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TruGreen General Pest Management Test 7A
Exam Study Guide.
ABSORPTION - answer✔The movement of a chemical into
plants, animals (including humans), and/or microorganisms.
ACARICIDE - answer✔A pesticide used to control mites and
ticks. Amiticide is an acaricide.
ACTIVE INGREDIENT - answer✔The chemical or chemicals in a
pesticide responsible for killing, poisoning, or repelling
the pest. Listed separately in the ingredient statement.
ACUTE TOXICITY - answer✔The capacity of a pesticide to cause
injury within 24 hours following exposure. LD50 and LC50
are common indicators of the degree of acute toxicity.
(See also chronic toxicity).
ADJUVANT - answer✔A substance added to a pesticide to
improve its effectiveness or safety. Same as additive.
Examples: penetrants, spreader-stickers, and wetting
agents.
ADSORPTION - answer✔The process by which chemicals are
held or bound to a surface by physical or chemical attraction.
Clay and high organic soils tend to adsorb pesticides.
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AGGREGATION PHEROMONE - answer✔See pheromone.
AEROSOL - answer✔Amaterial stored in a container under pressure.
Fine droplets are produced when the material dissolved
in a liquid carrier is released into the air from the
pressurized container.
ALGAE - answer✔Relatively simple plants that contain chlorophyll
and are photosynthetic.
ALGICIDE - answer✔Apesticide used to kill or inhibit algae.
ANTI-SIPHONING DEVICE - answer✔A device attached to the
filling hose that prevents backflow or back-siphoning
from a spray tank into a water source.
ANTICOAGULANT - answer✔A chemical that prevents normal
blood clotting—the active ingredient in some rodenticides.
ANTIDOTE - answer✔A treatment used to counteract the effects
of pesticide poisoning or some other poison in the body.
ARACHNID - answer✔A wingless arthropod with two body
regions and four pairs of jointed legs. Spiders, ticks, and
mites are in the class Arachnida.
ARTHROPOD - answer✔An invertebrate animal characterized
by a jointed body and limbs and usually a hard body covering
that is molted at intervals. For example, insects,
mites, and crayfish are in the phylum Arthropoda.
ATTRACTANT - answer✔A substance or device that will lure
pests to a trap or poison bait.
AVICIDE - answer✔A pesticide used to kill or repel birds. Birds
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are in the class Aves.
BACTERIA - answer✔Microscopic organisms, some of which are
capable of producing diseases in plants and animals.
Others are beneficial.
BACTERICIDE - answer✔Chemical used to control bacteria.
BAIT - answer✔Afood or other substance used to attract a pest to
a pesticide or to a trap.
BARRIER APPLICATION - answer✔Application of a pesticide
in a strip alongside or around a structure, a portion of a
structure, or any object.
BENEFICIAL INSECT - answer✔An insect that is useful or helpful
to humans; usually insect parasites, predators, pollinators,
etc.
BIOLOGICAL CONTROL - answer✔Control of pests using
predators, parasites, and disease-causing organisms.
May be naturally occurring or introduced.
BIOMAGNIFICATION - answer✔The process whereby one
organism accumulates chemical residues in higher concentrations
from organisms it consumes.
BOTANICAL PESTICIDE - answer✔A pesticide produced from
chemicals found in plants. Examples are nicotine,
pyrethrins, and strychnine.
BRAND NAME - answer✔The name or designation of a specific
pesticide product or device made by a manufacturer or
formulator; a marketing name.
11/05/2024 12:06 PM
TruGreen General Pest Management Test 7A
Exam Study Guide.
ABSORPTION - answer✔The movement of a chemical into
plants, animals (including humans), and/or microorganisms.
ACARICIDE - answer✔A pesticide used to control mites and
ticks. Amiticide is an acaricide.
ACTIVE INGREDIENT - answer✔The chemical or chemicals in a
pesticide responsible for killing, poisoning, or repelling
the pest. Listed separately in the ingredient statement.
ACUTE TOXICITY - answer✔The capacity of a pesticide to cause
injury within 24 hours following exposure. LD50 and LC50
are common indicators of the degree of acute toxicity.
(See also chronic toxicity).
ADJUVANT - answer✔A substance added to a pesticide to
improve its effectiveness or safety. Same as additive.
Examples: penetrants, spreader-stickers, and wetting
agents.
ADSORPTION - answer✔The process by which chemicals are
held or bound to a surface by physical or chemical attraction.
Clay and high organic soils tend to adsorb pesticides.
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AGGREGATION PHEROMONE - answer✔See pheromone.
AEROSOL - answer✔Amaterial stored in a container under pressure.
Fine droplets are produced when the material dissolved
in a liquid carrier is released into the air from the
pressurized container.
ALGAE - answer✔Relatively simple plants that contain chlorophyll
and are photosynthetic.
ALGICIDE - answer✔Apesticide used to kill or inhibit algae.
ANTI-SIPHONING DEVICE - answer✔A device attached to the
filling hose that prevents backflow or back-siphoning
from a spray tank into a water source.
ANTICOAGULANT - answer✔A chemical that prevents normal
blood clotting—the active ingredient in some rodenticides.
ANTIDOTE - answer✔A treatment used to counteract the effects
of pesticide poisoning or some other poison in the body.
ARACHNID - answer✔A wingless arthropod with two body
regions and four pairs of jointed legs. Spiders, ticks, and
mites are in the class Arachnida.
ARTHROPOD - answer✔An invertebrate animal characterized
by a jointed body and limbs and usually a hard body covering
that is molted at intervals. For example, insects,
mites, and crayfish are in the phylum Arthropoda.
ATTRACTANT - answer✔A substance or device that will lure
pests to a trap or poison bait.
AVICIDE - answer✔A pesticide used to kill or repel birds. Birds
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are in the class Aves.
BACTERIA - answer✔Microscopic organisms, some of which are
capable of producing diseases in plants and animals.
Others are beneficial.
BACTERICIDE - answer✔Chemical used to control bacteria.
BAIT - answer✔Afood or other substance used to attract a pest to
a pesticide or to a trap.
BARRIER APPLICATION - answer✔Application of a pesticide
in a strip alongside or around a structure, a portion of a
structure, or any object.
BENEFICIAL INSECT - answer✔An insect that is useful or helpful
to humans; usually insect parasites, predators, pollinators,
etc.
BIOLOGICAL CONTROL - answer✔Control of pests using
predators, parasites, and disease-causing organisms.
May be naturally occurring or introduced.
BIOMAGNIFICATION - answer✔The process whereby one
organism accumulates chemical residues in higher concentrations
from organisms it consumes.
BOTANICAL PESTICIDE - answer✔A pesticide produced from
chemicals found in plants. Examples are nicotine,
pyrethrins, and strychnine.
BRAND NAME - answer✔The name or designation of a specific
pesticide product or device made by a manufacturer or
formulator; a marketing name.
