelicans, and other birds disrupted birds' calcium metabolism, causing...
Infertility
Thin Eggshells
Severe nerve damage
Adult Deformities
All of these are correct
A herbicide is a type of pesticide that kills ...
insects
plansts
fungi
rodents
Known as selective pesticides because they target only one specific type of insect
organic pesticide
inorganic pesticide
broad-spectrum pesticide
narrow-spectrum pesticide
Significant Agricultural monetary losses are due to the destruction of ____ through pesticide spray and drift and residues on flowers.
Ladybirds beetles
Honeybees
Pray Mantises
Monarch Butterflies
A pesticide that kills a large range of pests and non-pest insects would be classified as a ...
Narrow-range pesticide
Broad-range pesticide
Targeted pesticide
Micro-pesticide
Crop rotation prevents
Badgers
A build up of pests
The farmer having to plough
Water pollution
A biological control uses a
Predator to control a pest
Pest to control a predator
Which chemical controls weeds?
Fungicide
Pesticide
Insecticide
Herbicide
Which chemical controls pests
Fertiliser
Pesticide
Herbicide
Fungicide
Which 3 of the following are indirect controls of pests?
Pesticides
Timely harvesting
Stubble cleaning
Crop rotation
Which 2 of the following are direct controls of pests?
Pesticides
Crop rotation
Insecticides
Timely harvesting
What are the 3 modes of action of fungicides?
Contact
Absorbed
Protective
Translocated
Organic Farming prohibits the use of which 2 of the following?
Chemical sprays
Machinery
Personal Protective Equipment
GMO's
.................... can damage our health condition.
Uncontrolled poison use in vegetable.
Uncontrolled pesticide mixed in water
Uncontrolled use of chemicals in veterinary lab
Most of the commercially produced vegetables available in the market are found to be unsafe for consumption, thanks to an excessive use of chemicals during their cultivation.
The attitude here is .......................
sarcasm
showing happiness
unsafe feeling
Expressing gratitude
The excessive use of pesticides in the vegetable ...........................
ruins the taste of vegetable.
ruins the shape of vegetable
compels to increase the price of vegetable.
helps destroy the fertility of the vegetable farm.
NARC stands for ..........................
Nepal Agricultural Research Council
New Agriculture Research Council
Nepal Agrovet Research Council
Nepal Ayurvedic Research Council
After the application of pesticide in the vegetable, .................
it shouldn't be consumed for a number of days.
the land should be irrigated immediately.
the vegetable should not be sold for two- three days.
the farmer inquire about the market price.
There is an environmental risk when we use poison in the vegetables.
True
False
Doesn't matter
No idea
