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1
Broilers are usually how old?
1 month
3 months
5 months
Not more than 8 weeks old
2
A ________ SAE is for students who are placed with an employer in a production unit
Exploratory
Entrepreneurship
Placement
Research
3
What percentage of careers in agriscience require college degrees?
50
10
20
80
4
A simple pesticide precaution for food handlers is to ____ all food
Inspect
Wash
5
Farming and ranching fall under which career area
Production Agriculture
Processing
Mechanics
Marketing
6
What are the FFA's colors?
National Blue and Corn Gold
Blue and Gold
Blue and Yellow
Royal Blue and Sunshine Yellow
7
What breed is this?
Berkshire
Hampshire
Yorkshire
Poland China
8
On average, each farmer in the US produces enough food for about how many people?
167
1,000
2
200
9
What is the process whereby living cells take in oxygen and give off carbon dioxide
Photosythesis
Respiration
10
What tool is this?
Adjustable wrench
Combination wrench
Open end wrench
Pliers
11
The chemical changes that take place in food that render them unfit to eat are called:
Spoilage
Compost
Healthy
12
In swine operations a female animal that has given birth is a
Boar
Barrow
Sow
Gilt
13
The area of agriscience that includes businesses that sell supplies or provide services is?
Marketing
Agriculture Supplies and Services
Production
Processing
14
a global positioning systems technician is most likely found in which career area?
Processing
Ag Mechanics
Distribution
Production
15
What breed is this?
Hereford
Brangus
Angus
Brahman
16
Qualifications for a career in renewable natural resources include scientific knowledge of plants and ?
Flowers
Soil
Animals
Weather
17
Equine is a term used for which species of animal?
Cattle
Goats
Horse
Swine
18
What breed is this?
Brahman
Angus
Hereford
Brangus
19
What breed is this?
Landrace
Yorkshire
Duroc
Hampshire
20
What tool is this?
Hammer
Split Joint Pliers
Nail Gun
Wrench
21
What deficiency is this?
Nitrogen
Potassium
Phosphorus
22
Which symbol tops the FFA emblem?
Eagle
Corn
Owl
Plow
23
What is the meaning of the Greek word bios?
Study
Humans
Animals
Life
24
What deficiency is this?
Phosphorus
Nitrogen
Potassium
25
The three required sections of a speech are the:
Extemporaneous
Prepared
5 paragraphs
Intro, Body and Conclusion
26
In the field of renewable natural resources, which are state and regional concerns of high priority
Water Quality and Soil Conservation
Soil
Land
Gases
27
What breed is this?
Hampshire
Yorkshire
Berkshire
Duroc
28
What is the most abundant element in air
Oxygen
Carbon
Nitrogen
29
What is the first FFA degree in high school you can earn?
Green Hand
American
State
Chapter
30
The term for the proportion and size of soil particles is
Aeration
Size
Permeable
Texture
31
What kind of water drains through soil?
capillary
ground water
hydroponics
hygroscopic
32
Which of the following insects feeds on human waste and then on human food, transmitting disease?
cockroach
fly
ants
mosquito
33
female bovine over the age of 2 yrs or has had a calf
Steer
Heifer
Bull
Cow
34
Which term means using techniques of soil preparation, planting, and cultivation that disturb the soil the least
Tilling
Conservation Tilling
Contour Strip
Terracing
35
For human survival, approximately what percentage of the air must be oxygen
75
50
40
21
36
What is this?
pliers
layout tool
hammer
adjustable wrench
37
What does 7 present on the pH scale
Neutral
Acidic
Alkaline
38
What breed is this?
Duroc
Spotted
Yorkshire
Hampshire
39
What breed is this?
Charolais
Hereford
Brangus
Angus
40
an infection of the milk-secreting glands of cattle, goats and other milk producing animals is known as?
Milking
Clogged Ducts
Mastitis
41
What type of deficiency is this?
Phosphorus
Nitrogen
Potassium
42
What is the first step in seed germination
Stems
Water Absorption
Flowers
Fruit
43
a hybrid plant is obtained by:
Breeds
Crossbreeding
44
Conservation practice that involves plowing and planting along the natural curve or contour of a slope
No-till
Contour Strip Cropping
Terracing
Conservation Tilling
45
What tool is this?
Open end wrench
Adjustable wrench
Hammer
Bolt
46
What is a type of potato grown in the volcanic soils of Idaho and the Northwest?
Sweet
Red
Russet
Golden
47
The area or type of environment in which an organism or biological population normally lives is the
Environment
Habitat
Surrounding Area
House
48
What breed is this?
Red Angus
Limousine
Brahman
Angus
49
The insecticide DDT has been used to control mosquitoes that carry what disease?
Rabbis
Malaria
Aids
Zika Virus
50
A ______ SAE is for students who want to conduct activities for a profit?
Placement
Exploratory
Entrepreneurship
Research
51
Functioning in society in a positive way is the definition for ________.
Scholar
Citizenship
Honesty
Integrity
52
Which pesticide was banned in 1972 because of its harmful effects on the environment?
