Agronomy Chapter 10 Practice Test
2024. Real Questions & Answers.
________ model is used by geographers to explain the importance of proximity to the
market in the choice of crops to the commercial farm.
A) von Thünen's
B) Whittlesey's
C) Iqbel's
D) McKinley's
E) von Helsing's - ANSA. von Thünen
17. Shifting cultivation is a form of agriculture criticized for all but which of the following
reasons?
A) It destroys natural resources such as forests.
B) It causes soil erosion and depletion of nutrients.
C) It upsets the ecology through the use of fertilizers.
D) It consumes a lot of land to feed a small number of people. - ANSC. It upsets the
ecology through the use of fertilizers.
A common difference(s) between farms in an LDC (like Pakistan) vs. farms in an MDC
(like the
United States) that grow the same crop is
A) the amount of crop produced in a year
B) the importance of the crop to the farmer
C) the income derived from crops
D) A and B
E) A and C - ANSE) A and C
A major practice of sustainable agriculture is
A) agribusiness.
B) an increased "green revolution" use of chemicals.
C) the lack of integration of crops and livestock.
D) use of pesticide resistant seed.
E) limited use of chemicals - ANSE. limited use of chemicals
A principal practice of sustainable agriculture is
A) agribusiness-oriented land management.
B) a "green revolution" in the use of chemicals.
C) the preference for livestock over crops.
D) the use of pesticide-resistant seed.
E) careful land management - ANSE. careful management
, According to the von Thünen model, timber production was located in the second ring
from the
city because of what factor?
A) labor intense harvesting methods
B) product weight
C) need for a vast area
D) perishability
E) delivery time - ANSB) Product weight
Afghanistan is important to the world drug trade primarily because
A) it produces about 90 percent of the world's opium.
B) U.S. troops consume most of the opium grown there.
C) of the inability to grow maize.
D) of the proximity of the Russian market for illicit drugs.
E) of the desire of local farmers to fund terrorist organizations. - ANSA. it produces
about 90 percent of the world's opum
After maize, the most important crop in the U.S. mixed crop and livestock region is
A) wheat.
B) soybeans.
C) barley.
D) fruits and vegetables.
E) sugar beets. - ANSB. soybeans
An important agricultural hearth is
A) South America.
B) northern China.
C) Southeast Asia.
D) Ethiopia.
E) all of the above - ANSE) All of the above
Asian agriculture is characterized by shortages of all but which of the following?
A) equipment
B) funds and land
C) labor
D) land
E) funds - ANSC. labor
Commercial agriculture is distinguished from subsistence agriculture by all but which of
the
following?
A) output consumed on the farm
2024. Real Questions & Answers.
________ model is used by geographers to explain the importance of proximity to the
market in the choice of crops to the commercial farm.
A) von Thünen's
B) Whittlesey's
C) Iqbel's
D) McKinley's
E) von Helsing's - ANSA. von Thünen
17. Shifting cultivation is a form of agriculture criticized for all but which of the following
reasons?
A) It destroys natural resources such as forests.
B) It causes soil erosion and depletion of nutrients.
C) It upsets the ecology through the use of fertilizers.
D) It consumes a lot of land to feed a small number of people. - ANSC. It upsets the
ecology through the use of fertilizers.
A common difference(s) between farms in an LDC (like Pakistan) vs. farms in an MDC
(like the
United States) that grow the same crop is
A) the amount of crop produced in a year
B) the importance of the crop to the farmer
C) the income derived from crops
D) A and B
E) A and C - ANSE) A and C
A major practice of sustainable agriculture is
A) agribusiness.
B) an increased "green revolution" use of chemicals.
C) the lack of integration of crops and livestock.
D) use of pesticide resistant seed.
E) limited use of chemicals - ANSE. limited use of chemicals
A principal practice of sustainable agriculture is
A) agribusiness-oriented land management.
B) a "green revolution" in the use of chemicals.
C) the preference for livestock over crops.
D) the use of pesticide-resistant seed.
E) careful land management - ANSE. careful management
, According to the von Thünen model, timber production was located in the second ring
from the
city because of what factor?
A) labor intense harvesting methods
B) product weight
C) need for a vast area
D) perishability
E) delivery time - ANSB) Product weight
Afghanistan is important to the world drug trade primarily because
A) it produces about 90 percent of the world's opium.
B) U.S. troops consume most of the opium grown there.
C) of the inability to grow maize.
D) of the proximity of the Russian market for illicit drugs.
E) of the desire of local farmers to fund terrorist organizations. - ANSA. it produces
about 90 percent of the world's opum
After maize, the most important crop in the U.S. mixed crop and livestock region is
A) wheat.
B) soybeans.
C) barley.
D) fruits and vegetables.
E) sugar beets. - ANSB. soybeans
An important agricultural hearth is
A) South America.
B) northern China.
C) Southeast Asia.
D) Ethiopia.
E) all of the above - ANSE) All of the above
Asian agriculture is characterized by shortages of all but which of the following?
A) equipment
B) funds and land
C) labor
D) land
E) funds - ANSC. labor
Commercial agriculture is distinguished from subsistence agriculture by all but which of
the
following?
A) output consumed on the farm
