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1
Q

What percentage of people in the United States are farmers?

A

50 percent

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2
Q

Careers in agriscience include which of the following?

A. Food production
B. Processing
C. Recreation
D. All of the above

A

Recreation

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3
Q

By the year 2010, the population is estimated to be?

A

7 billion

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4
Q

What does USDA stand for?

A

United Stated Department of Agriculture

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5
Q

What is the meaning of the word bios?

A

Life

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6
Q

The word logy means to?

A

Study

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7
Q

It is accurate to say that organic food:

A

Has been raised without chemical pesticides

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8
Q

Which of the following is considered part of the environment, temperature, air, light or all of the above?

A

All of the above

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9
Q

The science involved in the cultivation, propagation, preceding, and marketing of things like flowers and vegetables is known as?

A

Horticulture

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10
Q

On average a farmer in the United States produces enough food for about how many people?

A

505 people

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11
Q

Which of the following insects feed on human waste and then on human food, transmitting disease, ant, spider, cockroach or cricket?

A

Cricket

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12
Q

What pesticide was was banned in 1972 because of its harmful effect on the environment?

A

DAR

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13
Q

The use of what metal revolutionized agriculture?

A

Iron

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14
Q

What are the benefits of the insecticide DDT to people who live in mosquito invested environments?

A. Decreased incidence of malaria
B. Increased resistance to mosquito bites
C. Removal of plants harmful to humans
D. None of the above

A

D. None of the above

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15
Q

Mosquitos carry what deadly disease to humans?

A

Malaria

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16
Q

What two insects are beneficial to plants?

A

Cockroaches and moths

17
Q

Which of the following is a plant that host nitrogen fixing bacteria?

A. Tofu
B. Legume
C. Russet
D. Feedstuff

A

C. Russet

18
Q

The infection of the milk secreting glands of cattle, goats, and other milk producing animals is known as?

A

Impatiens

19
Q

Agriscience accounts for what percent of jobs in the United States?

A

50 percent

20
Q

Which of the following is not a variety of potato?

A. Katahdin
B. Russet
C. Legume
D. BelRus

A

A. Katahdin

21
Q

In a meeting, a gavel is used to?

A. Call a meeting to order
B. Announce the results of votes
C. Adjourn the meeting
D. All of the above

A

D. All of the above

22
Q

A leader uses the knowledge and skills of others to achieve?

A

A common goal

23
Q

Carbohydrates make up what percentage of animal rations?

A

25 percent

24
Q

Which of the following is not a form for the manufacture and sales of animal drugs?

A. Powders
B. Liquids
C. Cannula
D. Pills

A

C. Cannula

25
Q

Which of the following is not a method of getting a drug into an animal?

A. Injection
B. Twitch
C. Infusion
D.dipping

A

A. Injection

26
Q

The best site for taking an animals temperature is?

A

Behind the front leg

27
Q

Which of the following is a part of creating a healthy environment for an animal?

A. Sanitation
B. Infusion
C. Housing
D. Controlling pests

A

B. Infusion

28
Q

It is important to isolate animals that are being added to a herd for up to _____ days?

A

30 days

29
Q

It is thought that animals with internal parasites do not grow as big because?

A. Growth restriction of the body allows more energy to be available to fight off the parasites

B. Feed intake is being taken by the internal parasites

C. With a smaller body the host can rid itself of the internal parasites

D. All of the above

A

D. All of the above

30
Q

Methods of getting medicine into the body of an animal include:

A. Pills
B. Liquids
C. Pastes
D. All of the above

A

D. All of the above

31
Q

Infusion is a method of?

A

Treating an udder infection

32
Q

A twitch is used to?

A

Get the attention of a horse so it will hold still

33
Q

Cattle can be restrained by using a?

A

Nose lead

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