Class Work sheet #5 sec 15.1-Farming Technologies
Subject
Name
Date
Grade
11
Cluster
I - Multiple Choice
1.
Which is not a requirement for raising crops?
a. water
c. cloning
b. nutrients
d. protection from diseases
2. How a farmer brings water to crops in dry spells could be described as
a. GPS-coded field mapping.
c. bioremediation.
b. irrigation technology.
d. genetic engineering.
3. What is one negative impact of routinely feeding antibiotics to livestock?
a. larger, meatier animals
b. ability to raise greater numbers of animals
c. generally disease-free animals
d. development of antibiotic-resistant pathogens
4. Which is a positive effect of using chemical fertilizers?
a. abundant growth of weeds
b. waste runoff into lakes and streams
c. greatly enlarged crop yields
d. rapid growth in populations of algae
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Health Science and
Technology
HST
5.New agricultural biotechnologies use genetic engineering to
a. determine if there are any diseases.
b. reduce the use of farmland.
c. modify species.
d. prevent pollution.
6. Farmers began to rely on machinery toward the end of the 18th century because
a. the crop yield was too large for them to manage.
b. people began to leave the countryside to work in factories in the cities.
c. the field workers were demanding too much money.
d. the growing season was getting shorter, and they did not have as much time.
7. When animals of two different species or varieties are bred, the resulting animal is called a(n)
a. hybrid.
c. mute
b. mutant.
d. mule.
Answer the following questions
1. What are the advantages and disadvantages of feeding antibiotics to livestock for human consumption?
ANS:
Antibiotics prevent disease and promote animal growth, thus allowing more livestock to be introduced into
the food supply. However, the overuse of these antibiotics has helped create diseases that are resistant to
antibiotics, and the antibiotics in animal waste have entered the soil and waterways,
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