Free Bachelor of Science in Forestry: Soil Science and Forest Health Questions and Answers

Question 1

Why is Soil Agriculture important for addressing the challenges of a growing human population?

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To ensure availability of land / food

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To counteract the effects of climate change

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To reduce the need for industrial products

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To increase dependence on imported food

Question 2

What is the term used to describe the practice of watering crops using man-made methods?

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Irrigation

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Aquaculture

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Precipitation

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Photosynthesis

Question 3

What is the term for the agricultural practice of cultivating a single type of crop in a field?

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Monoculture

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Multicultural

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Polyculture

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Biodiversity

Question 4

Where do most of the soil's nutrients come from?

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Decomposition

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Volcanic activity

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Atmospheric deposition

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Erosion from nearby mountains

Question 5

Genetic engineering works by putting a gene that codes for a trait that is wanted into the nucleus of an organism that is not the same as the organism from which the gene was taken.

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Genome

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Cytoplasm

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Chloroplasts

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Mitochondria

Question 6

What do you call the loss of fertility and ability of the soil to provide economic services?

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Soil Degradation

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Soil Erosion

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Erosion

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Desertification

Question 7

Herbicides kill plants, but GM foods are made to be resistant to them.

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Farmers can use heavier doses of pesticides for weeds without killing the croplands

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Farmers need to use less pesticides

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GM foods become more prone to diseases

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GM foods become inedible

Question 8

When you eat a lot of meat, you waste a lot of heat because heat is lost between trophic levels.

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90%

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10%

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25%

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50%

Question 9

After a disaster, the first step is for the soil to form.

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Primary succession

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Ecological succession

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Secondary succession

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Tertiary succession

Question 10

Because soil is porous, what can seep through the ground and pollute ground water?

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Chemicals

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Microorganisms

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Sunlight

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Air