Fumigation is a pest control method that fills an area with gaseous pesticides to suffocate or poison pests.

• A. True
• B. False
• C. It only uses liquids
• D. It uses solids to trap pests

Answer: (A)

Fumigation relies on a volatile pesticide delivered as a gas that fills and saturates the treated space. Sealing the area allows the gas to reach pests in all hiding spots—cracks, voids, wood, and soil—so they are exposed and die from the exposure. Because the pesticide is in gaseous form, fumigation is not about applying liquids or trapping pests with solids; those are different methods. This gaseous, space-filling approach is the defining feature of fumigation. Thus, the description is accurate.