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Massachusetts Core Pest License CORRECT QUESTIONS & SOLUTIONS(GRADED A)

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Absorption - ANSWER The movement of a chemical into plants, animals (including humans), microorganisms, or soil acaricide - ANSWER A pesticide used to control mites and ticks. A miticide is a kind of acaricide. Acidic - ANSWER Having a pH less than 7 acidifier - ANSWER Same as BUFFER. A...

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QUESTIONS & SOLUTIONS(GRADED A)

Absorption - ANSWER The movement of a chemical into plants, animals (including humans),
microorganisms, or soil



acaricide - ANSWER A pesticide used to control mites and ticks. A miticide is a kind of acaricide.



Acidic - ANSWER Having a pH less than 7



acidifier - ANSWER Same as BUFFER.



Action Threshold - ANSWER A predetermined level of pest infestation or damage at which some type of
pest management must be taken



Activated charcoal - ANSWER A finely ground charcoal that adsorbs chemicals.



active ingredient (AI) - ANSWER the chemical or chemicals in a product responsible for pesticidal activity



acute effects - ANSWER a symptom, injury, or illness that occurs shortly after exposure to pesticide



acute exposure - ANSWER An exposure to a single dose of pesticide.



Acute Rodenticide - ANSWER A pesticide that is capable of killing a rodent after a single feeding.



acute toxicity - ANSWER The ability of a pesticide to cause illness after a single exposure. LD50 and LC50
are common indicators of the degree of acute toxicity.

,Adjuvant (or additive) - ANSWER A substance added to a pesticide to improve its effectiveness or safety.



absorption - ANSWER the process whereby chemicals are bound to a surface by a physical or chemical
attraction




Aquifer - ANSWER A geological formation (sand, gravel, bedrock) from which groundwater can be drawn



arachnid - ANSWER a wingless arthropod with two body regions and four pairs of jointed legs (spider,
tick, mite)



Arthropod - ANSWER An invertibrate animal characterized by a jointed body and limbs and usually a hard
body covering that is molted at intervals. Insects, arachnids, millipedes, and centipedes are arthropods.



Atropine (Atropine Sulfate) - ANSWER An antidote used to treat organophosphate and carbamate
poisoning



Attractant - ANSWER A substance or device to lure insects or other pests to a trap or poison bait.



Avicide - ANSWER A pesticide used to kill birds



Back-Siphoning - ANSWER The movement of a pesticide mixture from a spray tank through the filling
hose into the water source



Bacteria - ANSWER Single Celled organisms; some cause disease in plants and animals



bactericide - ANSWER a pesticide used to control bacteria



Bait - ANSWER 1. A food or substance used to attract a pest to a pesticide or trap. 2. A ready to use
pesticide formulation that contains an active ingredient mixed with food or another attractive substance

, Band Application - ANSWER An application or other material in or besides a crop row rather than over
the entire field



Basal Application - ANSWER An application to plant stems or trunks at or just above the ground line



Beneficial Insects - ANSWER an insect that is useful to us (pollinators, predators)



Biennial - ANSWER A plant that completes its life cycle in two years.



bioaccumulation - ANSWER The process by which animals store chemicals in their tissues



Biological control - ANSWER the control of pests using predators, parasites, and disease-causing
organisms



biomagnification - ANSWER the process bywhere some organisms accumulate chemical residues in
higher accumulations than those found in the organisms they consume



biopesticide - ANSWER a pesticide derived from naturally occuring materials



Boom - ANSWER A pipe that is attached to a sprayer that has nozzles fixed along its length



Botanical Pesticides - ANSWER A pesticide produced from naturally occurring chemicals inside of plants
(Pyrethrum)



Brand Name - ANSWER The unique name under which a registered pesticide product is sold



Broadcast Application - ANSWER The uniform application of a pesticide over an entire field or area.



Broadleaves - ANSWER Herbaceous plants with broad, rounded, or flattened leaves with netted veins
and two cotelydons(seed leaves) (dandelions, lambsquarters and morning glorys

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