AGRONOMY EXAM WITH QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS #4
The hottest place on Earth happened in Lybia in 1922. What was the temperature? -
correct answer 136 degrees
The hottest place in the United States with a record of 134 degrees was in 1913. What
is the name of the place? - correct answer Death Valley, CA
The continent that recored the coldest temperature on Earth is? - correct answer
Prospect Creek, Alaska
What is the coldest temperature ever recorded on Earth? - correct answer -129F
What four factors discussed in the slides are geographic factors that determine climatic
patterns? - correct answer Landform, Latitude, Altitude, and distance from large bodies
of water
Hopkins Bioclimatic - correct answer crop production activities and specific
morphological developments are delayed 4 days for each: -1 degree latitude, -5
degrees of longitude, and 122 meters of altitude
Climate is the variation of weather over a period of years, and is based off data for given
region - correct answer True
Weather is based off data for a region for a given period of time - correct answer True
What are vagaries? - correct answer Unpredicted weather episode
Plants are effected by light. What are the three effects? - correct answer Light quality,
light duration, and light intensity
The light that is absorbed by plants is in what spectrum? - correct answer Visible
spectrum
What two colors are the most highly absorbed? - correct answer Red and Blue
What color light is reflected by plants? - correct answer Green
What color is primarily responsible for vegetative leaf growth? - correct answer Blue
What color light when combined with blue, encourages flowering? - correct answer Red
Photoperiod is also known as the _______ of light duration during a day - correct
answer Quantity
Name three long day/short night plants - correct answer Oats, wheat, ryegrass, clovers
, Name three short day/ long night plants - correct answer Corn, soybean, peanuts, rice
Name three day neutral plants - correct answer Cucumber, tomato, pea
Light intensity is influenced by several factors - correct answer Time of day, latitude,
seasons, topography and aspect
What are the four layers of the atmosphere surrounding the Earth? - correct answer
Thermosphere, mesosphere, stratosphere, troposphere
The different layers of the atmosphere extend different distances. How high does the
troposphere extend? - correct answer 8 miles
The different layers of the atmosphere extend different distances. How high does the
stratosphere extend? - correct answer 8 to 30 miles
The different layers of the atmosphere extend different distances. How high does the
mesosphere extend? - correct answer 30-55 miles
The different layers of the atmosphere extend different distances. How high does the
thermosphere extend? - correct answer 55-70 miles
In what layer is the ozone layer. The layer that absorbs ultra violet radiation? - correct
answer Stratosphere
Which layer is where weather and climate take place? - correct answer Troposphere
Tropic of Capricorn is located at 23.5 degrees North - correct answer False. South
Tropic of Cancer is located at 23.5 degrees South - correct answer False. North
How much water is captured in the ice caps? - correct answer 2%
What percentage of water is in the oceans? - correct answer 97%
Sub humid crop region has an annual rain fall of how many inches? - correct answer 20-
30 inches
Humid crop region has an annual fall of how many inches? - correct answer 30 inches
or more
Semiarid crop region has an annual rain fall of how many inches? - correct answer 10-
20 inches
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