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Cucumber - correct answers Cucurbit & marrow (cantaloupe) Watermelon - correct answers Cucurbit & marrow (cantaloupe) Pumpkin - correct answers Cucurbit & marrow (cantaloupe) Squash - correct answers Cucurbit & marrow (cantaloupe) Sweet peas - correct answers Legumes (clover) (restore nitrogen to soil) Alfalfa - correct answers Legumes (clover) (restore nitrogen to soil) Peanut - correct answers Legumes (clover) (restore nitrogen to soil) Beans - correct answers Legumes (clover) (restore nitrogen to soil) Buckwheat - correct answers Polgonaceae family (miscellaneous) Lamb's Lettuce - correct answers Valeerianaceae family (miscellaneous) Okra - correct answers Mallow family (miscellaneous) Rhubarb - correct answers Polgonaceae family (miscellaneous) Hoop hoe/stirrup hoe - correct answers For weeding Leaf rake - correct answers For raking up leaves, loose grass and sticks. More flexible and springy than a bow rake Garden rake - correct answers For getting up grass, sticks, and smoothing out soil Bow rake - correct answers For smoothing out dirt and removing sticks, weeds, and rocks Round point shovel - correct answers For digging holes and moving both dirt and plants Square point shovel - correct answers For digging a square of dirt. Shape makes it less useful for digging holes than a round point shovel Mattock - correct answers For digging out roots, cutting roots, and digging out rocks What does the blue tape on the handle of the rake mean? - correct answers The tool belongs to Elon University Phenology - correct answers Study of when things happen in the natural world and correlation of two things that occur at the same time due to needing the same length of day and air temperature How do we know when it is time to plant peas? - correct answers When pussy willows bloom It is time to plant corn when oak leaves are the size of what animal's ears? - correct answers Squirrel It is time to plant potatoes when what plant is blooming? - correct answers Willows (they turn bright yellow) What is the USDA Hardiness Zones map? - correct answers Divides US into zones based on average annual extreme minimum winter temperature to help gardeners and growers determine which perennial plants are likely to thrive in their location How to calculate the temperature based on number of cricket chirps? - correct answers Count the number of of chirps in 25 seconds, divide by 3, and add 4 to get the temperature. Agriculture - correct answers The art, science, and industry of managing the growth of plants and animals for human use. Includes cultivation of the soil, growing and harvesting crops, breeding and raising of livestock, dairying, and forestry. Sustainable agriculture - correct answers Raising food in a way that can be repeated year after year. Most agriculture is an annual crop Primary sector - correct answers Farming, fishing, and raw materials Secondary sector - correct answers Manufacturing Tertiary sector - correct answers Service sector Quaternary sector - correct answers Information sector Deindustrialization - correct answers Loss of industry Entomology - correct answers The scientific study of insects Agronomy - correct answers The study of soil science and crop science Hypothesis - correct answers An educated guess; an assumption that is made regarding the relation between two objects or circumstances and is taken to be true unless proven otherwise. Based upon two variables, or factors that create a comparison of scenarios that can turn out the same, but are more likely to turn out differently from one another. Scientific method - correct answers Process by which scientists, collectively and over time, endeavor to construct an accurate representation of the world that is reliable, consistent, and non arbitrary. Steps of the scientific method - correct answers1) Ask question 2) Do background research 3) Construct hypothesis 4) Test hypothesis by doing an experiment 5) Analyze data and draw conclusion 6) Communicate results Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) - correct answers Goggles, gloves, suits, triple rinse containers Insecticide - correct answers Substance that targets bugs and insects to control or kill them Pesticide - correct answers Substance that targets bugs, insects, animals, plants, and diseases to control or kill them Herbicide - correct answers Substance that targets plants to control or kill them 3 organic products used at Redbud that are toxic to humans - correct answers1) pyrethrum (killing insects like mosquitoes, fleas, and flies) 2) Neem (killing aphids and more) 3) Copper sulfate (killing fungi, bacteria, slugs/snails) High tunnel - correct answers Has no air control (a greenhouse has climate control), protects plants from extreme weather. Allows you to begin season early and end it late. How are caterpillars killed at Redbud Farm? - correct answers Bt How are Colorado potato beetles killed at Redbud Farm? - correct answers Spinosad How are flea beetles killed at Redbud Farm? - correct answers Surround What are three products that contain nitrogen, phosphate, or potash used to feed crops at Redbud Farm? - correct answers1) Harmony 2) Nature safe 3) Fish emulsion How did Lincoln win an 1857 murder trial? - correct answers Using the almanac to see if there was enough light from the moon that night for the witness to have seen the crime What does a wider black band (in comparison to brown band) on a woolly worm mean? - correct answers Colder winter What do plants use sunshine to make? - correct answers Sugar and oxygen