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Rampant Pesticide Use Risks Health

Total questions: 55

Worksheet time: 1hrs 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What are human-made compounds often referred to as?

a)

Chemicals

b)

Medicine

c)

Organic

d)

Artificial substances

2.

What are the risks associated with medicine?

a)

Some chemicals cause negative side effects that may actually hurt our bodies.

b)

They directly cause cancer.

c)

There are no risks.

3.

What is a chemical pesticide?

a)

A painkiller

b)

A substance that protect crops from insects and disease.

c)

A substance that increases the amount of food produced in one season.

d)

A substance that preserves food.

4.

What is a chemical fertilizer?

a)

A painkiller

b)

A substance that protect crops from insects and disease.

c)

A substance that increases the amount of food produced in one season.

d)

A substance that preserves food.

5.

What is DDT?

a)

Chemical insecticide

b)

Chemical fertilizer

c)

Painkiller

d)

Organic food

6.

Why is DDT no longer used today? Choose TWO answers.

a)

DDT is no longer used today because it causes cancer.

b)

DDT is no longer used today because it polluted waterways and damaged soils.

c)

DDT is no longer used today because scientist cannot find enough of it in nature to make more.

d)

DDT is no longer used today because it is painful.

7.

What are ways in which chemicals are used in foods before they are eaten?

a)

To enhance flavors

b)

To preserve food

c)

To thicken liquids

d)

To add vitamins

e)

All of these answers

8.

What are some risks associated with the chemicals added to food?

a)

Headaches

b)

Facial numbness

c)

Cancer

d)

All of these answers

9.

What does the term organic mean?

a)

Grown without the use of chemicals

b)

Healthy

c)

Grown from organs

d)

Unhealthy

10.

Why do some people eat organic fruits and vegetables?

a)

Some people feel they are safer to eat.

b)

Some people feel they are easier to eat.

c)

Some people feel they are cheaper to eat.

11.

Which of the following is NOT a benefit associated with using chemicals?

a)

Medical drugs can reduce pain as well as control or cure many diseases, extending human life expectancy.

b)

Pesticides/insecticides can protect crops from insects and diseases.

c)

Fertilizers can increase the amount of food produced.

d)

Pesticides/insecticides can cause serious side effects, like cancer.

12.

Which of the following is NOT a risk associated with using chemicals?

a)

Some medical drugs with negative side effects.

b)

Food additives that can cause headaches, facial numbness, or even cancer.

c)

Fertilizers can increase the amount of food produced.

d)

Pesticides/insecticides can cause serious side effects, like cancer.

13.
Taking action to avoid disease, injury or other negative health outcomes is called?
a)
prevention
b)
objectives
c)
medication
d)
sports
14.

Who is basically responsible for your health?

a)

Parents

b)

Friends

c)

Ourselves

d)

Goals

15.
Physical and social conditions that surround a person and influence your health is called?
a)
culture
b)
environment
c)
health
d)
pressure
16.
A behavior that is repeated so often that it becomes almost automatic is called?
a)
swimming
b)
habit
c)
family
d)
pressure
17.
Beliefs and patterns of behavior that are shared by a group of people and passed from generation to generation is called?
a)
physical environment
b)
social environment
c)
culture
d)
Christmas
18.
You get the energy you need for your daily activities from the food you eat.
a)
True
b)
False
19.
Your nutrition affects your overall health.
a)
True
b)
False
20.
The food you eat must be broken down into a different form before your body can use it.
a)
True
b)
False
21.
The Nutrition Facts label shows you how much of each food you should eat.
a)
True
b)
False
22.

Pests are defined as

a)

Any species that interferes with human welfare

b)

Chemicals that can kill

c)

Any species that can be beneficial to humans

23.

True/False: Synthetic pesticides can pose a risk to other, desirable species.

a)

True

b)

False

24.
Chemicals used to kill insects, weeds, and other pests
a)
Salinization
b)
Pesticide
c)
Biological pest control
d)
Genetic engineering
25.

The cultivation of a single crop in a given area

a)

polyculture

b)

monoculture

c)

inorganic farming

d)

organic farming

26.

All-natural farming practice-no pesticides used

a)

inorganic farming

b)

organic farming

c)

monoculture farming

d)

polyculture farming

27.

The ability of an organism to remain unaffected by a harmful agent in the environment

a)

chronic toxicity

b)

acute toxicity

c)

resistance

d)

monoculture

28.

DDT accumulation in North American Eagles, pelicans, and other birds disrupted birds' calcium metabolism, causing...

a)

Infertility

b)

Thin Eggshells

c)

Severe nerve damage

d)

Adult Deformities

e)

All of these are correct

29.

