Unit 1 AgriScience

science of insect life

The key to an adequate food supply for the growing population is _______

What is the meaning of the Greek word bios?

Science of cultivation, propagation, processing, and marketing flowers & vegetables

Careers in agriscience include which of the following?

Wildlife, wetlands, rangelands, trees, and fish are examples of renewable natural resources.

During the past 50 years, food production has increased faster than the world’s populations.

plant grown for appearance and beauty

Science of animal growth, care, and management

The USDA forecasts a national shortage of __________qualified people in AgriScience

Entomology is one of the three basic sciences that make up agriscience.

grass used for decorative and soil-holding purposes

Biology, chemistry, biochemistry are all___________________ Sciences

Which of the following is considered part of the environment?

On average, each farmer in the United States produces enough food for about how many people?

science of animal growth, care and management

science of soils and field crops

Agriculture pests like insects must be controlled with chemicals to be effective

management of agricultural resources

The three basics of life include

The Human gift, INTELLIGENCE, includes

growing and managing living things in water

An hypothesis is

The acronym USDA stands for the government agency known as:

By the year 2020, in the book, they had guessed the world population of humans would be: (They overestimated)

What percentage of the people in the United States are farmers?

The ? River control projects have permitted the transformation of desert to irrigated lands

Production agriculture accounts for only one-fifth of the total jobs in agriculture.

commercial firms developed in support of agriculture

Lumber is exported from US to this country, because this country had to cut forest to make room

Many flowers that florist use in the U.S comes from this country

application of mechanical and other engineering principles in agriculture

science of fruits, vegetables, and ornamentals

It is accurate to say that organic food:

The Greek word logy means to: