Understanding this helps a farmer know when to take action against pest insects.
What is the pest insect life cycle?
100
The method of growing plants in a nutrient rich water solution with roots supported by a substance other than soil.
What is hydroponics?
100
This landscape technique can filter rain water, cool buildings in summer, and warm buildings in winter.
What is a green roof?
100
Social Equity, Environment, Economic
What are the three pillars of Sustainability?
200
Humus
What is the relatively stable end product of decomposition, after plant material has degraded.
200
This activity can include the use of hand tools, tractors, or other animals to remove crop nuisances.
What is (non-chemical) weeding?
200
This growing method is a combination of recirculating aquaculture (the cultivation of aquatic animals or plants for food) and hydroponics (soiless plant culture).
What is aquaponics?
200
This type of hardscape lets water through instead of usually running off.
What is Permeable Paving?
200
36 months
What is the length of time to wait after spraying conventional chemicals to organic certification?
300
The grass crop provides organic matter and the legume crop provides nitrogen.
What is a mix of cover crops?
300
This type of crop can crowd out weeds, add nutrients to the soil, and decrease soil erosion.
What are cover crops?
300
A plant or other life-form that has had a gene from another organism spliced into its chromosome in a lab.
What is a genetically modified organism (GMO)?
300
Rain Garden
What is a landscaped area designed to absorb water run-off. Usually planted with native plants.
300
Fertilizers, insecticides, and herbicides chemically/synthetically derived from petroleum or natural gas.
What type of chemicals are not allowed in organic farming?
400
These organisms live in healthy soil
What are micro-organisms (bacteria, fungi, protozoa), worms and other insects
400
These organisms might be released or encouraged to live in crop fields to eat other organisms.
What are beneficial insects
400
These plants have developed resistance to herbicides due to the overuse of herbicides used on GMO crops.
What are "superweeds"?
400
Bioswale
What is a low lying drainage course that is landscaped with plants in order to slow down water run-off before the water enters a storm drain?
400
These types of crops are not allowed under organic certification rules.
What are Genetically Modified Organisms?
500
This soil additive has the ability to recycle organic waste,
build good soil structure, protect from drought, improve soil aeration, and buffer pH.
What is Compost
500
This farming method is used to confuse pest insects about the location of their food sources, avoid diseases, and manage soil fertility.
What is crop rotation?
500
Because of this, it is illegal to save seed from GMO crops.
What is a patent?
500
Xeriscaping
What is landscaping that needs minimal inputs and focuses on plants native to the area?
500
These inputs have plant nutrients readily available, release nutrients slowly over time, and are derived from biological or mineral sources.