Lawns Study Guide

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Lawns Quiz Study Guide for Robbins Ch. 14 Read the chapter and prepare answers for the questions below. The quiz will be on D2L Dr. Cleaveland 1. a) Where turf grasses came from and how the spread around the world? b) What it means that lawns as we know them are socially constructed c) Which members of the society kept lawns in their native/original lands? 2. a) What were the grasses now used for lawns originally used for in the United States ? b) What is Agrodiversity? c) How does agrodiversity relate to the way the grasses were grown originally in the United States? 3. a) How extensive is the lawn industry compared to other major industrial crops like corn and soy in the U.S? b) According to the chapter, what percentage of land cover in Franklin County Ohio is lawn cover? 4. a) Why were the extensive, well-manicured lawns not available to the public in the United States before 1950, that is, what factors led to more lawns in the 1950s? b) Why do you think the lawn-loving culture is catching on in other countries? c) Three countries mentioned in the chapter where lawns have been adopted because of growing affluence internationally. 5. For what two reasons do people keep lawns even though they cost lots of money and labor. 6. a) What is social construction? b) How does social construction relate to lawns? That is, what does it mean that lawns are socially constructed? 7. What is the “lawns ecological footprint”? 8. a) What is eutrophication? b) How do lawns contribute to eutrophication? c) Why was DDT use in lawncare discontinued? 9. a) What is a monoculture? b) Why is it harder to maintain modern monoculture lawn compared to maintaining natural lawns, without using chemicals: fertilizer, herbicides, and pesticides? 10. a) What is urban heat island effect? b) How does turf grass mitigate this? Watch this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-sXHl3l-rM

11. The percentage of the people surveyed and interviewed for the lawns topic that pointed to neighborhood pride as being the main benefit of using chemicals for lawn management. 12. a) Risk perception as used on p. 294. b) Know the story of the dog owner and her risk perception of effects of lawn chemicals. c) According to Robbins, what are the educational levels generally of homeowners who use chemicals on their lawns?

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