Question 1

What percentage of Canada's gross national product (GNP)does agriculture contribute?

Accepted Answer

A)  6.7% 
B)  18% 
C)  28% 
D)  38% 
A)  6.7% 
B)  18% 
C)  28% 
D)  38%

Question 2

Which practice both reduces erosion and  prevents the spread of pests and plant diseases?

Accepted Answer

A)  contour farming 
B)  row cropping 
C)  strip cropping 
D)  terracing 
A)  contour farming 
B)  row cropping 
C)  strip cropping 
D)  terracing

Question 3

When is a person considered undernourished?

Accepted Answer

A)  when there is not enough meat in their diet 
B)  when they eat too much junk food 
C)  when they eat fewer than the basic minimum number of daily calories 
D)  when they suffer from poor food quality 
A)  when there is not enough meat in their diet 
B)  when they eat too much junk food 
C)  when they eat fewer than the basic minimum number of daily calories 
D)  when they suffer from poor food quality

Question 4

What is the agent of most soil erosion?

Accepted Answer

A)  moving water 
B)  wind 
C)  earthquakes 
D)  excess heat 
A)  moving water 
B)  wind 
C)  earthquakes 
D)  excess heat

Question 5

What is one reason that China has lost much cropland since about 1960?

Accepted Answer

A)  population decline 
B)  war 
C)  the adoption of a one-child policy 
D)  industrialization 
A)  population decline 
B)  war 
C)  the adoption of a one-child policy 
D)  industrialization

Question 6

Which type of agriculture involves supplementing solar energy with human labour and draft animals?

Accepted Answer

A)  industrialized agriculture 
B)  traditional subsistence agriculture 
C)  traditional intensive agriculture 
D)  plantation agriculture 
A)  industrialized agriculture 
B)  traditional subsistence agriculture 
C)  traditional intensive agriculture 
D)  plantation agriculture

Question 7

Which term best applies to a farm where alternating rows of hemp and maple trees have been planted?

Accepted Answer

A)  It is intercropping. 
B)  It is a monoculture. 
C)  It is agroforestry. 
D)  It is polyvarietal cultivation. 
A)  It is intercropping. 
B)  It is a monoculture. 
C)  It is agroforestry. 
D)  It is polyvarietal cultivation.

Question 8

Which statement best describes salinization?

Accepted Answer

A)  It results from applying fertilizer to the soil on an annual basis. 
B)  It improves crop growth. 
C)  It results from repeated applications of irrigation water to the soil. 
D)  It increases crop yields. 
A)  It results from applying fertilizer to the soil on an annual basis. 
B)  It improves crop growth. 
C)  It results from repeated applications of irrigation water to the soil. 
D)  It increases crop yields.

Question 9

Farmers use alley cropping-in which crops are planted in rows around hills rather than up and down the hills-to minimize soil erosion.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

How are living organisms affected by agriculture?

Accepted Answer

A)  soil ecology is improved 
B)  water resources are improved 
C)  habitat is degraded through the use of monocultures 
D)  productive feed habitats are increased 
A)  soil ecology is improved 
B)  water resources are improved 
C)  habitat is degraded through the use of monocultures 
D)  productive feed habitats are increased

Question 11

What would be increased through the use of perennial crops?

Accepted Answer

A)  fossil fuel use 
B)  crop yields 
C)  soil erosion 
D)  water use 
A)  fossil fuel use 
B)  crop yields 
C)  soil erosion 
D)  water use

Question 12

People worldwide are unable to purchase or to raise enough food to meet their nutritional needs.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

What is the main reason for the increase in global food production since 1950?

Accepted Answer

A)  the blue revolution 
B)  the red revolution 
C)  the yellow revolution 
D)  the green revolution 
A)  the blue revolution 
B)  the red revolution 
C)  the yellow revolution 
D)  the green revolution

Exam 14: Food and Soil Resources

What percentage of Canada's gross national product (GNP)does agriculture contribute?

Which practice both reduces erosion and prevents the spread of pests and plant diseases?

When is a person considered undernourished?

What is the agent of most soil erosion?

What is one reason that China has lost much cropland since about 1960?

Which type of agriculture involves supplementing solar energy with human labour and draft animals?

Which term best applies to a farm where alternating rows of hemp and maple trees have been planted?

Which statement best describes salinization?

Farmers use alley cropping-in which crops are planted in rows around hills rather than up and down the hills-to minimize soil erosion.

How are living organisms affected by agriculture?

What would be increased through the use of perennial crops?

People worldwide are unable to purchase or to raise enough food to meet their nutritional needs.

What is the main reason for the increase in global food production since 1950?

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