WorksheetsAgriculture and Land Test Review
Total questions: 47
Worksheet time: 26mins
An area of open land that is often used for farming, or any population not classified as urban
Urban
City
State
Rural
An increase in the ratio or density of people living in urban areas rather than in rural areas. People usually leave rural areas for more plentiful and better paying jobs in towns and cities.
Ecosystem service
Infrastructure
Urbanization
Heat Island
A rapidly growing population, however, can overwhelm the infrastructure, leading to traffic jams, substandard housing, and polluted air and water referred to as -
Urban crisis
Heat island
Ecosystem service
Urban sprawl
Roads, bridges, sewers, and railroads make up -
Infrastructure
methods of transportation
Rural
Industrial revolution
Rapid spread of a city into adjoining suburbs and rural areas is called -
Rural crisis
Urban crisis
Heat island
Urban sprawl
____ is an area in which the air temperature is generally higher than the temperature of surrounding rural areas
Heat island
Farm
Corn field
Urban crisis
Characteristics of Heat Island (check all that apply).
Increased temperature
Drought
Increased rain
Cool temperature
Urban area
Benefit of including green space an open areas in a city include:
Green areas have plants that help minimize CO2 in the air
Costs more money for the city
Increases the temperature
Helps moderate the temperature
Trees in green space could offer shade
Depletion of vegetation due to the continuous feeding of too many animals is called _______.
Drought
Heat island
Overgrazing
Pathogen
Example of __________ are, manure used to enrich the soil. synthetic chemicals, or compost.
Fertilizer
Plowing
Irrigation
Pest control
The surface layer of soil that is moved easily due to erosion during desertification.
topsoil
subsoil
bedrock
clay
Which processes move soil
water runoff
erosion
weathering
plowing
wind
Which processes can minimize erosion (check all that apply)
Planting strips of vegetation into plowed land
Livestock pasture rotation to minimize desertification
Plowing crop fields with farm equipment
Selective cutting
Clear cutting
Pest populations that damage plants
breed more slowly in hot climates
can become resistant to pesticides via natural selection.
include only insects and small rodents
attack wild plants with greater success than crops.
The lack of proper nutrition, caused by not having enough to eat, not eating enough of the right things, or being unable to use the food that one does eat.
Adaptation
Urban crisis
Famine
Malnutrition
-the ability to survive exposure to a particular pesticide
Malnutrition
Pathogen
Resistance
Growth regulator
-is a form of pest management that uses living organisms to control pests.
biological pest control
resistance
chemicals
pathogens
Mark all characteristics for DDT pest control.
persistent pesticide
biological pesticide
harmed the bird population
does not break down rapidly
The raising of aquatic organisms for human use or consumption -
aquaculture
farming
agriculture
ecoculture
The largest produced livestock in the United States is?
Chickens
Cattle
Sheep and goats
Pigs
GMO's are required on food labels in the United States.
True
False
The number of farmers in America is increasing.
True
False
Although rural areas have decreased crop and livestock production have risen.
True
False
FEMA has been using _______ as unofficial indicators of disaster recovery in recent years.
Waffle House
Louisiana
Florida State University
Dairy Queen
Higher calorie intake of _______ is one possibility for the rise in obesity.
Meat
Grains
Dairy
Caloric sweeteners
Which is an example of evolution?
A person wants healthy children, so they make sure to feed their kids proper nutrition
Andrea wants a good grade so she studies extra for the final
Larry moves his sheep to Canada its cold and sheep with thicker warmer fur live longer and have babies with thicker warmer fur.
Rory wanted an apple that will grow with very little water, so he found an apple that taste good and an apple that did not need much water and he cross bred the apples to make a modified apple.
What adaptation would be useful in the Tundra
White fur
Warm fur
Claws to dig in the snow for food
All of the above
What is not true about invasive species?
They are in their native natural home
They typically have little or no natural predators in their new environment
They can cause problems in their new habitat
They are typically introduced to an environment by humans
Which of the following is an invasive species?
A species that is struggling to survive in its natural environment
A species that is naturally found in places it lives in
As species that was from a different location but now is taking over a new location
A species only found in textbooks and museums as it no longer exists
Which is a benefit of fires?
They can clear old brush and debris
They may destroy habitats and homes for species
Thy cost billions of dollars to deal with each year
All of the above
Which of the following spheres is related to all the water on Earth?
Geosphere
Hydrosphere
Atmosphere
Biosphere
Which sphere is necessary for life on Earth?
Biosphere
Atmosphere
Geosphere
Hydrosphere
All of the above
Growing enough food for local use best defines -
The green revolution
GMO
Malnutrition
Subsistence Farming
People in less developed countries tend to eat more food and a larger portion of proteins and fats compared to people in less developed countries.
TRUE
FALSE
Malnutrition is a result from -
Violence
Poverty
Democratic Government
Ethnicity
Lack of proper nutrition
Sets a goal to reduce the price of food and improve peoples lives by producing more crops with less use of land.
Farmers Fight
Green Revolution
Genetically Modified food
Land Degradation
Enriching the soil and helping crops grow by mixing the soil nutrients, loosening particles, and uprooting weeds is known as-
Plowing
Fertilization
Irrigation
Top Soil
Occurs when human activity or natural processes damage land so it can no longer support the local ecosystem.
Plowing
Fertilization
Land Degradation
Soil Conservation
Plants that have more protection and adaptations compared to crops.
Livestock
Wild Plants
GMO's
Organic crops
Environmental problems that arise from commercial food production include?
Irrigation
Pollution
High crop yield
Overuse of land
Chemicals used to kill insects, weeds, and other crop pests
Pesticides
Wild Plants
Plowing
Biological Pest Control
A concern of biological pest control that uses living organisms to control pests includes -
Erosion
Land degradation
Pollution
The introduction of invasive species
A pathogen is best defined as?
Organisms that cause disease
A living pesticide for crops
Biodegradable
Chemicals used to minimize pests in an environment
A chemical that interferes with some stage of a pests life cycle, ex: a pill given to a dog helps kill fleas by interfering with the fleas ability to mature into an adult
Biological pest control
Growth regulator
Pheromone
Pesticide
- catching and removing from a population more organisms than the population can replace.
Feedlot production
Livestock management
Overharvesting
Deforestation
Select which options are challenges with aquaculture.
Invasive species
Disease and pollution
Overabundance of fresh water
Overharvesting of wild fish populations to supply to fish farms
Overgrazing can result from -
Industrial Revolution
Over use of land and lack of livestock rotation
Good management of cattle herd
Keeping ratio of number of livestock per acre manageable.
