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Agriscience Unit 1 and 2 Review
Agriscience Unit 1 and 2 Review
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Units 1 and 2 out of the Agriscience book
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Grown without chemical pestcides
Food
Organic Food
Agribusiness
Plants
2
Characteristics of elements
Chemistry
Biology
Organic Food
Science
3
Harmful insects, rodents, and diseases are all referred to as
Pests
Plants
Animals
Parasites
4
Basic science of plants and animals
Biology
Chemistry
Science
Botany
5
What is the gift that humans have that gives them the ability to learn and know.
Intelligence
Education
Skills
Knowledge
6
What was the world food crisis?
Corn crops dying due to insect infestation
Rice, Wheat, and Corn reaching their lowest levels in 2007
Farmers striking to lower fuel costs
A water shortage in South Africa
7
A laser is used to detect water sources in soil
True
False
8
The combine is a combination of
Plow and tractor
Reaper and thresher
Thresher and plow
Seed drill and reaper
9
Eli Whitney invented the reaper
True
False
10
Can replace itself
Commercial firms in agriculture
Biology
Renewable Resource
Organic Food
11
Growing in water
Chemistry
Biology
Science
Aquaculture
12
Who invented the steel plow?
Eli Whitney
John Doe
John Deere
Thomas Jefferson
13
What percentage of jobs does agriscience account for?
12%
85%
2%
16%
14
What is the "King Crop" of the US?
Peanuts
Corn
Cotton
Soybeans
15
Electronics and ultramodern equipment
Renewable resource
High technology
Organic Food
Biology
16
Sewage systems
Decompose human waste
Water collected from a roof
Discharge into a stream or river
Are connected to a city system
17
Beltsville small white is a
Breed a turtle
Breed of turkey
Breed of horse
Breed of rabbit
18
What percent of jobs in agriculture are nonfarm and nonranch jobs?
9%
88%
12%
54%
19
Tofu is curds from soybeans
False
True
20
Define famine.
Lack of water sources
Pest infestation
Overabundance of food
Widespread starvation
21
Climate is the average yearly
Temperature and Precipitation
Shape of the earth
Snow fall
Humidity
22
Integrated pest management refers to the application of many different methods used to
Control pests
Control icebergs
Search soil samples
Research technology
23
What is Aquaculture?
The science of the human body
The science of plants and animals
The science of elements
The science of things living in water
24
What is agronomy?
The science of soil management and crops
The science of the human body
The science of living organisms
The science of pest management
25
Space and mass around us
Chemistry
Organic Food
Environment
Science
26
Who invented the iron plow?
John Deere
Cyrus McCormick
Anna Baldwin
Thomas Jefferson
27
The term environment refers to what?
Conditions
Influences
Circumstances
All of the above
28
The reaper was invented by
John Deere
Anna Baldwin
Eli Whitney
Cyrus McCormick
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Commercial firms in agriculture
Chemistry
Aquaculture
Agribusiness
Environment
