Agronomy Exam 1 Practice Test 1 (The Updated Questions and Answers 100% A+ Graded

Agronomy Exam 1 Practice Test 1 (The Updated Questions and Answers 100% A+ Graded Agriculture - CORRECT ANSWER-Practice of cultivating land to raise food livestock feed or fuel from crops or livestock Agronomy - CORRECT ANSWER-The study of principles and practices of crop production Over _____ % of mankinds diet is provided by the seeds of less than a dozen plant species - CORRECT ANSWER-80 1st domestication of crops was thought to occur at __________ 10,000-15,000 years ago - CORRECT ANSWER-the fertile crescent Mayans and Aztecs farmed with ___________ - CORRECT ANSWER-corn, beans, and squash _____ was the most important cash crop in south, replacing tobacco in 1800. - CORRECT ANSWER-cotton The belief that farming is the only way to live and the most important thing anyone can do? - CORRECT ANSWER-agrarianism What year was the cotton gin invented? - CORRECT ANSWER-1793 In 1607, the ___________ colony was established? - CORRECT ANSWER-Jamestown (Virginia) In what year was the commercial fertilizer invented? - CORRECT ANSWER-1843 Who invented the commercial fertilizer? - CORRECT ANSWER-Sir John Lawes In 1972, Berg makes it possible to....? - CORRECT ANSWER-transfer genes In what year was the first American patent on bacteria used. - CORRECT ANSWER-1980 1994 the use of ______ and ______ by farmers to start _________? - CORRECT ANSWER-satellites, computers, and precision agriculture Farm definition - CORRECT ANSWER-any plot of land devoted to ag. USDA farm definition: Any place in which ________ or more of ag products are sold annually - CORRECT ANSWER-$1000 98% of farm types are _______ - CORRECT ANSWER-sole proprietorship What is commodity? - CORRECT ANSWER-direct payments and price supports 4 main crops? - CORRECT ANSWER-corn, soybean, wheat, and hay _____ is harvested every month of the year? - CORRECT ANSWER-wheat Animal and Plant Inspection Service (APHIS) - CORRECT ANSWER-regulates imports into US, protects against foreign pests Grain Inspection Packers and Stockyards Administration (GIPSA) & Federal Grain Inspection Service (FGIS) - CORRECT ANSWER-provides farmers handlers processors exports and international buyers with inspections.... Agricultural Research Service (ARS) - CORRECT ANSWER-conducts research Economic Research Service (ERS) and National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) - CORRECT ANSWER-collect and interpret ag production environmental and economic data Top three cereal crops? - CORRECT ANSWER-wheat, rice, and corn Most of the worlds sorghum is fed to _______ - CORRECT ANSWER-humans Cereal and potato together supply over _____ of worlds food calories - CORRECT ANSWER-75% Top producing Countries for oats? - CORRECT ANSWER-Russia Canada USA Top producing countries for Sorghum? - CORRECT ANSWER-USA