AGRISCIENCE TEST EXAM UPDATED ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS

AGRISCIENCE TEST EXAM UPDATED ACTUAL
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS

Question:
1. What percentage of people in the United States are farmers?
Answer:
less than 2

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2. which term refers to the study of the properties and management of soil to grow plants?
Answer:
Soil Science

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3. By the year 2025, the world population is projected to be
Answer:
8 billion

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4. The acronym USDA stands for the government agency known as:
Answer:
United States Department of Agricultgure

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5. What is the meaning of the Greek word bios
Answer:
Life

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6. The Greek work logy means to:
Answer:
Study

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7. Organic food is a term used for foods that have been grown:
Answer:
Without use of chemical pesticides

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8. Which term refers to all the condition, circumstances, and influences surrounding and affecting an
organism or group of organisms?
Answer:
Environment

,Question:
9. The science involved in the cultivation, propagation, processing, and marketing of items such as flowers
and vegetables is known as:
Answer:
Horticulture

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10. On average, each farmer in the United States produces enough food for about how many people?
Answer:
167

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11. Which of the following insects feeds on human waste and then on human food, transmitting disease?
Answer:
Cockroach

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12. Which pesticide was banned in 1972 because of its harmful effects on the environment?
Answer:
DDT

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13. The use of what metal revolutionized agriculture?
Answer:
Iron

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14. The insecticide DDT has been used to control mosquitoes that carry which disease?
Answer:
Malaria

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15. When a tree or other plant is not affected by the presence of a harmful insect, it is described as being:
Answer:
Immune

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16. What two insects are beneficial to plants?
Answer:
Bees and Ladybird Beetles

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17. Which of the following is a plant that hosts nitrogen-fixing bacteria?
Answer:
Legume

, Question:
18. An infection of the milk-secreting glands of cattle, goats, and other milk-producing animals is known
as:
Answer:
Mastitis

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19. Agriscience accounts for what percentage of jobs in the United States?
Answer:
14

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20. What is a type of potato grown in the volcanic soils of Idaho and the Northwest?
Answer:
Russet

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21. The substance people with diabetes use to control their blood sugar level is:
Answer:
Insulin

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22. Who is credited with discovering the effects of genetics on plant characteristics?
Answer:
Gregor Mendel

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23. When two alleles are homozygous, the trait on each chromosome is:
Answer:
Identical

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24. When two alleles are heterozygous, the trait on each chromosome is:
Answer:
Different

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25. The selection of parents to get desirable characteristic in offspring os known as:
Answer:
Selective Breeding

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26. In genetic terms, what is the goal of the process of mapping?
Answer:
Selective Breeding