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UNIT 5: Land & Water Use Exam

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  • The use of modern day farming that changed agriculture forever is known as..
    The Montreal Protocol
    The Environmental Movement
    The Green Revolution
    The Global Perspective
  • fishing method where Large, weighted nets are dragged along the ocean floor by one or two boats to catch fish and shellfish
    Long-line fishing
    Purse Seines
    Gill Neting
    Bottom Trawling
  • What is an advantage to using synthetic fertilizers instead of organic?
    Adds soil texture
    Remains in the soil longer
    More targeted macronutirents to the crop
    Organic runs off more quickly into the water
  • A downfall of using rangelands for farms is.....
    the land is too dry to farm
    They lose their natural biodiversity
    Takes less land from a farmer
    Takes less fossil fuel
  • Method using a very long main line (miles long) with hundreds or thousands of baited hooks attached by shorter lines (gangions) to catch
    Long-line fishing
    Bottom trawiling
    Drift nets
    sonar
  • What is a con of Genetically Modified Foods (GMF)?
    Reduces pesticide use
    Can cause allergic reactions
    Greater yield of food
    Can alter plants to be more healthy
  • This irrigation pumps water from a well into an apparatus with a series of spray nozzles that spray water across the field.
    Flood irrigation
    furrow irrigation
    Spray irrigation
    drip irrigation
  • This planting method uses a single species variety only.
    Drip cropping
    monocropping
    Furrow Cropping
    spray cropping
  • This pesticide targets species of insects that consume crops
    fungicides
    Rodenticides
    insecticides
    Herbicides
  • This type of cutting involves cutting the forest completely down.
    selective cutting
    shelterwood cutting
    Sustainable cutting
    clear cutting
  • What action best exemplifies the Tragedy of the commons
    Large logging operations in TRF is economic gain only
    Farmers sharing fertile land to help with crops
    developing recycling programs to help reduce waste
    Resources shared by individuals are regulated
  • The farming of aquatic organisms such as shrimp or seaweeds is called...
    Protoculture
    Phenoculture
    Aquaculture
    Genoculture
  • What famous person led to the banning of DDT in 1972?
    Rachel Carson
    Gregor Mendel
    Charles Darwin
    James Watson
  • What meat production method allows for small space, max output & multiple cow feeding?
    Concentrated animal feeding operations
    Operation farming
    Free Range farming
    Organic farming
  • Which of the element groups is considered to be fertilizer?
    K,N,P
    C,H,O
    Fe,Ni,Ag
    He,Bi,C
  • The farmer digs trenches along crops & fill them with water. What type of irrigation is this?
    Spray irrigation
    Flood irrigation
    Furrow Irrigation
    Drip irrigation
  • This type of pesticide targets plant species that compete with plants
    Pesticides
    Fungicides
    Insecticides
    Herbicides
  • What is the best reason to purchase organic foods?
    They are grown with pesticides
    They are better for your health & environment
    They use chemicals for growth
    They have been GM to grow faster
  • What is the most sustainable method to eliminate pests?
    To use the Pheromone Method
    To use the cultural contamination method
    Integrated Pest Management Method
    Use the pest scaled method
  • What is a benefit of aquaculture?
    Can be transmitted to wild fish
    waste is pumped into the river
    Little fuel & small areas
    Densitiy of animals increase disease
  • What is a risk of using biological control pesticides?
    It attacks other beneficial insects
    Repeated applications are required
    It lingers in the environment
    It mutates & is no longer effective
  • The BLM focuses on rangeland health of the ecosystem. What does BLM stand for?
    Bureau of Land Management
    Bureau of Land memoirs
    Bureau of land miners
    Bureau of long mining
  • The method if irrigation floods the entire field with water & letting water soak in.
    furrow irrigation
    Flood Irrigation
    Spray irrigation
    Drip irrigation
  • This type of forest cutting involves cutting out of trees that are mature & defective only
    Selective cutting
    Shelterwood cutting
    Sustainable cutting
    Clear Cutting
  • What is a downfall of urbanization?
    Less leaching of water in soil - more floods
    Lower taxes
    Homes built close together
    More room for humans to development
  • Which compound is considered to be a synthethic fertilizer?
    Sevin
    Banana Peels
    Plant Scraps
    Manure
  • This type of forest cutting involves managment that protects waterways, pesticide use and slows erosion.
    clear cutting
    Shelterwood cutting
    Sustainable cutting
    selective cutting
  • This irrigation uses a slow dripping hose that is buried beneath the soil.
    furrow irrigation
    drip irrigation
    flood irrigation
    spray irrigation
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