Pests and Pesticides

Pests are defined as

• Any species that interferes with human welfare

• Chemicals that can kill

• Any species that can be beneficial to humans

True/False: Synthetic pesticides can pose a risk to other, desirable species.

• True

• False

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Chemicals used to kill insects, weeds, and other pests

• Salinization
• Pesticide
• Biological pest control
• Genetic engineering

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The cultivation of a single crop in a given area

• polyculture

• monoculture

• inorganic farming

• organic farming

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All-natural farming practice-no pesticides used

• inorganic farming

• organic farming

• monoculture farming

• polyculture farming

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The ability of an organism to remain unaffected by a harmful agent in the environment

• chronic toxicity

• acute toxicity

• resistance

• monoculture

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DDT accumulation in North American Eagles, pelicans, and other birds disrupted birds' calcium metabolism, causing...

• Infertility

• Thin Eggshells

• Severe nerve damage

• Adult Deformities

• All of these are correct

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An herbicide is a type of pesticide that kills ...

• insects

• plansts

• fungi

• rodents

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Known as selective pesticides because they target only one specific type of insect

• organic pesticide

• inorganic pesticide

• broad-spectrum pesticide

• narrow-spectrum pesticide

Significant Agricultural monetary losses are due to the destruction of ____ through pesticide spray and drift and residues on flowers.

• Ladybirds beetles

• Honeybees

• Pray Mantises

• Monarch Butterflies

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