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Technology Education - Technology Interactions

Chapter 14: Environmental Technologies


	1.	Controlled Environment Agriculture (CEA) is used to provide

		a.	harsh growing conditions.
		b.	ideal growing conditions.
		c.	refined genetic engineering.
		d.	selective plant breeding.


	2.	The use of machines to make work easier is called

		a.	production.
		b.	bioprocessing.
		c.	mechanization.
		d.	controlled environment agriculture.


	3.	The green substance in plants that traps light for photosynthesis is

		a.	chlorophyll.
		b.	carbon dioxide.
		c.	sugar.
		d.	pollen.


	4.	In plants, genetic information is passed from one plant to another through

		a.	vegetative propagation.
		b.	cross-pollination.
		c.	bioprocessing.
		d.	hydroponics.


	5.	A unit for an inherited trait is a

		a.	gene.
		b.	chromosome.
		c.	nutrient.
		d.	cell.


	6.	The process of creating plants using cutting of roots, stems, or leaves is

		a.	pollination.
		b.	hydroponics.
		c.	CEA.
		d.	vegetative propagation.


	7.	Chemicals that plants need to grow are

		a.	nutrients.
		b.	aggregates.
		c.	living cells.
		d.	soil and water.


	8.	Aquaculture is

		a.	another term for hydroponics.
		b.	an aggregate system.
		c.	a system in which the exposed roots of plants are misted with nutrients.
		d.	the raising of fish and food plants in water.


	9.	In bioprocessing, microorganisms are used to

		a.	create products such as bread.
		b.	clean polluted bodies of water.
		c.	process waste in treatment plants.
		d.	all of the above.


	10.	The process of growing plants in an environment without soil is called

		a.	vegetative propagation.
		b.	genetic engineering.
		c.	hydroponics.
		d.	bioprocessing.