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Ag Associate #2
Question | Answer |
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What type of machinery is used to harvest small grain? | combine harvester |
What percent of careers in agriscience require a college degree? | 20 percent |
What are the FFA colors? | National Blue and Corn Gold |
What symbol on the FFA emblem represents FFA as a national organization? | eagle |
What type of public speaking requires the participants to give a speech with little or no time for preparation? | extemporaneous public speaking |
What was the first genetically engineered "commercial" product? | insulin |
What is the highest degree that FFA can bestow upon a member? | American FFA Degree |
What is the term for a chicken that was developed to produce a large number of eggs? | layers |
What is the process by which seeds sprout and begin to grown? | germination |
Which of the safety colors used in agricultural operations represent danger? | red |
Pesticides with the highest toxicity are labeled with what words? | danger-poison |
What is a young male sheep called? | lamb ram |
A student who's supervised agricultural experience (SAE) is related to his/ her employment in an agriculture business has what type of SAE? | Placement |
How is the toxicity of a pesticide described? | words and symbols |
Sledge, claw, peen and non-marring are all examples of what type of tool? | hammer |
How are hand tools classified? | by their use |
What government agency oversees meat quality grading? | United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) |
When gripping wood, metal or plastic what type of tool would you you use? | pliers |
A type of student whose supervised agricultural experience (SAE) involves owning their own herd of cattle has what type of SAE? | entrepreneurship |
What is another word for honesty or upholding a moral standards? | integrity |
Phosphorus deficiency is seen by what coloring of the plant? | purple |
What are the egg grades from best to worst? | AA,A,B |
What award is given to SAE projects? | proficiency award |
What is the 3 circle model of agriculture education? | Classroom, FFA. SAE |
What are the 4 types of SAE projects? | exploratory, entrepreneurship, placement, research |
What is the food safety "danger zone"? | 40-140 degrees |
What do you measure horses in? | hand |
How should perishable food be transported? | refrigerated trucks |
Which relationship benefits both organisms? | mutualism |
When discharging a fire extinguisher, how far away should yo be positioned from a fire? | 6-8 feet |
The average U.S. farmer produces enough food to feed approximately how many people? | 155 people |
What is the series of processes in which light energy is converted into simple sugar called? | photosynthesis |
What is the function f the flowers in sexual plant reproduction? | pollination |
What are the 3 parts needed for a speech? | introduction, body and conclusion |
What delivers water directly to the plant through tubes or pipes? | drip irrigation |
Which land class has the least restrictions and is best for cultivation? | Class 1 |
Potassium deficiency gets orange and yellow from the | outside - in |
Nitrogen deficiency gets orange and yellow from the | inside-out |
Learning to Do, Doing to Learn, Earning to Live, Living to Serve is what | the FFA motto |
What is the integrated pest management? | is the long-term prevention of pets or their damage through a combination of techniques |
What is a young female swine that has not given birth called? | gilt |
The practice of growing corn on a given plot of land in odd numbered years and soybeans on the same plot in even numbered years is known as what type of conservation practice? | crop rotation |
What is the name of animals that have a stomach with four compartments? | ruminants |
What percent of air is oxygen? | 21% |
Who was Gregor Mendel? | Responsible for the laws governing inheritance of traits considered :"father of genetics" |
Which genetically modified food could reduce the number of preschool children's death from a Vitamin A deficiencies in developing countries? | rice |
How many different land classes are there? | 8 classes |
What is the best land class and the worst land class? | Best Class 1, worst class 8 |
What is the name for the class of animals that have the stomach with one compartment? | monogastric |
What type of water move through the soil downward? | gravitational |