Exam 1 Study Guide Flashcards
(42 cards)
Where does the word, Agriculture come from?
‘Ager’- field and ‘Colere’- cultivate
What did hunters/gathers diets mainly consist of?
Vegestables
Where did Agriculture originate around?
The fertile crescent
History of Agriculture is the history of…
Man
List Characteristics of cultivated Plants
Larger seed,
How many amino acids are there? How many are essential?
20, 9
What is the difference between Hesperidium and pepo?
Hesperidium has a leathery rind but pepo has a hard rind.
Fruits can be formed with or without what?
Fertilization
Cereal tends to be high in…
Lysine and threonine
Who proposed a two-part name for organisms?
Carlos Linnaeus
A genus name must start with…
a capital letter
Define Agriculture.
The science and art of producing crops and or animals under the supervison
What is an Agrarian society?
a community whose economy is based on farming
Give four tools that were used during the rapid development of American Agriculture
Windmills, mower, mold board plow, tractor
Define Horticulture
fruit and vegetable production, turf, greenhouse production, and landscape.
Animal Science
livestock production and maagement
Forestry
Tree crops
Soil Science
study of the soil used as a medium, for growing plants
What is the difference between primary consumers and producers
Producers gather light through photosynthesis.
Primary consumers- eat the plants that gather the light
List the four categories of world food corps.
Major feed grains, major oil crops, fiber crops, and forage crops
Define Taxonomy
The science of identifying, classifying, and naming organisms.
List the seven taxonomic groups
Kingdom, division/phylum, class, order, family, genus, and species
List the five major kingdoms
Animalia, plantae, protista, fungi, monera
What is the difference between a monocot and a dicot
monocots have one cotyledon whereas dicots have two.
