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Plant Pests

Total questions: 39

Worksheet time: 10hrs 45mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is this?

a)

Aphids

b)

White Fly

c)

Spider Mites

d)

Mealy Bugs

2.

What is this?

a)

White Fly

b)

Aphids

c)

Spider Mites

d)

Mealy Bugs

3.

What is this?

a)

Mealy Bug

b)

Aphids

c)

White Fly

d)

Spider Mites

4.

What is this?

a)

Spider Mites

b)

Aphids

c)

Mealy Bugs

d)

Scale

5.

What is this?

a)

Scale

b)

Mealy Bug

c)

Spider Mites

d)

Aphids

6.

How can you identify Aphids?

a)

See them

b)

See honey dew

c)

Ants

d)

Black mold

7.

How can you identify White Fly?

a)

Dandruff

b)

Honey dew

c)

Ants

d)

Black mold

8.

How can you identify Spider Mites?

a)

Spots/Speckles on leaves

b)

Masses of tiny webs

c)

Dandruff

d)

Ants

9.

How long are Spider Mites' webs?

a)

1/4" to 1/2"

b)

1/8" to 1/4"

c)

2" to 4"

d)

4"to 6"

10.

How do you identify Scale?

a)

See it

b)

Honey Dew

c)

Ants

d)

Black mold

11.

What do Mealy Bugs look like?

a)

Cotton Clusters

b)

Lumpy Blisters

c)

White bugs with long tails

d)

Red Dots

12.

What the yellow spot on the plant?

a)

Axil

b)

Cuff

c)

Buds

d)

Honey Dew

13.

What is White Fly attracted to?

a)

Yellow

b)

White

c)

Green

d)

Pink

14.

How can you control Aphids?

a)

Warm soapy water

b)

Insecticidal Soap

c)

Pyrethrum

d)

Malathion

15.

How do you control White Fly?

a)

Insecticidal Soap

b)

Neem Oil

c)

Malathion

d)

Spinosad

16.

How do you control Spider Mites?

a)

Insecticidal Soap

b)

Pyrethrum

c)

Malathion

d)

Spinosad

e)

Neem Oil

17.

How do you control Scale?

a)

Q-Tip

b)

Soapy Water

c)

Rubbing Alcohol

d)

Neem Oil

18.

How do you control Mealy Bug?

a)

Rubbing Alcohol

b)

Pyrethrum

c)

Insecticidal Soap

d)

Beer

19.

What part of the plant do slugs/snails eat?

a)

Leaves

b)

Roots

c)

Stems

d)

Flowers

e)

Everything

20.

How can you control Slugs/Snails?

a)

Bait with a saucer of beer

b)

Use rubbing alcohol on the leaves

c)

Spray them with pyrethrum

d)

Use insecticidal soap

21.

If you have Honey Dew on your plants, what plant pest(s) do you have?

a)

Aphids

b)

Scale

c)

White Fly

d)

Mealy Bugs

22.

What are some household pesticides?

a)

Dish Soap

b)

Tobacco

c)

Alcohol

d)

Salt

23.

If you have holes in your leaves, what kind of pest could you have?

a)

Slugs

b)

Caterpillars

c)

White Fly

d)

Spider Mites

24.

What is Systemic?

a)

An all-purpose insecticide

b)

Control for red spiders only

c)

Control for damping off

d)

Control for honey dew

25.

What is 'Sevin'?

a)

Most common insecticide for garden plants

b)

All-purpose insecticide

c)

Control for damping off

d)

Control of honey dew

26.

Which of the following is true about 'Sevin'?

Select all that apply

a)

Breaks down quickly

b)

Gets out of the plant system quickly

c)

Can stay in the plant system for many years

d)

Can affect many animals down the food chain if eaten

27.

Malathion kills which of the following:

a)

White Fly

b)

Spider Mites

c)

Mealy Bugs

d)

Aphids

28.

What is Biological Magnification?

a)

Build up of tissues in a chemical that affects organisms as it moves up the food chain

b)

When you blow up a pest inside of a magnifying glass

c)

When you kill someone

d)

When you look at a certain species and learn more about it

29.

Why should you rotate your crops every year?

a)

Because if you keep the plants in the same spot you are more likely to have more pests the next year

b)

Because it helps the plant get more water flow

c)

Because pests like to move with your plants

d)

Because pests will feed on the dirt around the plant

30.

Why should you keep up good garden hygiene?

a)

To make sure the pests get what they need

b)

To help get rid of old rubbish and plant parts with disease

c)

So you spend more money

d)

So you can kill animals

31.

What is Biological Control?

a)

Using living things to control pests

b)

Using pesticides to control pests

c)

Using science to control pests

d)

Making humans control pests

32.

Where do Slugs like to hide?

a)

Under dead plants

b)

In the open

c)

In the soil

d)

In the plant

33.

True or False: Chemical Pesticides require less work than non-chemical methods of control.

a)

-

b)

True

c)

-

d)

False

34.

Which of the following is an advantage of using pesticides?

Choose all that apply:

a)

They kill many kinds of pests within one application

b)

There's little knowledge needed to spray most pesticides

c)

Insects build up resistance to most chemicals as they are used more throughout the years

d)

Many pesticides don't break down quickly and go on killing for years

35.

Which of the following doesn't create honeydew?

Choose all that apply:

a)

Spider mites

b)

Mealy Bugs

c)

Aphids

d)

White Fly

36.

Which of the following has a white powdery wax?

a)

White Fly

b)

Mealy Bugs

c)

Aphids

d)

Spider Mites

37.

Which of the following release black mold?

Choose all that apply:

a)

Aphids

b)

White Fly

c)

Scale

d)

Mealy Bugs

38.

Which of the following can be controlled by insecticidal soap?

Choose all that apply:

a)

Aphids

b)

White Fly

c)

Spider Mites

d)

Scale

e)

Mealy Bugs

39.

Which of the following can be controlled by rubbing alcohol?

Choose all that apply:

a)

Scale

b)

Mealy Bugs

c)

Aphids

d)

White Fly

e)

Spider Mites

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