AEST AGTECH EXAM

What percentage of the people in the United States are farmers? - Answer-2 Careers in agriscience include which of the following? - Answer-processing and recreation and food production By the year 2010, the world population of humans is estimated will be - Answer-7 billion What is the meaning of the Greek word bios? - Answer-life The science involved in the cultivation, propagation, processing and marketing of things like flowers and vegetables is known as - Answer-horticulture In genetic terms, what is the goal of the process of mapping? - Answer-to identify the location of a gene on a chromosome Which of the following terms means "life" or "living"? - Answer-bio Gregor Johann Mendel discovered the effects of genetics on characteristics using which of the following types of plant? - Answer-pea The pale yellow element occurring widely in nature is - Answer-sulfur Which of the following is a colorless, radioactive gas formed by the disintegration of radium? - Answer-radon Chlorofluorocarbons are a group of compounds consisting of which of the following? - Answerchlorine, fluorine, carbon, and hydrogen Plants give off oxygen through the process known as: - Answer-photosynthesis Careers in air quality are available with which service? - Answer-weather What is the most abundant element in air? - Answer-nitrogen Insects and other organisms have adapted to the pollution in the air through a process known as: - Answer-natural selection The greenhouse effect and global warming are: - Answer-controversial The material that remains after a plant dies or is harvested is called: - Answer-plant residue The bodies of young plants and animals consist of about 90 percent of which of the following? - Answer-water