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1
People needed each year to fill spots in the ag industry, approximately how many have the required skills and knowledge
300,000
400,000
200,000
100,000
2
Gregor Mendel experimented with garden
Peas
Lettuce
Herbs
Flowers
3
The average US farmer produces enough food to feed about how many people?
577
57
417
167
4
In waht order are college degrees earned?
Four-year, Doctorate, Master's
Four-year, Master's, Doctorate
Master's, Four-year, Doctorate
All are earned at the same time
5
When a tree or other plant in not affected by the presence of a harmful insect, it is described as being
enigeered
Modified
Immune
invulnerable
6
Another term for a resume in a(n)
cover letter
Outline
Vita
Letter of recommendation
7
Which of the following is a plant that hosts nitrogen-fixing bacteria?
Legume
Tofu
Feedstuff
Russet
8
Which of the following insects feeds on human waste and then on human food, transmitting disease
Cricket
Ant
Cockroach
Spider
9
The substance people with diabetes use to control their blood sugar level is-
Insulin
Sugar
Blood
Urine
10
The insecticide DDT has been used to control mosquitoes that carry which disease?
Brucellosis
Encephalitisis
Rabies
Malaria
11
Agriscience accounts for what percentage of jobs in the United States
10
14
12
8
12
What percentage of the people in the United states are farmers?
Less than 2
Nearly 5
Roughly 12
Slightly more than 10
13
The acronym USDA stands for the government agency known as-
United States Division of Agriculture
Universal Standards of Demarcation in America
United States Development of Agriculture
United Sates Department of Agriculture
14
The use of which metal revolutionized agriculture?
Gold
Iron
Lead
Tin
15
In genetic terms, what is the goal of the process of mapping?
To move genetic information from one cell to another
To locate the most suitable parents in a herd
To identify the location of a specific gene on a chrmosome
To find the locations most beneficial to breeding
16
By the year 2025, the world population is projected to be-
8 Billion
9 Billion
11 Billion
10 Billion
17
What percentage of careers in agriscience require college degrees
20
5
2
50
18
Which pesticide was banned in 1972 because of its harmful effects on the environment?
DAR
DPT
DDT
ABC
19
A career in food science includes
Only jobs that change or modify agronomic crops and not food animals
Processing, packing, distribution of, and marketing of food products
Designing, preparing, handling, and growing food products
Only working in a laboratory
20
Which of the following terms means "life" or "living"
Bio
Via
Agri
Gene
21
Science involved in cultivating, propagating, processing, and marketing items such as flowers and vege. is known as
Ornamentation
Hortification
entomology
agronomy
22
The area of agriscience that includes business that sell businesses that sell supplies or provide services is
Agricultural professional
Agricultural mechanics
Forestry
Agricultural supplies and services
23
What two insects are beneficial to plants?
Ants and bees
Cockroaches and moths
Bees and ladybird beetles
Termites and cockroaches
24
An infection of the milk-secreting glands of cattle, goats, and other milk-producing animals known as-
Antibody
Mastitis
Coccidiosis
Impatiens
25
FArming and ranching fall under which career area?
Agriscience processing, products, and distribution
Forestry
Production agriculture
Renewable natural resources
26
The Greek word
logy
means to-
Work
Speak
Write
Study
27
When two alleles are heterozygous, the trait on each chromosome is
Identical
Different
Mixed
Recessive
28
Which Cabinet-level secretary developed the SCANS report
Secretary of Agriculture
Secretary of State
Secretary of Interior
Secretary of Labor
29
Which terms refers to the study of the properties and management of soil growth
Crop science
Soil science
Agricultural engineering
Plant science technology
30
On average, each farmer in the United States produces enough food for about how many people?
167
197
184
144
31
Which terms refer to all the conditions, circumstances, and influences affecting an organism or groups of organisms?
Resources
Enviroment
Agronomy
Nature
32
A global positioning systems technician in most likely found in which career area?
Agricultural sales and service
Agricultural mechanics
Food science
Agricultural professionals
33
One out of every _____ jobs in the United States is in the field of agriscience
Four
Five
Three
Two
34
When two alleles are homozygous, the trait on each chromosone
Different
Identical
Mixed
Dominant
35
What type of potato grown in the volcanic soils of Idaho and the Northwest?
Katahdin
BelRus
Russet
Legume
36
The SCANS report was written by the
Special Committee on Acquiring Needed Skills
Secretary's Commission on Achieving Necessary Skills
Secretary's Commission on Accelerating Necessary Solutions
Select Committee on Advancing New Solutions
37
For a career in renewable natural resources includes an appreciation for natural and scientific knowledge of plants and
Parklands
Animals
People
Rangelands
38
In the field of renewable natural resources, which are state and regional concerns of high priority?
Food processing and distribution
Landscape development and design
Harvesting plants and trees
Water quality and soil conversation
39
Organic food is a term used for foods that have been grown
With limited use of chemical pesticides
Without use of chemical pesticides
In controlled enviroments
In freshly turned soil
40
Who is credited with discovering the effects of genetics on plant characteristics?
Charles Darwin
Francis Crick
Gregor Mendel
James Watson
41
The selection of parents to get desirable characteristicts in offspring is known as
Progeny
Selective breeding
Generational breeding
Choice heredity
42
Agricultural processing, products, and distribution are those parts of the industry that do what with comodities
Design, operate, sell, and maintain
Grow, harvest, and market
Produce, process, and market
Haul, grade, process, package, and market
43
What is the meaning of the Greek word
bios?
Enviroment
Study
Nature
Life