Download Pesticide Week 1 Quiz Why are POP`s (Persistent organic pollutants

Pesticide Week 1 Quiz
1. Why are POP’s (Persistent organic pollutants) so dangerous for the environment?
a. They break down quickly
b. They remain at or near the site of application
c. Their water soluble
d. Their stable, easily absorbed into fatty tissues, and highly toxic, move freely through air
water and soil and often show up far from the point of application
e. They cost a lot of money to produce
2. DDT is a pesticide that remains in the environment for a long
time. This is known as
a. Insecticide
b. Long derision
c. Persistence
d. Genetic resistance
e. Superbug
3. Rachel Carson was important because she
a. Developed the pesticide DDT
b. Postulated the global warming theory
c. Developed the first genetically engineered plant
d. Inspired the environmental movement with her book
e. Put farmers out of business
4. All of the following are benefits of synthetic pesticides EXCEPT
a. They save human lives
b. They increase food supplies
c. They increase profits for farmers
d. They work slowly
e. Health risks are very low
5. The ideal pesticide would have all of the following benefits EXCEPT
a. Kill only the target pest
b. Not cause genetic resistance
c. Break down into harmless chemicals
d. Be cost-effective
e. Kill natural predators
6. According to the USDA, _____ % of insecticides actually hit the targeted pest.
a. <2%
b. 10%
c. 25%
d. 50%
e. 99%
7. The “Pesticide treadmill” is when
a. Imported food from other countries contains
banned chemicals
b. One farmer puts pesticides on his crops and they
run off onto neighboring crops
c. Farmers have to continue to dump more pesticides
each year on their crops to kill the bugs
d. Laws are made and ignored by farmers
e. Pesticide poisons are passed from mother to child
8. All of the following are ways to control pests EXCEPT
a. Scald them with hot water
b. Bring in chemical hormones
c. Use insect perfumes
d. Protect from natural pest enemies
e. Implant genetic resistance
9. Integrated pest management is
a. Genetically altering crops and use natural predators to combat pest
b. Mechanically remove pest (vacuuming bugs off plants, pulling weeds)
c. Use pesticides at minimum levels and only when necessary
d. Avoid broad spectrum ecologically destructive products
e. All of the above
10. Producing food without using pesticides, synthetic fertilizers,
antibiotics, growth hormones or genetic modification is known as
a. Integrated pest management
b. Organic
c. Sunshine farm project
d. Sustainable agriculture
e. Pesticide prevention