AGRISCIENCE FOUNDATIONS EMERY Questions with Correct Solutions

AGRISCIENCE FOUNDATIONS EMERY Questions with Correct
Solutions

Question:
1. . What percent of careers in agriscience require a college degree?

Answer:
20%


Question:
2. What was the first Genetically Engineered "commercial" product?

Answer:
Insulin


Question:
3. . What is the process by which seeds sprout and begin to grow?

Answer:
germintation


Question:
4. Which of the safety colors used in agricultural operations represent danger?

Answer:
red


Question:
5. Pesticides with the highest toxicity are labeled with what words?

Answer:
danger-poison


Question:
6. How is the toxicity of a pesticide described?

Answer:
words and symbols


Question:
7. What government agency oversees meat quality grading?

Answer:
united states department of agriculture (USDA)

,Question:
8. Phosphate deficiency is seen by what coloring of the plant?

Answer:
purple


Question:
9. What is the food safety "danger zone"?

Answer:
40-140 degrees F


Question:
10. How should perishable food be transported?

Answer:
refrigerated trucks


Question:
11. Which relationship benefits both organisms?

Answer:
Mutualism


Question:
12. When discharging a fire extinguisher, how far away should you be positioned from a fire?

Answer:
6 to 8 feet away


Question:
13. The average U.S. Farmer produces enough food to feed approximately how many people?

Answer:
155 people


Question:
14. . What is the series of process in which light energy is converted into simple sugar called?

Answer:
Photosynthesis


Question:
15. . What is the function of flowers in sexual plant reproduction?

,Answer:
Pollination


Question:
16. What delivers water directly to the plant through tubes or pipes?

Answer:
Drip irrigation


Question:
17. Potassium deficiency gets orange and yellow from the

Answer:
Outside-In (second letter of Potassium)


Question:
18. Nitrogen deficiency gets orange and yellow from the

Answer:
Inside-Out (second letter of Nitrogen)


Question:
19. What is Integrated Pest Management?

Answer:
A pest control strategy that relies on multiple control practices and establishes the amount of
damage that will be tolerated before control actions are taken


Question:
20. The practice of growing corn on a given plot of land in odd numbered years and soybeans
on the same plot in even numbered years is known as what type of conservation practice?

Answer:
Crop Rotation


Question:
21. What is the name for the class of animals that have a stomach with one compartment?

Answer:
Monogastric


Question:
22. What is the name for the class of animals that have a stomach with four compartments?

Answer:
Ruminants

, Question:
23. What percent of air is oxygen?

Answer:
21%


Question:
24. Which genetically modified food could reduce the number of preschool children's death
from vitamin A deficiencies in developing countries?

Answer:
Golden Rice


Question:
25. How many different land classes are there?

Answer:
8 classes


Question:
26. What is the best land class and the worst land class?

Answer:
Best: Class 1; Worst: Class 8


Question:
27. What type of water moves through the soil going downward

Answer:
Gravitational


Question:
28. What is another name for a business name or manufacturer's name?

Answer:
Trade name (think wd-40)


Question:
29. What material is preferred for footwear due to strength, durability safety and comfort?

Answer:
Leather


Question:
30. What health concern is there surrounding Genetically Modified foods?