AG Associate Test Study Guide
Question and answers verified to pass
2025/2026
What percentage of people in the united states are farmers? - correct answer ✔Less than 2
Which term refers to the study of the properties and management of soil to grow plants? - correct
answer ✔Soil science
By the year 2025, the world population is projected to be? - correct answer ✔8 billion
The acronym USDA stands for the government agency known as? - correct answer ✔United States
Department of Agriculture
What is the meaning of the Greek word bios? - correct answer ✔life
The Greek word logy means? - correct answer ✔study
Organic food is a term used for foods that have been grown? - correct answer ✔without use of
chemical pesticides
Which terms refers to all the conditions, circumstances, and influences surrounding and affecting an
organism or group of organisms? - correct answer ✔environment
The science involved in the cultivation, propagation, processing, and marketing of items such as flowers
and vegetables is known as? - correct answer ✔horticulture
, On average, each farmer in the US produces enough food for about how many people? - correct answer
✔167
Which of the following insects feeds on human waste and then on human food, transmitting disease? -
correct answer ✔cockroach
Which pesticide was banned in 1972 because of its harmful effects on the environment? - correct
answer ✔DDT
The use of what metal revolutionized agriculture? - correct answer ✔iron
The insecticide DDT has been used to control mosquitoes that carry what disease? - correct answer
✔malaria
when a tree or other plant is not affected by the presence of a harmful insect, it is described as being? -
correct answer ✔immune
what two insects are beneficial to plants - correct answer ✔bees and ladybird beetles
which of the following is a plant that hosts nitrogen-fixing bacteria? - correct answer ✔legume
an infection of the milk-secreting glands of cattle, goats and other milk producing animals is known as? -
correct answer ✔mastitis
Agriscience accounts for what percentage of jobs in America - correct answer ✔14
What is a type of potato grown in the volcanic soils of Idaho and the Northwest? - correct answer
✔Russet
Question and answers verified to pass
2025/2026
What percentage of people in the united states are farmers? - correct answer ✔Less than 2
Which term refers to the study of the properties and management of soil to grow plants? - correct
answer ✔Soil science
By the year 2025, the world population is projected to be? - correct answer ✔8 billion
The acronym USDA stands for the government agency known as? - correct answer ✔United States
Department of Agriculture
What is the meaning of the Greek word bios? - correct answer ✔life
The Greek word logy means? - correct answer ✔study
Organic food is a term used for foods that have been grown? - correct answer ✔without use of
chemical pesticides
Which terms refers to all the conditions, circumstances, and influences surrounding and affecting an
organism or group of organisms? - correct answer ✔environment
The science involved in the cultivation, propagation, processing, and marketing of items such as flowers
and vegetables is known as? - correct answer ✔horticulture
, On average, each farmer in the US produces enough food for about how many people? - correct answer
✔167
Which of the following insects feeds on human waste and then on human food, transmitting disease? -
correct answer ✔cockroach
Which pesticide was banned in 1972 because of its harmful effects on the environment? - correct
answer ✔DDT
The use of what metal revolutionized agriculture? - correct answer ✔iron
The insecticide DDT has been used to control mosquitoes that carry what disease? - correct answer
✔malaria
when a tree or other plant is not affected by the presence of a harmful insect, it is described as being? -
correct answer ✔immune
what two insects are beneficial to plants - correct answer ✔bees and ladybird beetles
which of the following is a plant that hosts nitrogen-fixing bacteria? - correct answer ✔legume
an infection of the milk-secreting glands of cattle, goats and other milk producing animals is known as? -
correct answer ✔mastitis
Agriscience accounts for what percentage of jobs in America - correct answer ✔14
What is a type of potato grown in the volcanic soils of Idaho and the Northwest? - correct answer
✔Russet
