AG Associate Cert Study Guide #1
Questions & Answers | Latest Version
Graded A+ UPDATE 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--environment
The 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 percentage of jobs in America -Answer--14
What is a type of potato grown in the volcanic soils of Idaho and the Northwest?
-Answer--Russet
What percentage of careers in agriscience require college degrees? -Answer--20
Agriculture processing, products, and distribution are those parts of the industry that
do what with the commodities? -Answer--haul, grade, process, package, and market
A career in food science includes: -Answer--processing, packaging, distribution of,
and marketing of food products
Qualifications for a career in renewable natural resources include an appreciation for
natural and scientific knowledge of plants and? -Answer--animals
The area of agriscience that includes businesses that sell supplies or provide
services is? -Answer--agricultural supplies and services
another term for resume is a -Answer--vita
in what order are college degrees earned -Answer--four-year, master, doctorate
a global positioning systems technician is most likely found in which career area?
-Answer--ag mechanics
Farming and ranching fall under which career area -Answer--production agriculture
Questions & Answers | Latest Version
Graded A+ UPDATE 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--environment
The 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 percentage of jobs in America -Answer--14
What is a type of potato grown in the volcanic soils of Idaho and the Northwest?
-Answer--Russet
What percentage of careers in agriscience require college degrees? -Answer--20
Agriculture processing, products, and distribution are those parts of the industry that
do what with the commodities? -Answer--haul, grade, process, package, and market
A career in food science includes: -Answer--processing, packaging, distribution of,
and marketing of food products
Qualifications for a career in renewable natural resources include an appreciation for
natural and scientific knowledge of plants and? -Answer--animals
The area of agriscience that includes businesses that sell supplies or provide
services is? -Answer--agricultural supplies and services
another term for resume is a -Answer--vita
in what order are college degrees earned -Answer--four-year, master, doctorate
a global positioning systems technician is most likely found in which career area?
-Answer--ag mechanics
Farming and ranching fall under which career area -Answer--production agriculture
