Transcript Pesticide Safety Education Program University of Nebraska - Lincoln Jeopardy PSEP Game Laws and Regs WPS 20402040 Pesticides Environment Equipment Calibration and Application 2040204020402040

Pesticide Safety Education Program
University of Nebraska - Lincoln
Jeopardy PSEP Game
Laws and
Regs
WPS
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Pesticides Environment Equipment Calibration
and
Application
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PSEP
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Laws and Regs -- 10 Points
What state agency oversees
pesticide registration and
applicator certification and
licensing?
Nebraska Dept. of Agriculture
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Laws and Regs -- 20 Points
Records on pesticide
applications must be kept for
how many years?
3 years
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Laws and Regs -- 30 Points
Private applicators must be
certified and licensed to apply
which type of pesticides?
Restricted Use Pesticides
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Laws and Regs -- 40 Points
What are 2 ways that someone
may become certified to apply
pesticides?
Pass an exam by NDA, attend an
approved Extension course, take an online course, take a home-study course
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Laws and Regs -- 50 Points
What handy tool will help keep
track of pesticide applications?
Extension Recordkeeping book
or the Green book
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WPS -- 10 Points
What is the most popular
pesticide formulation for
consumers?
RTU (Ready-to-use)
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WPS -- 20 Points
What nozzle tip materials are highly
resistant to abrasion and
corrosion?
Tungsten Carbide and Ceramic
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WPS -- 30 Points
What is an adjuvant?
Added to a pesticide formulation
to improve mixing or
application, or to increase its
effectiveness
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WPS -- 40 Points
What does a drift retardant or
a drift control additive do?
Added to a pesticide formulation
to minimize offsite spray
deposits
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WPS -- 50 Points
What are 3 characteristics of a
wettable powder?
Easy to store, transport, handle,
measure, mix, low phytotoxicity
and dermal adsorption rates,
forms a suspension
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Pesticides -- 10 Points
Gas formation, precipitate
formation, and color changes
are examples of what?
Pesticide incompatibility
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Pesticides -- 20 Points
Surfactants, spreaders, and crop
oil are examples of pesticide
_________.
additives
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Pesticides -- 30 Points
EC, WDG, G, and DF are
examples of what?
Pesticide formulations
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Pesticides -- 40 Points
This occurs when a chemical is
added to a pesticide to enhance
the pesticide’s effectiveness.
Synergism
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Pesticides -- 50 Points
What can occur with repeated
use of the same pesticide, or
use of pesticides with the same
mode of action?
Pesticide resistance
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Environment -- 10 Points
What is the name of the online
mapping tool that allows you to
find local sensitive sites?
driftwatch
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Environment -- 20 Points
What is the #1 pesticide factor
contributing to drift?
Spray droplet size
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Environment -- 30 Points
What is the website you must visit
to find out if there are endangered
species in your area?
EPA Bulletins Live!
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Environment -- 40 Points
What occurs when warm air rises
upward into the atmosphere and
cool air settles near the ground,
making the air stable?
Temperature inversion.
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Environment -- 50 Points
What are the 4 pesticide
characteristics that influence
movement into the environment?
Solubility, Volitilization,
Adsorbtion, Persistance
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Equipment & Application - 10 Pts
What component of the tank
provides continuous mixing of the
pesticide and liquid carrier?
Agitator
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Equipment & Application - 20 Pts
What is spray applied to
leaves of a crop called?
Foliar application
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Equipment & Application - 30 Pts
What happens to your
application rate if you
decrease your speed?
Application rate increases
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Equipment & Application - 40 Pts
For TeeJet Nozzle tip 11004VS,
according to the manufacturer,
what is the spray angle and
output in gallons per minute at
40psi?
110 degrees and 0.4 gpm
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Equipment & Application - 50 Pts
What are 2 characteristics to
consider when purchasing a
spray tank?
Ease in cleaning, ease in loading,
compatible with spray material
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Calibration -- 10 Points
How often should you calibrate your
equipment?
List 1 of the following: Whenever you
have a change in equipment set up,
change product, periodically, often.
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Calibration -- 20 Points
Give 2 reasons why it is important to
calibrate so that you don’t apply
more pesticides than allowed by
the label
Illegal; May harm crop, environment,
human health; May exceed crop
tolerance levels, Wastes money
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Calibration -- 30 Points
You followed the steps for the Ounce
Calibration Method and collected 15
ounces in the required time period.
What is your application rate?
15 gallons per minute
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Calibration -- 40 Points
To double nozzle output, how
much would you have to
increase pressure?
4 times
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Calibration -- 50 Points
What are 3 ways you can change
spray application rates?
Adjust pressure
Adjust speed
Change Nozzles
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PSEP
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Acknowledgments:
Adapted for use by permission into
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Source: Jerry L. Goodspeed
Utah State University Extension
Weber County