Pests and pest Control Test Questions and Answers

Pests and pest Control Test Questions and Answers Pests - Answer-any organism that is noxious, destructive, or troublesome Examples of Pests - Answer-Plants, or animals. Such as formosan termite, fire ants, aedes mosquito, medfly Why do we need pest control? - Answer-Because there are many organisms out there that we don't like, and we want to keep their populations low or even wipe out. Why control pests? - Answer-To protect our food, to protect our health, for our convenience Pesticide use in the United states - Answer-We have used pesticides for a long time. Before WW11 we used elements such as arsenic and sulfur to control pests. Post WW11 we developed chemicals such as DDT. Most chemicals are used to control agricultural pests. Chemical Technology (pest control) - Answer--use of chemicals to kill large numbers of the pest. -short-term protection -environmental and health consequences Consequences of chemical pest control - Answer--we kill large numbers but typically only for a short period of time and we need to use over and over again -also many non-target impacts, particularly on human health with insecticides