Environmental Science Quiz 15-3
 
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Environmental Science Quiz 15-3

Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
 
 
Section 3 - Animals and Agriculture
 

 1. 

Governments trying to halt overharvesting of their aquatic organisms have often created
a.
aquaculture areas.
b.
new fish markets.
c.
no-fishing zones.
d.
All of the above
 

 2. 

About animal species have been domesticated.
a.
50
b.
100
c.
25
d.
200
 

 3. 

Aquaculture began about 4,000 years ago in ________, which is still the leading producer of farmed freshwater fish.
a.
England
b.
South Africa
c.
Canada
d.
China
 

 4. 

Which livestock population has increased by the greatest percentage in the last 40 years?
a.
cattle
b.
chickens
c.
pigs
d.
goats
 

 5. 

Cattle are raised, but rarely eaten, in
a.
Europe.
b.
India.
c.
Canada.
d.
All of the above
 

Matching
 
 
Section 3 - Animals and Agriculture

Choose the letter of the term or phrase that best matches the description.
a.
overharvesting
d.
ruminants
b.
aquaculture
e.
domesticated animals
c.
livestock
 

 6. 

domesticated animals raised on a farm or ranch
 

 7. 

catching or removing more aquatic animals than the population can replace
 

 8. 

cud-chewing mammals
 

 9. 

raising of aquatic animals for food
 

 10. 

species bred or managed for human use
 



 
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