AG Associate Test Study Guide | 168 Questions with 100% Correct Answers

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What percentage of people in the united states are farmers? - ✔✔Less than 2 Which term refers to the study of the properties and management of soil to grow plants? - ✔✔Soil science By the y... ear 2025, the world population is projected to be? - ✔✔8 billion The acronym USDA stands for the government agency known as? - ✔✔United States Department of Agriculture What is the meaning of the Greek word bios? - ✔✔life The Greek word logy means? - ✔✔study Organic food is a term used for foods that have been grown? - ✔✔without use of chemical pesticides Which terms refers to all the conditions, circumstances, and influences surrounding and affecting an organism or group of organisms? - ✔✔environment The science involved in the cultivation, propagation, processing, and marketing of items such as flowers and vegetables is known as? - ✔✔horticulture On average, each farmer in the US produces enough food for about how many people? - ✔✔167 Which of the following insects feeds on human waste and then on human food, transmitting disease? - ✔✔cockroach Which pesticide was banned in 1972 because of its harmful effects on the environment? - ✔✔DDT The use of what metal revolutionized agriculture? - ✔✔iron The insecticide DDT has been used to control mosquitoes that carry what disease? - ✔✔malaria when a tree or other plant is not affected by the presence of a harmful insect, it is described as being? - ✔✔immune what two insects are beneficial to plants - ✔✔bees and ladybird beetles [Show More]

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