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Right-of-Way Pest Control Test WITH
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Host - .... 🔰 VERIFIED ANSWERS.... ✔✔ Living plants or animals some pests depend on survival Five main groups of pest - .... 🔰 VERIFIED ANSWERS.... ✔✔ a. Insects (plus mites, ticks and spiders) b. Snails and slugs c. Vertebrates d. Weeds e. Plant disease agents Characteristics common of adult insects - .... 🔰 VERIFIED ANSWERS.... ✔✔ a. Six jointed legs b. Three body regions Pest - .... 🔰 VERIFIED ANSWERS.... ✔✔ Living things that compete with human beings for food, fiber, and space or attack humans Characteristics that distinguish one insect from another - .... 🔰 VERIFIED ANSWERS.... ✔✔ a. Wings b. Mouthparts
Differences between the basic life cycles of insects - .... 🔰 VERIFIED ANSWERS.... ✔✔ Some change only in size as they develop Some change form slightly Some change completely in form and size 3 characteristics of mites, ticks and spiders - .... 🔰 VERIFIED ANSWERS.... ✔✔ a. Eight jointed legs b. Two body regions c. Lack wings Four types of vertebrate animals that can be pests - .... 🔰 VERIFIED ANSWERS.... ✔✔ a. Fish b. Reptiles c. Amphibians d. Birds Types of living organisms that can cause plant diseases - .... 🔰 VERIFIED ANSWERS.... ✔✔ a. Fungi b. Bacteria c. Viruses d. Nematodes 3 main ways a plant responds to infection by plant disease agent
- .... 🔰 VERIFIED ANSWERS.... ✔✔ a. Overdevelopment of tissue b. Underdevelopment of tissue
Pest Control Methods - .... 🔰 VERIFIED ANSWERS.... ✔✔ a. Resistant varieties b. Biological Control c. Cultural Control d. Mechanical - Physical Control e. Sanitation f. Legal Control g. Pesticides 3 main pest control strategies - .... 🔰 VERIFIED ANSWERS.... ✔✔ a. Prevention b. Suppression c. Eradication Desiccant - .... 🔰 VERIFIED ANSWERS.... ✔✔ Dries up plant leaves and stem Defoliant - .... 🔰 VERIFIED ANSWERS.... ✔✔ Removes leaves to aid in harvesting Acaricide - .... 🔰 VERIFIED ANSWERS.... ✔✔ Kills mites, ticks, and spiders Fungicide - .... 🔰 VERIFIED ANSWERS.... ✔✔ kills fungi
Rodenticide - .... 🔰 VERIFIED ANSWERS.... ✔✔ Kills rodents Batericide - .... 🔰 VERIFIED ANSWERS.... ✔✔ Kills bacteria Nematocide - .... 🔰 VERIFIED ANSWERS.... ✔✔ kills nematodes Herbicide - .... 🔰 VERIFIED ANSWERS.... ✔✔ kills weeds Miticide - .... 🔰 VERIFIED ANSWERS.... ✔✔ kills mites Insecticide - .... 🔰 VERIFIED ANSWERS.... ✔✔ kills insects Piscicide - .... 🔰 VERIFIED ANSWERS.... ✔✔ Kills fish Avicide - .... 🔰 VERIFIED ANSWERS.... ✔✔ kills birds Repellent - .... 🔰 VERIFIED ANSWERS.... ✔✔ Keeps pests away Predacide - .... 🔰 VERIFIED ANSWERS.... ✔✔ Kills vertebrate pests Molluscicide - .... 🔰 VERIFIED ANSWERS.... ✔✔ Kills mollusks, such as snails and slugs Pesticide - .... 🔰 VERIFIED ANSWERS.... ✔✔ Chemicals used to destroy, prevent, or control pests
Selective - .... 🔰 VERIFIED ANSWERS.... ✔✔ More toxic to some kinds of plants or animals than to others Sterilants - .... 🔰 VERIFIED ANSWERS.... ✔✔ Inhibit pests reproduction Stomach poisons - .... 🔰 VERIFIED ANSWERS.... ✔✔ Kills pests when swallowed Contacts - .... 🔰 VERIFIED ANSWERS.... ✔✔ Kills pests simply by contacting them Preplant - .... 🔰 VERIFIED ANSWERS.... ✔✔ applied before crop is seeded Preemergence - .... 🔰 VERIFIED ANSWERS.... ✔✔ applied before crop or weeds emerge Postemergence - .... 🔰 VERIFIED ANSWERS.... ✔✔ applied after crop or weeds have emerged Considerations when choosing the best pesticide formulation for a job - .... 🔰 VERIFIED ANSWERS.... ✔✔ a. Effectiveness against the pests b. Plant, animal, or surface to be protected c. Application machinery available
