Objective 2.01 Agriscience

Which is the BEST free source of information for small businesses in agriculture?
1. Cooperative Extension Service
2. Corporate troubleshooting group
3. Pofessional consultant
4. Teamsters Union
What is the world's MOST important source of vegetable oil, that provides the basic
materials for hundreds of products?
1. Soybean
2. Corn kernel
3. Peanut
4. Sunflower seed
John Deere Company is still a leader in the agricultural equipment industry, but got it
starts with the invention of the:
1. Corn picker.
2. Milking machine.
3. Steel moldboard plow.
4. Tractor.
About what percent of the work force is on the farm in the United States?
1. 7
2. 2
3. 10
4. 12
In 1878 a milking machine was invented by:
1. John Deere.
2. Eli Whitney.
3. Massey Ferguson.
4. Anna Baldwin.
The reaper was invented by Cyrus McCormick in 1834 to:
1. Cut and stack grain in the field.
2. Shell corn from the cob.
3. Cut grain in the field.
4. Gather hay crops and put them in bales.
The tractor largely replaced the mule for horsepower and was invented by:
1. Eli Whitney.
2. Edmund Quincy.
3. Benjamin Holt.
4. Anna Baldwin.
The cotton gin removes the cottonseed from the cotton fiber and was invented by:
1. Eli Whitney.
2. Edmund Quincy.
3. Benjamin Holt.
4. Anna Baldwin.
The agriscience industry composed of people who haul, grade, process, package, and
market commodities from production sources is:
1. Agriscience mechanics.
2. Agriscience supplies and services.
3. Agriscience professions.
4. Agriscience processing, products, and distribution.
The agriscience industry that involves the management of wetlands, rangelands, water,
fish, and wildlife is:
1. Agriscience supplies and services.
2. Forestry.
3. Production agriscience.
4. Renewable natural resources.
The agriscience industry that includes producing, processing, and marketing fruits,
vegetables, and ornamental plants is:
1. Forestry.
2. Horticulture.
3. Production agriscience.
4. Renewable natural resources.
The industry that grows, manages, and harvests trees for lumber, poles, posts, pulpwood,
and many other commodities is:
1. Forestry.
2. Horticulture.
3. Production agriscience.
4. Renewable natural resources.
Which is an agribusiness related to horticulture?
1. Dairy processor
2. Greenhouse dealer
3. Livestock market
4. Vetinarian
Which is an applied science?
1. Biology
2. Chemistry
3. Entomology
4. Physics
Which is often called an applied science since it uses principles learned in other sciences
to solve practical problems?
1. Agriculture
2. Biochemistry
3. Biology
4. Chemistry
A local tractor dealership is BEST described as an:
1. Agribusiness.
2. Agriculture Display.
3. Agriculture Production Enterprise.
4. Agri-Marketing Service.
The BEST term to describe the application of scientific principles and new technologies
in agriculture is:
1. Agribusiness.
2. Agriscience.
3. Farming.
4. Renewable natural resources.
Discovering new ways of controlling crop pests would BEST be described as:
1. Agricultural marketing.
2. Agriculture sales.
3. Agribusiness.
4. Agriscience.
Eastern North Carolina counties are leaders both statewide and nationally in the
prodcution of:
1. Fraser fir Christmas trees.
2. Turkeys.
3. Apples.
4. Dairy products.
Why might beef cattle and hog producing states be located near corn belt states?
1. The weather is nice for both corn and hogs.
2. Corn makes a good windbreak for cattle and hogs.
3. Only hogs and cattle eat corn.
4. Corn is a primary feed for cattle and hogs and is thereby readily available.
The highest beef cattle producing states are generally located near what crop producing
states?
1. Corn belt.
2. Soft red winter wheat.
3. Spearmint.
4. Citrus.
If someone wanted to find the ranking of North Carolina in sweet potato production,
what agency would they consult?
1. Farm Bureau
2. National Resource Conservation Service
3. National Agricultural Statistics Service
4. U.S. Forest Service
Land grant universities such as North Carolina A&T and North Carolina State
University were established to teach:
1. agriculture and accounting.
2. agriculture and hospitality.
3. agriculture and military tactics and do agricultural research.
4. biology, chemistry and physics.
Raising livestock was dramatically changed in 1874 by the invention of (the):
1. iron plow.
2. barbed wire.
3. milking machine.
4. corn picker.
What did George Washington Carver develop that greatly impacted agriculture?
1. The cotton gin.
2. Crop rotation methods and the use of legumes.
3. The gene gun.
4. The tractor.