AG Associate Test Study Guide
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1. What percentage of people in the united states are Less than 2
farmers?
2. Which term refers to the study of the properties and Soil science
management of soil to grow plants?
3. By the year 2025, the world population is projected to 8 billion
be?
4. The acronym USDA stands for the government agency United States Department
known as? of Agriculture
5. What is the meaning of the Greek word bios? life
6. The Greek word logy means? study
7. Organic food is a term used for foods that have been without use of chemical
grown? pesticides
8. Which terms refers to all the conditions, circum- environment
stances, and influences surrounding and affecting an
organism or group of organisms?
9. The science involved in the cultivation, propagation, horticulture
processing, and marketing of items such as flowers
and vegetables is known as?
10. On average, each farmer in the US produces enough 167
food for about how many people?
11. Which of the following insects feeds on human waste cockroach
and then on human food, transmitting disease?
12. DDT
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Which pesticide was banned in 1972 because of its
harmful effects on the environment?
13. The use of what metal revolutionized agriculture? iron
14. The insecticide DDT has been used to control mosqui- malaria
toes that carry what disease?
15. when a tree or other plant is not affected by the pres- immune
ence of a harmful insect, it is described as being?
16. what two insects are beneficial to plants bees and ladybird beetles
17. which of the following is a plant that hosts nitro- legume
gen-fixing bacteria?
18. an infection of the milk-secreting glands of cattle, mastitis
goats and other milk producing animals is known as?
19. Agriscience accounts for what percentage of jobs in 14
America
20. What is a type of potato grown in the volcanic soils of Russet
Idaho and the Northwest?
21. The average U.S. farmer produces enough food to 167
feed about how many people?
22. What percentage of careers in agriscience require col- 20
lege degrees?
23. Agriculture processing, products, and distribution are haul, grade, process,
those parts of the industry that do what with the com- package, and market
modities?
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24. A career in food science includes: processing, packaging,
distribution of, and mar-
keting of food products
25. Qualifications for a career in renewable natural re- animals
sources include an appreciation for natural and scien-
tific knowledge of plants and?
26. The area of agriscience that includes businesses that agricultural supplies and
sell supplies or provide services is? services
27. another term for resume is a vita
28. the SCANS report was written by the Secretary's commission
on achieving necessary
skills
29. in what order are college degrees earned four-year, master, doctor-
ate
30. a global positioning systems technician is most likely ag mechanics
found in which career area?
31. which cabinet level secretart developed the SCANS secretary of labor
report?
32. Farming and ranching fall under which career area production agrigulture
33. of people needed each year to fill positions in the 100,000
agriculture industry, approximately how many have
the required skills and knowledge
34. one out of every______ jobs in the US is n the field of 5
agriscience
Study online at https://quizlet.com/_4nx3gm
1. What percentage of people in the united states are Less than 2
farmers?
2. Which term refers to the study of the properties and Soil science
management of soil to grow plants?
3. By the year 2025, the world population is projected to 8 billion
be?
4. The acronym USDA stands for the government agency United States Department
known as? of Agriculture
5. What is the meaning of the Greek word bios? life
6. The Greek word logy means? study
7. Organic food is a term used for foods that have been without use of chemical
grown? pesticides
8. Which terms refers to all the conditions, circum- environment
stances, and influences surrounding and affecting an
organism or group of organisms?
9. The science involved in the cultivation, propagation, horticulture
processing, and marketing of items such as flowers
and vegetables is known as?
10. On average, each farmer in the US produces enough 167
food for about how many people?
11. Which of the following insects feeds on human waste cockroach
and then on human food, transmitting disease?
12. DDT
, AG Associate Test Study Guide
Study online at https://quizlet.com/_4nx3gm
Which pesticide was banned in 1972 because of its
harmful effects on the environment?
13. The use of what metal revolutionized agriculture? iron
14. The insecticide DDT has been used to control mosqui- malaria
toes that carry what disease?
15. when a tree or other plant is not affected by the pres- immune
ence of a harmful insect, it is described as being?
16. what two insects are beneficial to plants bees and ladybird beetles
17. which of the following is a plant that hosts nitro- legume
gen-fixing bacteria?
18. an infection of the milk-secreting glands of cattle, mastitis
goats and other milk producing animals is known as?
19. Agriscience accounts for what percentage of jobs in 14
America
20. What is a type of potato grown in the volcanic soils of Russet
Idaho and the Northwest?
21. The average U.S. farmer produces enough food to 167
feed about how many people?
22. What percentage of careers in agriscience require col- 20
lege degrees?
23. Agriculture processing, products, and distribution are haul, grade, process,
those parts of the industry that do what with the com- package, and market
modities?
, AG Associate Test Study Guide
Study online at https://quizlet.com/_4nx3gm
24. A career in food science includes: processing, packaging,
distribution of, and mar-
keting of food products
25. Qualifications for a career in renewable natural re- animals
sources include an appreciation for natural and scien-
tific knowledge of plants and?
26. The area of agriscience that includes businesses that agricultural supplies and
sell supplies or provide services is? services
27. another term for resume is a vita
28. the SCANS report was written by the Secretary's commission
on achieving necessary
skills
29. in what order are college degrees earned four-year, master, doctor-
ate
30. a global positioning systems technician is most likely ag mechanics
found in which career area?
31. which cabinet level secretart developed the SCANS secretary of labor
report?
32. Farming and ranching fall under which career area production agrigulture
33. of people needed each year to fill positions in the 100,000
agriculture industry, approximately how many have
the required skills and knowledge
34. one out of every______ jobs in the US is n the field of 5
agriscience
