Ag Quiz Bowl Questions 1

Loss of a fetus before it is viable

Name given to a pesticide by a recognized committee

Design, operation, maintenance, service, selling, and use of power units, machines, equipment, structures and building

Attention-getting color

Blunt needle

Loan repaid in equal installments of interest

Money or property

Animal growth, care, and mangement

Material inside bones that makes blood cells

The brain and the spinal cord

Commercial firms that have developed with or stem out of agriculture

Yellowing of the leaf

A weed that completes its life cycle within one year

Predominant protein in milk

Portion of the male part that contains the pollen

An organism that produces a disease

In addition to; change in

Fat found in milk

pH of less than 6.9

Water-logged areas

Soil below the B horizon; it is important for storing and releasing water to the upper layers of the soil

Ions that are positively charged

All jobs relating in some way to plants, animals, and renewable natural resources

Scattering seeds rather than sowing them in rows

A component that achieves one or more purposes of the mixture

Soils transported by streams

Two or more leaves arising from the same part of the stem

Fee for selling a product

The mixing of air with water or soile to improve the oxygen supply of plants and other organisms

A turfgrass that grows in clumps

Colorless, odorless, and tastless mixture of gases

Newborn chicken or pheasant

Ions that are negatively charged

Woody fiber parts that make up plant cell walls

Putting a plan into action

Plant propagation by girdling a plant stem, wrapping with peat moss, and protecting with plastic

Science of soils and field crops

A product made of skimmed milk

Plants that do not lose their leaves on a yearly basis

Ring in a cross section of a tree root, trunk, or limb representing one year's growth

Soil units containing mostly clay, silt, and sand particles held together by gel substance formed by organic matter

Minature Chicken

Management of agricultural resources, including farms and agribusiness

Leave undistrubed for a period of time

Members of the bovine family over one year old

Exact duplicate

Castrated male chicken used for meat

Removal of all marketable trees from an area

The human element that carries out a plan to meet goals and objectives in an agriscience business

Male of the swine family

pH of more than 7.1

Mother

A material such as sand, gravel, or marbles supports the plant roots

Male of the rabbit or goat family

Layer near the soil surface consisting of mineral and organic matter.

Green pigment in leaves

Nonliving

Application of engineering principals in agricultural settings

Light-green or white banded area on the outside of a leaf blade

Wool from wool producing rabbits

A base in genes designated by the letter A

Modified leaf that is often brightly colored and showy

A plant with its seeds enclosed in a pod or seed case

The main component of the skletal system

A type of motion used to add to, subtract from, or strike out words in a main motion

Meat from goats

Sourness

A unit of protoplasmic material with a nucleus and cell walls

Widespread starvation

The result of too little nutrition

To give birth in cattle

Various parts of the body

A measurement of the immediate effects of a single exposure to a chemical

Evergreen trees with needlelike leaves

Organization licensed to manage the buying and selling of commodities

Distinctive feature or quality

Organisms that complete part of their life cycle in water and part on land

Activity in a plantscaped area

Skin or covering of a wheat kernel

Growth layer in a tree root, trunk, or limb

A person who shoes horses

A turfgrass with a wide leaf blade

A motion used to close a meeting

system of permanemtly marking animals by cutting notches from their ears

Activities concerned with the production of plants and animals, and the related supplies, services, mechanics, products

The method used for calculating interest on consumer loans. The loan is repaid in installments of equal payments.

Young member of the cattle family

The weather conditions of a specific region

The plant roots hang in the air and are misted regularly with a nutrient solution

Sweetness

Teaching and program mangement in agriculture

Business, employment, or trade in agriculture, agribusiness, or renewable natural resources

Group of sepals of a flower

A can with contents under pressure

Male of the cattle family

Low red blood cell count often caused by a deficiency of iron, copper, or pyridoxine

Putting the emphasis in the area where the most returns will be recieved

Young chicken grown for meat

Soil group within a class designated by a small letter

Root other than the primary root or a branch of a primary root