Agricultural Science Exam 1 Study
Guide Question and answers 100%
correct 2025/2026
What is agriculture - correct answer ✔art of cultivating the soil, producing crops and raising livestock in
varying degrees
household consumption - correct answer ✔6.5% of Americans household consumption was spend on
food consumed at home
(Singapore, United Kingdom, Switzerland, Canada, Nigeria)
Why is agriculture important - correct answer ✔everyone has to eat, large sector of US economy, and
151 million taxpayer dollars contribute
Three sisters - correct answer ✔corn (pole), bean (fertilizer), squash (water retention and weed
prevention)
crops from the western hemisphere - correct answer ✔corn, squash, beans, sunflower, chocolate,
pumpkin, tomato, tobacco
southern vs. northern colonies agriculture - correct answer ✔Southern (produced rice, indigo, tobacco,
wheat, cotton)
Northern (cool and stony soil; beef, pork, whool, cheese)
Agricultural Revolution - correct answer ✔1820-1870
Percentage of American living/working on farms - correct answer ✔90% lived on farms in 1700; 40%
worked on farms 1900
, People fed by one farmer - correct answer ✔one farmer produces enough food for 155 people
Plant Cell Parts - correct answer ✔cell membrane, nucleus, mitochondria, riposome (must haves)
vacuoles, chloroplasts, cell wall (structural)
Monocots vs. Dicots - correct answer ✔mono (one cotyledon, veins in leaves, three leaves)
di (two cotyledon, usually netlike, four leaves)
basic plant anatomy - correct answer ✔roots (take up water and minerals, anchor plant, store water
and minerals), stems (transport water and minerals, support leaves, store), leaves (carry out
photosynthesis), flower (reproduction)
Root Structures - correct answer ✔root cap, root hairs, root apical meristem, xylem, phloem
Stem Structures - correct answer ✔node, internode, shoot apical meristem, axillary buds, xylem,
phloem
Leaf Structures - correct answer ✔blade, petiole, epidermis, mesophyll, cuticle, stomata, guard cells,
leaf veins
Flower Structure - correct answer ✔pistil (stigma, style, ovary), stamen (filament, anthers),
angiosperm, gymnosperm, receptacle
Perfect Flower - correct answer ✔one plant with both parts
Dioecious Flower - correct answer ✔two plants with one part each
Guide Question and answers 100%
correct 2025/2026
What is agriculture - correct answer ✔art of cultivating the soil, producing crops and raising livestock in
varying degrees
household consumption - correct answer ✔6.5% of Americans household consumption was spend on
food consumed at home
(Singapore, United Kingdom, Switzerland, Canada, Nigeria)
Why is agriculture important - correct answer ✔everyone has to eat, large sector of US economy, and
151 million taxpayer dollars contribute
Three sisters - correct answer ✔corn (pole), bean (fertilizer), squash (water retention and weed
prevention)
crops from the western hemisphere - correct answer ✔corn, squash, beans, sunflower, chocolate,
pumpkin, tomato, tobacco
southern vs. northern colonies agriculture - correct answer ✔Southern (produced rice, indigo, tobacco,
wheat, cotton)
Northern (cool and stony soil; beef, pork, whool, cheese)
Agricultural Revolution - correct answer ✔1820-1870
Percentage of American living/working on farms - correct answer ✔90% lived on farms in 1700; 40%
worked on farms 1900
, People fed by one farmer - correct answer ✔one farmer produces enough food for 155 people
Plant Cell Parts - correct answer ✔cell membrane, nucleus, mitochondria, riposome (must haves)
vacuoles, chloroplasts, cell wall (structural)
Monocots vs. Dicots - correct answer ✔mono (one cotyledon, veins in leaves, three leaves)
di (two cotyledon, usually netlike, four leaves)
basic plant anatomy - correct answer ✔roots (take up water and minerals, anchor plant, store water
and minerals), stems (transport water and minerals, support leaves, store), leaves (carry out
photosynthesis), flower (reproduction)
Root Structures - correct answer ✔root cap, root hairs, root apical meristem, xylem, phloem
Stem Structures - correct answer ✔node, internode, shoot apical meristem, axillary buds, xylem,
phloem
Leaf Structures - correct answer ✔blade, petiole, epidermis, mesophyll, cuticle, stomata, guard cells,
leaf veins
Flower Structure - correct answer ✔pistil (stigma, style, ovary), stamen (filament, anthers),
angiosperm, gymnosperm, receptacle
Perfect Flower - correct answer ✔one plant with both parts
Dioecious Flower - correct answer ✔two plants with one part each
