Chapter 13 Vocabulary

Question 0

Organisms that feed on ornamental plants or agricultural crops or animals.

Answer 0

Agricultural Pest

Question 1

Any organism that is harmful or destructive with humans or our social or economical endeavors.

Answer 1

Pest

Question 2

Plants that compete with agricultural crops, forests, and forage gasses for light nutrients.

Answer 2

Weeds

Question 3

A chemical used to kill plants

Answer 3

Herbicide

Question 4

A chemical used to kill animals and insects

Answer 4

Pesticides

Question 5

Use of chemical pesticides to kill large numbers of pests

Answer 5

Chemical Treatment

Question 6

Gives long lasting protection by developing control agents on the basis of knowledge of the pests life cycle

Answer 6

Ecological Control

Question 7

An approach to controlling pest populations by using both chemical and ecological methods

Answer 7

Integrated Pest Management

Question 8

Inorganic Pesticides

Answer 8

First Generation Pesticides

Question 9

Organic Pestices

Answer 9

Second Generation Pesticides

Question 10

People who study birds

Answer 10

Ornthologists

Question 11

The process of accumulating higher and higher doses of a pesticide up the food chain

Answer 11

Bioaccumulation

Question 12

The multiplying effect of bioaccumulation in the food chain

Answer 12

Biomagnification

Question 13

A phenomenon that after a pest has been virtually eliminated with a pesticide, the pest population not only recovers but explodes to higher more severe levels

Answer 13

Resurgence

Question 14

A phenomenon in which small populations of insects that were previously of no concern because of their low numbers, suddenly start to explode creating new problems

Answer 14

Secondary Pest-Outbreaks

Question 15

The increase use of chemicals increases resistance and secondary-pest outbreaks, which lead to the use of new and larger quantities of chemicals, which in turn lead to more resistance

Answer 15

Pesticide Treadmil

Question 16

Pesticides which break down into simple non toxic products in a matter of days or week

Answer 16

Non-persistent Pesticides

Question 17

Working with natural factors instead of synthetic chemicals

Answer 17

Natural or Biological Control

Question 18

A no chemical alteration of one or more environmental factors in such a way that the pest finds the environment unsuitable or is unable to gain access to its target

Answer 18

Cultural Control

Question 19

Breeding Plants that are resistant to insect pests

Answer 19

Genetic Control

Question 20

Nontoxic and highly specific to pests in question

Answer 20

Natural Chemical

Question 21

Chemicals produced in humans and other animals which provide “signals” that control developmental processes and metabolic functions.

Answer 21

Hormones

Question 22

Chemicals secreted by one individual that influence the behavior of another of the same species

Answer 22

Phermones

Question 23

A measure used to determine when the damage caused by pests is considerable and outweighs the cost of applying pesticide.

Answer 23

Economic Threshold

Question 24

Refers to the use of pesticides to prevent a pest before it becomes a problem

Answer 24

Insurance Spraying

Question 25

Refres to the use of pesticides to control pests that make fruits and vegetables look bad and less desirable to consumers.

Answer 25

Cosmetic Spraying

Question 26

(Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service)

Monitors and Controls Pests

Answer 26

APHIS

Question 27

Required manufacturers to register pesticides with the EPA before marketing them and to test their toxicity levels

Answer 27

FIFRA

Federal Insecticide Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act

Question 28

Protection of public from risks of pesticides used on food

Answer 28

FFDCA
(Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act)
1938

Question 29

No detectable residue of a pesticide may be on food if it presents any risk of cancer.

Answer 29

Delaney Clause

Question 30

Amended FIFRA and FFDCA; Sets standards for pesticides applied to foods(and special concern for children)

Answer 30

FQPA

(Food Quality Protection Act) 1996

Question 31

International treaty promoting exchange of information about hazardous chemicals

Answer 31

The Rotterdam Convention

Question 32

Exporting countries inform all importing countries of steps taken to ban or restrict tthe use of pesticides

Answer 32

PIC

Prior Informed Consent

Question 33

A treaty designed to eliminate or restrict organic pollutants

Answer 33

The Stockholm Convention

2004