Question 1

Agriculture is just behind the housing industry in total annual sales.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

Since 1960 there has been only a slight increase in global food production from all systems.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

UNICEF suggests that as many as two-thirds of nutrition-related childhood deaths could be prevented, at an average annual cost of $5─10 per child, using all of the following except

Accepted Answer

A) immunizing against childhood diseases 
B) encouraging bottle feeding 
C) preventing blindness by giving children a vitamin A capsule twice a year 
D) providing family planning services so mothers space children by two years 
E) increasing education for women 
A) immunizing against childhood diseases 
B) encouraging bottle feeding 
C) preventing blindness by giving children a vitamin A capsule twice a year 
D) providing family planning services so mothers space children by two years 
E) increasing education for women

Question 4

The world's population increase between now and 2050 will likely be 8 times the current U.S.population.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

Broad spectrum pesticides are toxic only to pests, not to beneficial insects.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

If China needed to import only 20% of the grain it needs, it would take up how much of the grain exported by all the countries of the world?

Accepted Answer

A) 10% 
B) 20% 
C) 30% 
D) 40% 
E) 50% 
A) 10% 
B) 20% 
C) 30% 
D) 40% 
E) 50%

Question 7

By 2050 the world will have _______________ more people on the planet.

Accepted Answer

The answer of By 2050 the world will have _______________...

Question 8

Which of the following is not a characteristic of organic agriculture?

Accepted Answer

A) emphasizes use of animal manure and compost as fertilizer 
B) employs crop rotation and biological pest control 
C) uses genetically modified seeds 
D) is regionally and locally oriented 
E) uses no antibiotics or growth hormones to produce meat 
A) emphasizes use of animal manure and compost as fertilizer 
B) employs crop rotation and biological pest control 
C) uses genetically modified seeds 
D) is regionally and locally oriented 
E) uses no antibiotics or growth hormones to produce meat

Question 9

What percentage of all antibiotics used in the United States are added to animal feed?

Accepted Answer

A) 15% 
B) 25% 
C) 40% 
D) 50% 
E) 70% 
A) 15% 
B) 25% 
C) 40% 
D) 50% 
E) 70%

Question 10

Of the estimated 50,000 plant species that people can eat, only ____ of them supply an estimated 90% of the world's food calories.

Accepted Answer

A) 24 
B) 20 
C) 14 
D) 9 
E) 3 
A) 24 
B) 20 
C) 14 
D) 9 
E) 3

Question 11

Industrialized livestock production generates 18% of the world's climate-changing greenhouse gases, more than all the world's cars, buses, and planes. Most of this comes from

Accepted Answer

A) pig manure 
B) rotting livestock food 
C) cattle belching 
D) chicken manure 
E) cattle flatulence 
A) pig manure 
B) rotting livestock food 
C) cattle belching 
D) chicken manure 
E) cattle flatulence

Question 12

Slash and burn agriculture is a type of

Accepted Answer

A) high-input agriculture 
B) industrialized agriculture 
C) monoculture agriculture 
D) plantation agriculture 
E) traditional subsistence agriculture 
A) high-input agriculture 
B) industrialized agriculture 
C) monoculture agriculture 
D) plantation agriculture 
E) traditional subsistence agriculture

Question 13

_______________ percent of all antibiotics used in the United States are added to animal feed.

Accepted Answer

The answer of _______________ percent of all antibiotics used in...

Question 14

When the productive potential of soil, especially on arid or semiarid land, falls by 10% or more because of prolonged drought and human activities, it is called

Accepted Answer

A) salinization 
B) desertification 
C) soil erosion 
D) overgrazing 
E) waterlogging 
A) salinization 
B) desertification 
C) soil erosion 
D) overgrazing 
E) waterlogging

Question 15

Government programs that reduce ____________________ also improve food security.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Government programs that reduce ____________________ also improve...

Question 16

One of the most important characteristics of a pesticide is how long it will stay deadly in the environment, a characteristic called

Accepted Answer

A) lethal dose 
B) history 
C) usefulness 
D) impact 
E) persistence 
A) lethal dose 
B) history 
C) usefulness 
D) impact 
E) persistence

Question 17

Use the Figure above to answer the following question(s).
-What was the approximate increase in catch (in millions of metric tons) from 1960 to 2000?

Accepted Answer

about 60 m

Question 18

Slash and burn polyculture may be a sustainable alternative to traditional monoculture agriculture.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

What are the three food systems that supply most of our food? What concerns are there that the majority of the world's food calories are supplied by a very small number of plant and animal species?

Accepted Answer

Croplands provide 77% of the world's foo

Question 20

India once planted 30,000 varieties of rice; now most of the rice comes from how many varieties?

Accepted Answer

A) 1 
B) 3 
C) 5 
D) 10 
E) 25 
A) 1 
B) 3 
C) 5 
D) 10 
E) 25

Exam 12: Food, Soil, and Pest Management

Agriculture is just behind the housing industry in total annual sales.

Since 1960 there has been only a slight increase in global food production from all systems.

UNICEF suggests that as many as two-thirds of nutrition-related childhood deaths could be prevented, at an average annual cost of $5─10 per child, using all of the following except

The world's population increase between now and 2050 will likely be 8 times the current U.S.population.

Broad spectrum pesticides are toxic only to pests, not to beneficial insects.

If China needed to import only 20% of the grain it needs, it would take up how much of the grain exported by all the countries of the world?

By 2050 the world will have _______________ more people on the planet.

Which of the following is not a characteristic of organic agriculture?

What percentage of all antibiotics used in the United States are added to animal feed?

Of the estimated 50,000 plant species that people can eat, only ____ of them supply an estimated 90% of the world's food calories.

Industrialized livestock production generates 18% of the world's climate-changing greenhouse gases, more than all the world's cars, buses, and planes. Most of this comes from

Slash and burn agriculture is a type of

_______________ percent of all antibiotics used in the United States are added to animal feed.

When the productive potential of soil, especially on arid or semiarid land, falls by 10% or more because of prolonged drought and human activities, it is called

Government programs that reduce ____________________ also improve food security.

One of the most important characteristics of a pesticide is how long it will stay deadly in the environment, a characteristic called

Use the Figure above to answer the following question(s). -What was the approximate increase in catch (in millions of metric tons) from 1960 to 2000?

Slash and burn polyculture may be a sustainable alternative to traditional monoculture agriculture.

What are the three food systems that supply most of our food? What concerns are there that the majority of the world's food calories are supplied by a very small number of plant and animal species?

India once planted 30,000 varieties of rice; now most of the rice comes from how many varieties?

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