Quizlet 1 - Agriculture History & better living through agriscience

How many people are employed in the floral industry?

110,000

Production Agriculture only accounts for ____ percent of the total jobs in agriculture

12

Who invented the steel moldboard plow

John Deere

What careers account for one fifth of all jobs in agriscience?

Production agriculture

renewable natural resources

Provided by nature that replaces themselves.

One of a row of houses connected by common sidewalls

townhouse

another word for resume

vita

Renewable natural resources involve the management of...

wetlands, rangelands, water, fish, and wildlife

What does climate affect?

what kinds of crops can be raised.

Agriscience accounts for how much of jobs in the US?

14%

On average each farmer produces enough food for ____ people

167

What percentage of careers require college degrees for Agriscience jobs

20%

Fire ants infest more than ____ __________ ________ in 13 states in the US

320 million acres

US consumers spent how much of their income on food in 2006

5.7%

What is the predicted population increase?

8 billion

One of the most unique programs available to students. It offers organized instruction, supervised agricultural experiences (SAE), and FFA

Ag. Education

what is the design, operation, maintenance, service, selling, and use of power units, machinery, equipment, structures, and utilities in agriculture?

Agricultural mechanics

Technology refers to the use of modern principles and practices for animal growth, management,

Animal science

Who invented a milking machine to replace hand milking?

Anna Baldwin

Breed of turkey bred to be smaller, 8-12 ibs. vs 30 ibs.

Beltsville small

Who invented the tractor?

Benjamin Holt

What two Greek words does Biology derive from?

Bios meaning life and logy meaning to study.

The management of the genetic characteristics transmitted from one generation to another and its application to our needs.

Biotechnology

An example of an animal disease that can be transferred from animals to humans is...

Brucellosis

The branch of science that studies the nature and characteristics of elements or simple substances.

Chemistry

Integrated Pest Management (IPM)

Combining two or more different control methods to control several different pests.

What was refered to as king among crops in the US

Corn

Who invented the reaper?

Cyrus McCormick

Who invented a mechanical corn picker?

Edmund Quincy

Who invented the cotton gin?

Eli Whitney

What is production agriculture?

Farming and ranching

Genetically engineered tomatoes were created to resist rotting. Scientists turned off the gene that causes the tomato to soften and rot. This was called the

Flavr Savr Tomato

What is the industry that grows, manages, and harvests trees for lumber, poles, posts, panels, pulpwood, and many other commodities

Forestry

What led to a 14% decline in pesticide use?

Genetically Engineered Plants (GMOS)

What includes producing, processing, and marketing fruits, vegetables, and ornamental plants such as turf grass, flowers, shrubs, and trees?

Horticulture

intelligence

Humans have the ability to learn and know

the offspring of a plant or animal derives from the crossing of two different species or varieties

Hybrid

IPM is

Integrated Pest Management

What revolutionized agriculture in the US, British Isles, and Northern Europe?

Iron spurred inventions

The great water-control projects on the Colorado River have permitted the transformation of the American Southwest from a desert to __________ _______, where intensive crop production has stimulated national population shifts.

Irrigated lands

Who invented barbed wire?

Joseph Glidden

What helped make the change from 90% to less than 2% of the workers being farmers possible?

Machines

Biology

One of the three basic sciences.

Organisms that live on, or inside other organisms called hosts with no benefit to the host is

Parasites

What is capable of killing entire populations of pine trees?

Pine beetles

agriculture

The activities involved with the production of plants and animals.

Agriscience

The application of scientific principles and new technologies to agriculture.

Biochemistry

The combination of biology and chemistry

Biotechnology may be defined as

The use of cells or components of cells to produce products and processes.

A popular Chinese food made by boiling and crushing soybeans, coagulating the resulting soy milk, and pressing the curds into desired shapes

Tofu

The physical shape of the Earth

Topography

famine

Widespread starvation

What was the reaper?

a machine to cut small grain

Legume is

a plant that hosts nitrogen-fixing bacteria

What are those professional jobs that deal with knowledge and understanding of agriscience and comes from all divisions

agriscience professions

Why was DDT banned in the US?

because of damaging effects on the environment

McCormicks reaper had a threshing device added, and this new machine was called a

combine

Agribusiness

commercial firms that have developed

What was one of the most significant technologies to increase efficiency of farm production?

electricity

Why were plastic loops created? (the result was a 75% decrease in mastitis)

for insertion into cow udders

a process whereby many countries became self-sufficient in food production by using improved plant varieties and proven management practices

green revolution

what does production agriculture involve?

growing and marketing of field crops and livestock

agricultural processing, products, and distribution are those parts of the industry that

haul, grade, process, package, and market commodities from production sources

The science and art involved in the cultivation, propagation, processing, and marketing of flowers, turf, vegetables, fruits, nuts, and ornamental plants.

horticulture

Plastic loops caused a 75% decrease in

mastitis

Monoclonal antibodies are

natural substances in blood that fight diseases

American agriculture is the worlds largest commercial industry, with assets of..

nearly $1 trillion

Ornamentals

plants grown for their appearance or beauty.

agriscience is a term that includes all jobs relating in some way to

plants, animals, and renewable natural resources

an operation requiring specialized education, like law, medicine, or education is...

profession

agricultural supplies and services are businesses that..

provide services for people in the agricultural industry

A sewage system....

receives and treats human waste

What is the cotton gin?

separated cotton seeds from cotton fiber.

soil science

study of the properties and management of soil to grow plants

Climate is

the average yearly temperature and precipitation for a region.

Aquaculture

the growing and management of living things in water

less than 2% of the work force in the US is necessary to operate....

the nation's farms

Entomology

the science of insects

Agronomy

the science of soil management and crops

crop science

the use of science principles in growing and managing crops