Title: Unit 8 Quiz
Course: SAT 130 Sustainable Plant Health Care > Section: SAT 130 Sustainable Plant Health Care

Q: One of the major environmental concerns being caused by the inappropriate usage of insecticide is the insecticides reaching the non-targeted destinations.
- True
- False
A: True

Q: Ignorant pesticide application is partially blamed for causing global warming and ozone layer depletion.
- True
- False
A: True

Q: Inappropriate disposal of pesticides and containers can cause air, water and land pollution.
- True
- False
A: True

Q: It is more effective to use pesticides on a slightly windy day for better coverage on crops.
- True
- False
A: False

Q: Volatile pesticides will kill pests not only on the targeted plants and also in the air with least toxicity to the environment.
- True
- False
A: False

Q: Usage of pesticides increases the bio diversity in the soil.
- True
- False
A: False

Q: Usage of pesticides promotes the nitrogen availability for the plants.
- True
- False
A: False

Q: Biodiversity Action Plan promotes the usage of pesticides.
- True
- False
A: False

Q: “Surface runoff” means the contamination of rivers and lakes caused due to the washing down of pesticides from nearby farms and residential areas.
- True
- False
A: True

Q: IPM method of pest control is a method of controlling pests with least toxic harm to the environment.
- True
- False
A: True

Q: Pesticides used inappropriately can contaminate water, land and air.
- True
- False
A: True

Q: Herbicides rodenticides and Bactericides are forms of pesticides.
- True
- False
A: True

Q: All pesticides are subjected to natural degradation in the environment.
- True
- False
A: False

Q: Pesticides can accumulate in the fat tissues of humans and animals through the food chain.
- True
- False
A: True