Florida Aquatic Pest Control Exam Questions with answers

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Host Specific - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔An organism that will only
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survive when it has a specific food source ( the host) available.
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The term is used when referring to a biological control agen such
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as an insect that can survive only on the target pest that it is
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Integrated Pest Mangement ( IPM) - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔A
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pest managemetn strategy that uses various combinations of
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pest control and ensure favorable economic and environmental
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consequences


Maintenance control ( of aquatic weeds) - CORRECT ANSWERS \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \|


✔✔A method for the control of aquatic plants in which control
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techniques are utilized in a coordinated manner on a continuous
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basis in order to miantain the plant population at the lowest
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Management goal - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔As applied to aquatic \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \|


plant management, the amount and/ or types of plants that will
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be controlled or allowed to grow to best satisfy all water uses.
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This is often formally agreed upon by representatives of all
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waster use interets \| \|

,Multi-use water body - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔A water body that
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is used for more than one purpose such as fishing , waterskiing,
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waterfowl hunting, and domestic water supply
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Native Plant - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔A plant species whose
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natural range includes Florida
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Nitrogen - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔A naturally occurring element
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in soils that is required in large amounts for plant growth and
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will stimulate the growth of aquatic plants if no other factors are
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limiting.


Nonnative Plant - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔A plant species
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introduced to Florida , purposefully or accidentally, from a natural
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range outside of Florida
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Phosphorous - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔A naturally occurring \| \| \| \| \| \| \|


element in soils that is required in small amounts for plant
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growth and will stimulate the growth of aquatic plants if no other
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factors are limiting \| \|




Plant nutrients - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Elements , such as
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phosphorous and nitrogen, that are required for plant growth \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \|




Productive water bodies - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Those water
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bodies that support large amounts of plant growth as well as
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abundant aquatic organisms becuase they are high in nutrients
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especially phosphorous and nitrogen \| \| \|

, 2,4-D - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Introduced in 1946, the first
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synthetic herbicide used. It was extremely effective and
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economical to use and was not toxic to fish, cattle or humans
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River and Harbor Act of 1899 - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Federal
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legislation that authorized construction and operation of vessels
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and log booms for the removal and containment of waterhyacinth
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in navigable waters of Florida and Louisiana
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Florida Department of Natural Resources ( DNR) - CORRECT
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ANSWERS ✔✔Agency designated, in 1970 , as Florida's lead
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agency in aquatic plant control; responsibilities later transferred
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to FWC
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Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission ( FWC) -
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CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Florida's lead agency for fish and wildlife
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management, formerly Florida game and freshwater fish \| \| \| \| \| \| \|


commission


United States Army Corps of Engineers (COE or USACE) -
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CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔The engineering branch of the United
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States Army \|




What happened in 1884? - CORRECT ANSWERS
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✔✔Waterhyacinth introduced \|




What happened in 1899? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔River and
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harbor act of 1899 authorized construction and operation of
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