AGRISCIENCE FOUNDATIONS FINAL EXAM STUDY GUIDE UPDATED ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS

AGRISCIENCE FOUNDATIONS FINAL EXAM STUDY
GUIDE UPDATED ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS

Question:
1. What percentage of people in the US are farmers?
Answer:
Less than 2

Question:
2. Study of the properties & management of soil to grow plants
Answer:
Soil science

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

Question:
4. Organic food are foods grown without
Answer:
Chemical pesticides

Question:
5. Conditions, circumstances, & influences surrounding and affecting an organisms or group of organisms
Answer:
Environment

Question:
6. Who discovered the effects of genetics on plant characteristics
Answer:
Gregor Mendel

Question:
7. When two alleles are homozygous the trait on each chromosome is
Answer:
Identical

Question:
8. What is The selection of parents to get desirable characteristics in offspring
Answer:
Selective breeding

, Question:
9. What is the goal of the process of mapping?
Answer:
Identify the location of a specific gene on a chromosome

Question:
10. Average US farmer produces enough food to feed how many people
Answer:
167

Question:
11. What area of agriscience includes business that sell supplies or provide services
Answer:
Agricultural supplies and services

Question:
12. The SCANS report was written by the
Answer:
Secretary's Commission on Achieving Necessary Skills

Question:
13. A global positioning systems technician is most likely found in which career area
Answer:
Agriculture mechanics

Question:
14. One out of every ?jobs in America is in agriscience
Answer:
Five

Question:
15. In the fields of renewable natural resources, which are state and regional concerns of high priority?
Answer:
Water quality and soil conservation

Question:
16. What is experience obtained while working on an actual job setting
Answer:
On the job training

Question:
17. Functioning in society in a positive way
Answer:
Citizenship