d. Danger of drift or runoff e. Cost of application f. Hazards to applicator or other persons, plants or animals Wettable powder (WP or W) - .... 🔰 VERIFIED ANSWERS.... ✔✔ Dry preparation which contains 15% to 95% active ingredient and must be mixed with water to form a suspension for application Aerosol (pressurized can) - .... 🔰 VERIFIED ANSWERS.... ✔✔ Small amount of pesticide or combination of pesticides that is driven through a fine opening by a gas under pressure when the nozzle is triggered Soluble Powders (SP) - .... 🔰 VERIFIED ANSWERS.... ✔✔ Dry preparation which contains 15% to 95% active ingredient; dissolves in water to form a solution Aerosol (generator) - .... 🔰 VERIFIED ANSWERS.... ✔✔ Low- concentrate solution of pesticide; usually in an oil solution formulated especially for use in gor generators Fumigant - .... 🔰 VERIFIED ANSWERS.... ✔✔ Pesticide in the form of either a poisonous gas or a liquid which becomes a gas when applied Dust (D) - .... 🔰 VERIFIED ANSWERS.... ✔✔ Finely ground dry mixture combining a small amount of pesticide with an inner carrier such as talc, clay or volcanic ash
Directed - .... 🔰 VERIFIED ANSWERS.... ✔✔ Aiming the pesticide at a portion of a plant, animal, or structure Soil incorporation - .... 🔰 VERIFIED ANSWERS.... ✔✔ Application to the soil followed by use of tillage implements to mix the pesticide with the soil. Drench - .... 🔰 VERIFIED ANSWERS.... ✔✔ Saturation of the soil with a pesticide or oral treatment of an animal Sidedress - .... 🔰 VERIFIED ANSWERS.... ✔✔ Application along the side of a crop row Foliar - .... 🔰 VERIFIED ANSWERS.... ✔✔ Application to the leaves of a plant, shrub, or tree. Pour on - .... 🔰 VERIFIED ANSWERS.... ✔✔ Pouring the pesticide along the midline of the back of livestock Band - .... 🔰 VERIFIED ANSWERS.... ✔✔ Application to a strip or band over or along each crop row Over-the-top - .... 🔰 VERIFIED ANSWERS.... ✔✔ Application over the top of the growing plant Broadcast - .... 🔰 VERIFIED ANSWERS.... ✔✔ Uniform application to an entire specified area
In-furrow - .... 🔰 VERIFIED ANSWERS.... ✔✔ Application to or in a furrow in which a crop is planted Labeling - .... 🔰 VERIFIED ANSWERS.... ✔✔ Technical information in the form of printed material provided by the manufacturer or its agent Signal words - .... 🔰 VERIFIED ANSWERS.... ✔✔ Words which must appear on pesticide labels to show toxicity of pesticide Label - .... 🔰 VERIFIED ANSWERS.... ✔✔ Form of printed material attached to or printed on a pesticide container Reentry - .... 🔰 VERIFIED ANSWERS.... ✔✔ Period of time betweeen a pesticide application and when workers can safely go back into the area without wearing protective clothing or equipment State and federal - .... 🔰 VERIFIED ANSWERS.... ✔✔ Use of label to control sale, use, safety, storage and disposal of pesticides Manufacturers of pesticide - .... 🔰 VERIFIED ANSWERS.... ✔✔ Use the label as the license to sell pesticide Physicians - .... 🔰 VERIFIED ANSWERS.... ✔✔ Use the label to determine the antidote to use in the proper treatment os poisoning cases
Four times the applicator should read the label - .... 🔰 VERIFIED ANSWERS.... ✔✔ Before purchasing, before preparation (mixing) for use, before applying, before storing or disposing General Use Pesticide - .... 🔰 VERIFIED ANSWERS.... ✔✔ Pesticide use that will not generally cause unreasonable adverse effects on the environment when used in commonly recognized practices in accordance with its labeling Restricted Use Pesticide - .... 🔰 VERIFIED ANSWERS.... ✔✔ Pesticide use that may cause unreasonable adverse effects on the environment, including injury to the applicator, unless it is regulated by other methods besides labeling Environment - .... 🔰 VERIFIED ANSWERS.... ✔✔ Our surroundings, including other organisms Ecology - .... 🔰 VERIFIED ANSWERS.... ✔✔ study of organisms and their environment Ecosystem - .... 🔰 VERIFIED ANSWERS.... ✔✔ Community of organisms in relationship to each other and their environment Persistent pesticide - .... 🔰 VERIFIED ANSWERS.... ✔✔ Pesticides that stay in the environment without change for long
Accumulative Pesticides - .... 🔰 VERIFIED ANSWERS.... ✔✔ Pesticides that build up in the bodies of animals 5 ways pesticides can move from their target areas - .... 🔰 VERIFIED ANSWERS.... ✔✔ Drift Runoff Leaching Crop or livestock residue Vaporization 4 ways you minimize drift - .... 🔰 VERIFIED ANSWERS.... ✔✔ Spray at low pressure Use largest practical nozzle openings Use spray additives Spray when winds are calm 4 ways pesticides applicators can avoid major bee kills - .... 🔰 VERIFIED ANSWERS.... ✔✔ -Apply pesticides in a very late afternoon or night -Avoid applying pesticides when weeds or crops are in bloom -Use pesticides with short residual action -Communicate with area beekeepers before making an application Factors that are conducive to groundwater contamination - .... 🔰 VERIFIED ANSWERS.... ✔✔ Sandy soil Shallow groundwater