DDT
Raid
AAT
Herbicides
53
when a tree or other plant is not affected by the presence of a harmful insect, it is described as being?
Sick
Healthy
Immune
Aseptic
54
_____ is the union of the pollen and the stigma
Asexual Propagation
Bees
Pollination
55
The leaf petiole is the ____ of the leaf
Edge
Veins
Cuts
Stem
56
The addition of water to plants to supplement the water provided by rain and snow is called
Sprinklers
Water
Irrigation
57
what two insects are beneficial to plants?
Beetles and Wasp
Bees and Ladybird beetle
Hornets and Wasps
Butterflies and Moths
58
one out of every______ jobs in the US is n the field of agriscience
5
3
15
10
59
Science involved in the cultivation, propagation, and marketing of items such as flowers and vegetables is what?
Plant studys
Animal Science
Horticulture
Agriculture
60
The Greek word logy means?
Plants
Life
Study
Animals
61
What breed is this?
Hereford
Red Angus
Angus
Charlois
62
The use of what metal revolutionized agriculture?
Iron
Steel
Copper
Galvanized Steel
63
a young male chicken is called a
Cockerl
Rooster
Broiler
Layer
64
A soil conservation practice that alters the side of a slope to create flat areas to farm
Terracing
No-Till
Conservation Tilling
Contour Strip Cropping
65
By the year 2025, the world population is projected to be?
1 million
10 billion
8 billion
5 billion
66
which of the following is a plant that hosts nitrogen-fixing bacteria?
Apple Tree
Hibiscus
Orange Tree
Legume
67
Carbohydrates make up roughly what percentage of animal rations?
25
75
30
50
68
Agriscience accounts for what percentage of jobs in America?
25
14
50
20
69
two taps of the gavel in a FFA meeting signals for the
Come to order
Stand up
End of meeting
70
A female equine (equine) that has had a colt
Gelding
Foal
Mare
Stallion
71
Polled means naturally or genetically ?
With Horns
Hornless
72
In plant breeding, what is removed from the plant to prevent natural pollination
Anther Sac
Petal
Ovary
Stigma
73
What is this breed?
Charolais
Angus
Brahman
Limousine
74
Photosynthesis is the process by which energy from the sun is stored in molecules of
Salt
Sugar
Sand
Chlorophyll
75
What percentage of people in the United States are farmers?
14
5
25
2
76
The ovary of a flower matures into a
Flower
Seed
Fruit
Bud
77
eagle, cross section of an ear of corn, rising sun, plow, owl, Letters FFA surrounded by Vocational Education
The FFA Motto
The Creed
The FFA Salute
The FFA Emblem
78
movement of air within the soil profile is called what
Worms
Air ways
Aeration
Tunnels
79
What breed is this?
Duroc
Yorkshire
Poland China
Hampshire
80
The leaf edges are known as
Outline
Margins
Stem
Petiole
81
Which terms refers to all the conditions, circumstances, and influences surrounding and affecting an organism?
Biome
Environment
Habitat
Area
82
A male rabbit is called?
Bunny
Buck
Doe
83
What is the highest degree a FFA member can earn
Greenhand
State
American
Chapter
84
What breed is this?
Hampshire
Landrace
Poland China
Yorkshire
85
What kind of water is absorbed by plant roots
capillary
snow
rain water
irrigation
86
The term that means to give birth to baby pigs.
Farrowing
Foaling
Kidding
Calving
87
What is two or more leaves arising from a common point on the stem?
Compound
Simple
88
Organic food is a term used for foods that have been grown?
Without water
With Soil hormones
Without Pesticides
With Pesticides
89
The acronym USDA stands for the government agency known as?
United States Department of Amish
United States Department of Anatomy
United States Department of Agriculture
United States Department of Athletes
90
In terms of geese, female is called a what?
Goose
Geese
Doe
Gander
91
Plants create oxygen through the process known as
Respiration
Photosynthesis
92
Some scientists insist that a recent upward trend in the temperature of the Earth's surface is evidence of
Global Warming
Agriculture
Cars
Pollution
93
Experience obtained while working in an actual job setting
Experience
Service Hours
On the Job Training
Internships
94
The terminal bud on a plant stem is located where
The middle of the stem
The bottom of the stem
The Top of the stem
95
The union of a small piece of bark with a bud and a rootstock is called _______ grafting
Propagation
Layering
T-Bud
96
Where does in vitro mating occur
Outside of the body
Inside the body
97
It is important to isolate animals that are being added to a herd for up to ____ days
15
30
45
20
98
At an FFA meeting what does three taps of the gavel mean?
Make a motion
Come to order
Members stand up
Conclusion
99
Which term refers to the study of the properties and management of soil to grow plants?
Horticulture
Soil Science
Science
Agriculture
100
The analysis or ratio on a fertilizer bag indicates the percentages of three major nutrients in the following
Carbon, Hydrogen, Oxygen
Nitrogen, Phosphorus, Potassium