A herbicide is a type of pesticide that kills ...

a)

insects

b)

plansts

c)

fungi

d)

rodents

30.

Known as selective pesticides because they target only one specific type of insect

a)

organic pesticide

b)

inorganic pesticide

c)

broad-spectrum pesticide

d)

narrow-spectrum pesticide

31.

Significant Agricultural monetary losses are due to the destruction of ____ through pesticide spray and drift and residues on flowers.

a)

Ladybirds beetles

b)

Honeybees

c)

Pray Mantises

d)

Monarch Butterflies

32.
DDT is ____________ in the environment.  This means it doesn't break down/decompose.  It lasts a long time.
a)
persistent
b)
synergistic
c)
acute
d)
threshold
33.

A pesticide that kills a large range of pests and non-pest insects would be classified as a ...

a)

Narrow-range pesticide

b)

Broad-range pesticide

c)

Targeted pesticide

d)

Micro-pesticide

34.

Crop rotation prevents

a)

Badgers

b)

A build up of pests

c)

The farmer having to plough

d)

Water pollution

35.

A biological control uses a

a)

Predator to control a pest

b)

Pest to control a predator

36.

Which chemical controls weeds?

a)

Fungicide

b)

Pesticide

c)

Insecticide

d)

Herbicide

37.

Which chemical controls pests

a)

Fertiliser

b)

Pesticide

c)

Herbicide

d)

Fungicide

38.

Which 3 of the following are indirect controls of pests?

a)

Pesticides

b)

Timely harvesting

c)

Stubble cleaning

d)

Crop rotation

39.

Which 2 of the following are direct controls of pests?

a)

Pesticides

b)

Crop rotation

c)

Insecticides

d)

Timely harvesting

40.

What are the 3 modes of action of fungicides?

a)

Contact

b)

Absorbed

c)

Protective

d)

Translocated

41.

Organic Farming prohibits the use of which 2 of the following?

a)

Chemical sprays

b)

Machinery

c)

Personal Protective Equipment

d)

GMO's

42.
A super bacteria is one...
a)
that kills you quickly
b)
a very large bacteria
c)
a bacteria that is resistant to pesticides
d)
a bacteria that is resistant to antibiotics
43.
A medicine that kills bacteria
a)
antiviral
b)
antibiotic
c)
anti-fungal
d)
antiacid
44.
Bacteria reproduce quickly by
a)
binary fission
b)
budding
c)
meiosis
d)
regeneration
45.
A chemical that kills bugs and insects is a ...
a)
mutation
b)
resistance
c)
antibiotic
d)
pesticide
46.
A  population of cockroaches was sprayed with an insecticide.  Some cockroaches survived and produced a population of cockroaches that was resistant to this spray.  What can BEST be inferred from this example?
a)
species will adapt no matter what the environment
b)
environment has no effect on the survival of an organism
c)
Individuals with favorable variations survive and reproduce
d)
Insecticides cause mutations that are passed on to the next generation
47.
A chemical that keeps a virus from invading a cell or causing the cell to make virus proteins is a
a)
antibiotic
b)
mutant
c)
antifungal
d)
antiviral
48.
Viruses are
a)
easily killed
b)
destroyed by antibiotics
c)
nonliving
d)
different kinds of bacteria
49.
Organism populations that reproduce quickly evolve quickly
a)
true
b)
false
50.

.................... can damage our health condition.

a)

Uncontrolled poison use in vegetable.

b)

Uncontrolled pesticide mixed in water

c)

Uncontrolled use of chemicals in veterinary lab

51.

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 .......................

a)

sarcasm

b)

showing happiness

c)

unsafe feeling

d)

Expressing gratitude

52.

The excessive use of pesticides in the vegetable ...........................

a)

ruins the taste of vegetable.

b)

ruins the shape of vegetable

c)

compels to increase the price of vegetable.

d)

helps destroy the fertility of the vegetable farm.

53.

NARC stands for ..........................

a)

Nepal Agricultural Research Council

b)

New Agriculture Research Council

c)

Nepal Agrovet Research Council

d)

Nepal Ayurvedic Research Council

54.

After the application of pesticide in the vegetable, .................

a)

it shouldn't be consumed for a number of days.

b)

the land should be irrigated immediately.

c)

the vegetable should not be sold for two- three days.

d)

the farmer inquire about the market price.

55.

There is an environmental risk when we use poison in the vegetables.

a)

True

b)

False

c)

Doesn't matter

d)

No idea