AG ASSOCIATE CERT STUDY GUIDE #1 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2025/2026

AG ASSOCIATE CERT STUDY GUIDE #1 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2025/2026 What percentage of people in the United States are farmers? - Answer - Less than 2 Which term refers to the study of the properties and management of soil to grow plants? - Answer -Soil science By the year 2025, the world population is projected to be? - Answer -8 billion The acronym USDA stands for the government agency known as? - Answer -United States Department of Agriculture What is the meaning of the Greek word bios? - Answer -life The Greek word logy means? - Answer -study Organic food is a term used for foods that have been grown? - Answer - without use of chemical pesticides Which terms refers to all the conditions, circumstances, and influences surrounding and affecting an organism or group of organisms? - Answer -environmentThe science involved in the cultivation, propagation, processing, and marketing of items such as flowers and vegetables is known as? - Answer -horticulture On average, each farmer in the US produces enough food for about how many people? - Answer -167 Which of the following insects feeds on human waste and then on human food, transmitting disease? - Answer -cockroach Which pesticide was banned in 1972 because of its harmful effects on the environment? - Answer -DDT The use of what metal revolutionized agriculture? - Answer -iron The insecticide DDT has been used to control mosquitoes that carry what disease? - Answer -malaria when a tree or other plant is not affected by the presence of a harmful insect, it is described as being? - Answer -immune what two insects are beneficial to plants - Answer -bees and ladybird beetles which of the following is a plant that hosts nitrogen-fixing bacteria? - Answer -legume an infection of the milk-secreting glands of cattle, goats and other milk producing animals is known as? - Answer -mastitis Agriscience accounts for what pe