Environmental weeds multiple choice
Environmental weeds are:
- weeds that are good for the environment
- plants that invade areas of natural ecosystems
- weeds that grow where you don't want them
- all annual plants
Environmental weeds are often spread by:
- animals
- machinery
- wind and water
- all of the above
An example of a mechanical method of controlling environmental weeds is:
- spraying
- using a living organism
- digging out the weeds
- grazing
Which of the following is an example of controlling weeds using a biological control?
- introducing an aphid to control nodding thistle
- ripping a pasture to control Pattersons Curse
- spraying glyphosate on the lawn to kill weeds
- sowing pasture species that will compete with the weeds
An example of using an environmental control to manage weeds is:
- digging weeds out by hand
- spraying weeds using a chemical with low toxicity
- shading out weeds with other plants so they cannot grow
- introducing a parasite to eat the weed