Unit 2 - Better Living through Agriscience

Grain is harvested by this machine that cuts and threshes in one operation

This is the science of food production, processing, and distribution

Extracted from the milk of transgenic goats, it is used in anticancer research

What did John Deere invent?

Who invented the mechanical corn picker?

When a plant is not affected by the presence of a harmful insect, it is described as

Who invented the seed planting machine?

Who invented the cotton gin?

The Chinese call this legume "Yellow Jewel"

What did Thomas Jefferson invent?

This technique allow scientists to physically place certain genes into plant & animal cells

George Washington Carver is known for his work with this legume

For a small family Thanksgiving celebration, you'll probably want this type of turkey

Abraded plastic loops decreased this inflammation of milk-producing animals by 75%

Who invented the steel moldboard plow?

Instead of using chemical pesticides, science has allowed us to use this

Bees and ladybird beetles (ladybugs) are considered this to plants

This cereal grain has been bio-engineered to produce Vitamin A

Who invented the iron plow?

Who invented barbed wire?

Movement in 1970 which allowed developed countries to become self-sufficient in food production

What is Gregor Mendel also known as?

The guayule plant has been modified so we can now produce this commodity domestically

What did Anna Baldwin invent?

What did Benjamin Holt invent?

What lives in or on another organism with no benefit to the host?

The reaper was improved upon until it became what large machine used on farms today?

Potatoes have been genetically modified to resist this pest

Who invented the tractor?

This policy, implemented in China during the mid-1970s, limited each couple to one child

What did Eli Whitney invent?

This pesticide was banned in 1972 because it caused birds' eggshells to be weak

Large, sweet blueberries that require less hand labor to pick than wild blueberries

Who invented the reaper?

What did Joseph Glidden invent?

Who invented a milking machine?

Who discovered the principles of heredity and is known as the "father of genetics"?

Who invented the rotational crop system?

What herbicide are certain sugar beets resistant to?

What did Cyrus McCormick invent?

What did Edmund Quincy invent?