WASHINGTON PESTICIDE LAWS UPDATED EVALUATION
TEST QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS GUARANTEE A+
✔✔Chemical controls - ✔✔involves the use of naturally derived or synthetic chemicals
that kill, attract, repel or otherwise control the growth of pest plants, animals and
microorganisms
✔✔Avicides - ✔✔to control pest birds
✔✔bactericides - ✔✔to control bacteria
✔✔fungicides - ✔✔to control fungi
✔✔herbicides - ✔✔to control weeds, shrubs and trees
✔✔insecticides - ✔✔to control insects and insect relatives
✔✔miticides - ✔✔to control mites
✔✔acaricides - ✔✔to control mites
✔✔molluscicides - ✔✔to control snails and slugs
✔✔nematicides - ✔✔to control nematodes
✔✔piscicides - ✔✔to control pest fish
✔✔rodenticides - ✔✔to control rodents
✔✔defoliants - ✔✔chemicals that cause leaves or foliage to drop from a plant
✔✔desiccants - ✔✔chemicals that promote drying or loss of moisture in plant tissues
✔✔growth regulators - ✔✔substances (other than fertilizers or food) that alter the
growth or development of a plant or animal
✔✔adjuvants - ✔✔substance added to pesticide formulations and tank mixtures to
increase safety and effectiveness
✔✔systemic pesticides - ✔✔foliar or root-absorbed and then translocated within the
treated plant
✔✔contact pesticides - ✔✔pest must contact a treated area to be affected
, ✔✔stomach toxins - ✔✔must be ingested to be affective
✔✔contact toxins - ✔✔must make contact to be affective
✔✔FIFRA - ✔✔Federal insecticide, fungicide, and rodenticide act
✔✔WSDA - ✔✔Washington State Department of Agriculture
✔✔Legal controls - ✔✔limit the development of pest populations by restricting human
activities
✔✔general use pesticide - ✔✔a pesticide that can be purchased and used by the
general public
✔✔restricted use pesticide - ✔✔a pesticide that can be purchased only by certified
pesticide applicators and used only by certified applicators or persons directly under
their supervision
✔✔SLN - ✔✔special local needs
✔✔a.i. - ✔✔Active Ingredient
✔✔Active Ingredient - ✔✔the component of a pesticide that controls the target pest
✔✔Inert Ingredients - ✔✔Nonpesticidal
✔✔pesticide formulations - ✔✔mixtures of active and inert ingredients
✔✔Emulsifiable concentrates - ✔✔liquid formulations with the active ingredient
dissolved in one or more petroleum solvents
✔✔Emulsifiers - ✔✔usually produce a milky-white emulsion
✔✔Solutions - ✔✔formulations with a water soluble active ingredient dissolved in one or
more liquids
✔✔EC or E - ✔✔Emulsifiable Concentrates
✔✔S - ✔✔Solutions
✔✔SP - ✔✔Soluble Powders
TEST QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS GUARANTEE A+
✔✔Chemical controls - ✔✔involves the use of naturally derived or synthetic chemicals
that kill, attract, repel or otherwise control the growth of pest plants, animals and
microorganisms
✔✔Avicides - ✔✔to control pest birds
✔✔bactericides - ✔✔to control bacteria
✔✔fungicides - ✔✔to control fungi
✔✔herbicides - ✔✔to control weeds, shrubs and trees
✔✔insecticides - ✔✔to control insects and insect relatives
✔✔miticides - ✔✔to control mites
✔✔acaricides - ✔✔to control mites
✔✔molluscicides - ✔✔to control snails and slugs
✔✔nematicides - ✔✔to control nematodes
✔✔piscicides - ✔✔to control pest fish
✔✔rodenticides - ✔✔to control rodents
✔✔defoliants - ✔✔chemicals that cause leaves or foliage to drop from a plant
✔✔desiccants - ✔✔chemicals that promote drying or loss of moisture in plant tissues
✔✔growth regulators - ✔✔substances (other than fertilizers or food) that alter the
growth or development of a plant or animal
✔✔adjuvants - ✔✔substance added to pesticide formulations and tank mixtures to
increase safety and effectiveness
✔✔systemic pesticides - ✔✔foliar or root-absorbed and then translocated within the
treated plant
✔✔contact pesticides - ✔✔pest must contact a treated area to be affected
, ✔✔stomach toxins - ✔✔must be ingested to be affective
✔✔contact toxins - ✔✔must make contact to be affective
✔✔FIFRA - ✔✔Federal insecticide, fungicide, and rodenticide act
✔✔WSDA - ✔✔Washington State Department of Agriculture
✔✔Legal controls - ✔✔limit the development of pest populations by restricting human
activities
✔✔general use pesticide - ✔✔a pesticide that can be purchased and used by the
general public
✔✔restricted use pesticide - ✔✔a pesticide that can be purchased only by certified
pesticide applicators and used only by certified applicators or persons directly under
their supervision
✔✔SLN - ✔✔special local needs
✔✔a.i. - ✔✔Active Ingredient
✔✔Active Ingredient - ✔✔the component of a pesticide that controls the target pest
✔✔Inert Ingredients - ✔✔Nonpesticidal
✔✔pesticide formulations - ✔✔mixtures of active and inert ingredients
✔✔Emulsifiable concentrates - ✔✔liquid formulations with the active ingredient
dissolved in one or more petroleum solvents
✔✔Emulsifiers - ✔✔usually produce a milky-white emulsion
✔✔Solutions - ✔✔formulations with a water soluble active ingredient dissolved in one or
more liquids
✔✔EC or E - ✔✔Emulsifiable Concentrates
✔✔S - ✔✔Solutions
✔✔SP - ✔✔Soluble Powders
