Have an account?
Skip to Content
Build your own quiz
29 questions
Show Answers
See Preview
- 1. Multiple ChoiceThe term malnutrition refers toA diet lacking key nutrients.A diet with not enough calories.A diet with too much protein.A diet consisting of more than 2,000 calories per day.
- 2. Multiple ChoiceIndustrialized agriculture is often referred to as "high input" because it requires a great deal of:pesticidesfertilizersfossil fuelsall of these
- 3. Multiple Choice
Which of the following best describes a hormone free chicken?
Broad-spectrum chemical free chickens
Chickens with no exposure to chemical pesticides
Most all of the chickens on the market are hormone free in the first place. It's an advertising gimmick.
The chickens in Scurry County
- 4. Multiple Choice
Which one of the following food systems provides the majority of our food?
Aquaculture
Rangelands
CAFO's
Croplands (or Farmlands like the movie said)
- 5. Multiple ChoiceRepeated application of irrigated water in dry climates leads to...a drop in productivity of the land by more than 10%, leading to desertificationa build up of nutrients, leading to increased levels of erosiona build up of salts in the soil, leading to salinizationdecreased phosphorus and nitrogen, leading to eutrophication
- 6. Multiple ChoiceConcentrated Animal Feedlot Operations (CAFO's) can BEST be described as...a method of producing meat with more landan experiment to test the effectiveness of antibioticsthe storing of grain as a nutritional supplementlarge numbers of livestock in confined spaces
- 7. Multiple ChoiceAll of the following are disadvantages of raising animals in feedlots, EXCEPTless land useuses more waterproduces large amounts of animal wasteincreased antibiotic use
- 8. Multiple ChoiceWhat three grains provide most of the world's calories?rice, soybean, corncassava, soybean, wheatbarley, oats, cornwheat, corn, rice
- 9. Multiple Choice
Which of the following do some uninformed people believe are harmful effects of agriculture?
Algal blooms due to fertilizer runoff
Climate change associated with methane emissions from livestock and rice paddies
Pesticide residue in food, water, and air
All of the above
- 10. Multiple Choice
Which of the following best describes a genetically modified organism (GMO)?
An organism that has been selectively bred for the best traits
An organism that contains foreign or selected DNA
An organism that is produced after exposure to a mutagen.
An organism that has been cloned
- 11. Multiple Choice
Which of the following soil erosion techniques is demonstrated in the picture?contour plowingterracingwindbreaksintercropping - 12. Multiple Choice
Which of the following is one problem involved with transferring a farm from one generation to the next?
A drop of productivity of land of more than 10%.
Overgrazing and soil erosion.
There are no problems, just pass it on down.
Enormous land taxes that must be paid.
- 13. Multiple ChoiceAll of the following are benefits of pesticide use EXCEPTdisease controlcrop protectiongenetic resistancelower food costs for consumers
- 14. Multiple Choice
Community Supported Agriculture is a program that does what?
allows people to sign up for a season's worth of locally grown produce.
when the entire community turns out to harvest a crop
there is no such thing
When the community purchases all of its produce from one store
- 15. Multiple ChoiceWhich of the following is NOT a key component of organic agriculture?Using genetically modified seeds.Applying manure as fertilizer.Integrated Pest ManagementCrop Rotation
- 16. Multiple Choice
GMO's can allow farmers to
use less pesticides and chemicals
engage in trap cropping
use pheromones to lure pests away from crop
Use mechanical bug-vacs to remove pests
- 17. Multiple ChoiceWhich type of soil conservation strategy is being used in this picture?windbreakscontour plowingalley croppingterracing
- 18. Multiple ChoiceThe two main agents of erosion are...wind and flowing watergravity and frost wedgingoxygen and watercarbon dioxiede and wind
- 19. Multiple ChoiceThe purpose of selective breeding is toGet bigger animalsget smaller animalscreate animals with desirable traitscreate animals with bad traits
- 20. Multiple ChoiceWhat is genetic engineering?Manipulation/addition of genesNaturally breeding two animals with desired traitsCross-pollinating two cropsHarvesting stem cells
- 21. Multiple ChoiceWhat is food biotechnology?Adding chemicals to foods to preserve them.Making synthetic foods using artificial, man-made proteins.Inserting a gene with a beneficial trait into a plant cell.Taking immature plants and adding steroids to make them grow bigger and stronger.
- 22. Multiple ChoiceA farming system in which the products are sold for use away from the farm.subsistence agriculturecommercial agriculturesustainable agricultureorganic agriculture
- 23. Multiple ChoiceThe connection between industry of farming and business.agribusinesssubsistence agricultureplantation farmingfeedlot
- 24. Multiple ChoiceType of commercial agriculture that focuses on raising large numbers of cattle or sheep for meat.pastoralismgrain farmingvegetative agriculturelivestock ranching
- 25. Multiple Choice
Farming that focuses on producing enough food to feed the farmer's family.
agro-biotech
commercial agriculture
monoculture
sustainable agriculture
- 26. Multiple ChoiceFarming system that relies on natural ecological systems versus the use of chemical pesticidesorganic agriculturecommercial agriculturesubsistence agricultureinventive agriculture
- 27. Multiple ChoiceOrganic farming includesno use of chemicalsfocus on soil healthbothnone
- 28. Multiple Choice
What is Sustainability? Check All that apply
Minimal impact on environment
Allow farmers & grows to make a fair living
Promotes health & wellness of workers and consumers
System can recover from floods, hurricanes and droughts
- 29. Multiple ChoiceAlternative to use of pesticides is biological pest control . This meansUse of natural predators to kill the pestsUse of herbal pesticidesUse of mixed cropping
- Answer choicesTagsAnswer choicesTags