APES Unit 5 Review

Which type of fishing has high rates of bycatch and highly destructive of benthic communities.

• Pole Fishing

• Long Line Fishing

• Purse Seining

• Trawling

Which is true about aquaculturing?

• The amount of aquacultured fish has decreased significantly in favor of wild-caught fish.

• Aquaculturing requires the same inputs as other forms of animal agriculture, including feed and antibiotics.

• Aquaculture operations do not affect the surrounding ecosystem in any adverse way.

• All of the above are true.

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What type of fishing has baited hooks are attached to a single fishing line that trails behind a ship

• Pole Fishing

• Long Line Fishing

• Purse Seining

• Trawling

The development of dangerous strains of disease organisms represents a significant consequence of which of the following agricultural practices?

• Using herbicides in mechanized, large-scale grain farming

• Using plant-based insecticidal compounds on vegetable crops

• Growing crops that are genetically modified for increased yields

• Incorporating antibiotics into the feeding regimens of densely concentrated livestock

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Which is NOT a contaminant associated with CAFOs?

• Nitrogen

• Phosphorus

• Oil spills

• E. coli

Integrated pest management is likely to use all of the following EXCEPT

• crop rotation

• intercropping

• planting herbicide resistant crops

• using traditional chemical pesticides

Which of these best describes a practice that aligns with integrated pest management?

• increasing fertilizer use to improve crop yield per hectare

• introducing natural predators of a pest species to decrease their crop damage

• using pesticides earlier in the season to increase their effectiveness

• growing monocultures so that crops will be easier to manage

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What causes an urban heat island?

• large forested areas

• pavement and concrete

• climate change

• mass transit

A sustainable solution to urban growth

• suburban growth

• stopping growth

• building up

• urban heat island

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Which of the following would be an environmental impact of high density animal farming?

• bad smells

• livestock can escape

• water pollution due to runoff

• improvement of feeding efficiency

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