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AGRONOMY EXAM 1 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
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Name: Score:118 Multiple choice questions
Term 1 of 118
Some solutions to the issues facing agronomy are control the population and increase food
production through research and education.
True
False
Term 2 of 118
Hybrid corn was first produced in 1881.
True
False
Term 3 of 118
What percentage of jobs are tied to Agriculture?
99%
75%
50%
25%
Term 4 of 118
Select all the correct plants that are used for medicinal uses from the selections below.
carrots, potatoes, lettuce, spinach
pine trees, birch trees, oak trees, maple trees
sunflowers, daisies, violets, marigolds
milkweed, blue flag, water hemlock, wild bergamot
,Term 5 of 118
What country is 1st in corn production?
china
usa
russia
india
Term 6 of 118
Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services Agencies conservation, disaster, and emergency
assistance programs.
True
False
Term 7 of 118
Food Safety and Inspection Service inspects meat, poultry ,and egg production checking for
quality and labeling.
True
False
Term 8 of 118
Examples of root crops are which of the following. Select all that apply.
carrot, sweet potato, sugar beet, russet potato- a tuber
chicken, beef, pork
lettuce, spinach, kale
apple, orange, banana
,Term 9 of 118
Who introduced cattle, sheep, goats, and pigs to North America?
washington
columbus
idaho
atlanta
Term 10 of 118
The Soil Conservation Service was renamed the NRCS.
True
False
Term 11 of 118
We study and categorize plants in agronomy based on which of the following three:
carrot, sweet potato, sugar beet, russet potato- a tuber
water and sewer systems, housing, health clinics, electrical and telephone service
corn
agronomic uses, nutritional uses, industrial uses
Term 12 of 118
Problems Faced in Agronomy today include which of the following. Select all that apply.
cotton, bast, vegetable
soil quality, diseases, water, weeds
urbanization, drought, erosion, pollution
carrot, sweet potato, sugar beet, russet potato- a tuber
, Term 13 of 118
What is dried to 20% moisture and stored in air?
corn
oil
iowa
hay
Term 14 of 118
Weeds are any plant that is growing that interferes with the main crop.
True
False
Term 15 of 118
Farmers have higher than average rates of cancer frompesticides.
True
False
Term 16 of 118
grains are the fruit of a seed of a crop plant
True
False
Term 17 of 118
A trap crop grown to protect the main crop from a pest.
True
False
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