Pest control

Question 1

What are some examples of pesticides?

Answer 1

-Insecticides
-Herbicides
-Fungicides

Question 2

What are the advantages of pesticides?

Answer 2

-Easily accessible and relatively cheap
-Has an immediate effect
-Kills the entire population of pests

Question 3

What are the disadvantages of pesticides?

Answer 3

-Organisms they are meant to kill can develop resistances to the pesticide
-They are non species specific and can kill beneficial organisms
-They need to be repeatedly applied

Question 4

What is biological control?

Answer 4

Involves using a natural predator to eat the pest species

Question 5

What are the advantages of biological control?

Answer 5

-It is a natural method, thus it doesn’t cause pollution
-The prey can develop no resistance
-Can target specific species
-Long lasting
-Does not need to be repeatedly applied

Question 6

What are the disadvantages of biological control?

Answer 6

-May eat other organisms instead of the pest
-Takes a longer period of time to be effective
-Cannot kill the entire population, some pests will always be present
-May not adapt to the environment and might move out of it
-May become a pest itself