What are pests
What is the common definition of a pest based on?
What is the negative impacts of an organism on human activities
What does a herbicide combat?
What is weeds that infect unwanted areas
Double Jeopardy Make your wager......
Are herbicides considered Pesticides?
What is a pesticide?
A chemical that kills pests. duh
If you were relying on this method for pest control, then a broad spectrum chemical pesticide would be counterproductive. What is the method you were relying on?
What is natural enemies control
Despite the current use of insecticides and herbicides, infestations of insects, plant pathogens, and weeds account for approximately this percentage of loss.
A. 10%
B.35%
c. 50%
What is about 35%
The use of widespread pesticides has resulted in pesticide resistant insects. Explain this effect...
What is naturally resistant pests survive and increase due to competition pressure from other insects is reduced
The federal Government Prohibits the use of products that are known to cause Cancer. True or False?
they only limit its use.
Pesticides contribute to the contamination of our soils and water with "forever Chemicals" true or false?
True! do your research!
this is the name for all creepy crawlys, not just insects.
What are bugs?
This is the single most important factor in the development of Herbicide-resistant weeds
repeated use of the same or similar Herbicides.
Daily double (make your wager....)
Able to pull more than a thousand times it's own weight, which is the worlds strongest insect?
washing or peeling fruits and veggies removes all or most pesticide residues. true or false?
False. it removes some, not all and not most.
Bifenthrin is toxic to aquatic life at 4 parts per trillion. true or false?
True!
What is the most common treatment for a garden suffering from a rapidly growing mold?
What is a fungicide application
A. 1/10
B. 1/3
C. 3/4
3/4
Imported Produce normally has less pesticides than domestic produce. true or false?
False. the US still uses more pesticides on their produce than most other countries.
What is the first question you ask when you show up for an inspection?
What made you call us today? also acceptable: has anyone else been out to look at this besides us?
How can we reduce pesticide resistant insects?
Rotate the pesticides that we use periodically.
this chemical was widely used to treat both weeds and bugs and thought to be non-toxic to humans. later it was banned of use for both due to toxicity to humans and wildlife alike in the early 1970's.
What is DDT
Chronic pesticide exposure has been linked to what health issues?
What are cancer, neurological disorders and infertility.
wear your freaking PPE!
Fighting malaria in developing countries relies on two approaches. What are they?
What is Chemical spraying and mosquito nets
What existed first? grasshoppers or dinosaurs?
dinosaurs! just kidding, it was actually grasshoppers.