Three safety precautions use while mixing and handling concentrated pesticides - .... 🔰 VERIFIED ANSWERS.... ✔✔ Work in a well ventilated area Do not work alone Wear protective clothing Four ways to prevent exposure during application - .... 🔰 VERIFIED ANSWERS.... ✔✔ Wear protective clothing, check application equipment for leaks, never eat, drink, or smoke during application proceed in a direction into the wind to prevent working in drift Personal safety rules to follow and cleaning up after application - .... 🔰 VERIFIED ANSWERS.... ✔✔ Clean, dry, and store protective, take a shower at the end of each day, change work clothing daily, wash work clothes separate from family wash Factors to consider when you sing coveralls as protective clothing - .... 🔰 VERIFIED ANSWERS.... ✔✔ Choose coveralls made of a closely woven fabric Coveralls should cover entire body from wrist to ankle Wear pant legs outside boots Do not allow coveralls to become soaked with spray
Factors to consider when using gloves as protective clothing - .... 🔰 VERIFIED ANSWERS.... ✔✔ Check pesticide label for the best glove material Check gloves for holes Wear sleeves outside gloves Wash gloves before taking them off Factors to consider when using boots as protective clothing - .... 🔰 VERIFIED ANSWERS.... ✔✔ Wear lightweight, unlined neoprene or natural rubber boots, wash boots often, allow to throughly dry, keep an extra pair of boots on hand, wear pants legs outside boots Factors to consider when using goggles and face shields as protective equipment - .... 🔰 VERIFIED ANSWERS.... ✔✔ Make sure goggles and face shield fits tightly Clean them after each use Change headbands often if cloth or leather Always wear when pouring or mixing concentrates Two factors to consider when choosing head and neck covering for protection - .... 🔰 VERIFIED ANSWERS.... ✔✔ Use wide brim waterproof coverings Do not use cloth on leather headbands
Fumes - .... 🔰 VERIFIED ANSWERS.... ✔✔ Unpleasant or irritating smoke, vapor, or gas General symptoms of herbicide poisoning - .... 🔰 VERIFIED ANSWERS.... ✔✔ Irritation of mouth and throat, vomiting, chest and abdominal pain, diarrhea, skin and irritation, coughing, dizziness, nose bleed. Antidote - .... 🔰 VERIFIED ANSWERS.... ✔✔ Treatment given by a doctor to reduce the effects of pesticide poisoning Oral - .... 🔰 VERIFIED ANSWERS.... ✔✔ through the mouth Absorb - .... 🔰 VERIFIED ANSWERS.... ✔✔ To take a Pesticide or other material into a plant, animal, or the soil Toxicity - .... 🔰 VERIFIED ANSWERS.... ✔✔ How poisonous a pesticide is to a living organism Acute poisoning - .... 🔰 VERIFIED ANSWERS.... ✔✔ Poisoning which occurs after a single exposure to a pesticide LD50 - .... 🔰 VERIFIED ANSWERS.... ✔✔ Dose or amount of pesticide which could kill half a large number of test animals if eaten or absorbed through the skin
Chronic poisoning - .... 🔰 VERIFIED ANSWERS.... ✔✔ Poisoning which occurs as a result of repeated exposures to pesticides over a period of time LC50 - .... 🔰 VERIFIED ANSWERS.... ✔✔ Concentration of a substance needed to kill 50% of the organisms within a specified period of time inhalation toxicity - .... 🔰 VERIFIED ANSWERS.... ✔✔ How poisonous a pesticide is to man or animals when breathed in through the lungs Dermal Toxicity - .... 🔰 VERIFIED ANSWERS.... ✔✔ How poisonous a pesticide is to man or animals when in contact with the skin Inhalation - .... 🔰 VERIFIED ANSWERS.... ✔✔ To take in air into the lungs; to breathe in First aid - .... 🔰 VERIFIED ANSWERS.... ✔✔ First effort to help A victim one medical help is on the way signs and symptoms - .... 🔰 VERIFIED ANSWERS.... ✔✔ Warnings that something is wrong Pesticide on skin - .... 🔰 VERIFIED ANSWERS.... ✔✔ Wash off pesticide, remove contaminated clothing, clean skin, keep victim warm
