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AEST AGRICULTURE EXAM BUNDLE DEAL
Refrigerated Boxcar - ...ANSWER... ✔ ✔Invention in
the 1880s that expanded the beef industry by allowing
meat to be transported across the country and stored
for extended periods
Combine - ...ANSWER... ✔ ✔Machine developed by
joining a reaper and a threshing device
USDA - ...ANSWER... ✔ ✔United States Department
of Agriculture
Hydraulics - ...ANSWER... ✔ ✔Conveyance of liquids
through pipes and channels, especially as a source of
mechanical force or control
Green Revolution - ...ANSWER... ✔ ✔Occurred in the
1950's-1960's, leading to increased use of pesticides,
herbicides, and fertilizers resulting in higher-yielding,
disease- and insect-resistant varieties of small grain
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Aerosol Can - ...ANSWER... ✔ ✔Modern day
invention resulting from agriscience research conducted
to control mosquitoes in tropical areas
Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) - ...ANSWER... ✔
✔Highly stable compounds used as aerosol propellants
consisting of chlorine, fluorine, carbon, and hydrogen
Garden Peas - ...ANSWER... ✔ ✔Type of plant used
by Gregor Johann Mendel to discover the effects of
genetics on characteristics
Gregor Mendel - ...ANSWER... ✔ ✔Credited with
discovering the effects of genetics on plant
characteristics, known as 'the father of genetics' and 'the
father of heredity'
Agronomy - ...ANSWER... ✔ ✔The science of soil
management and crop production
SMV Triangle - ...ANSWER... ✔ ✔Reflective orange
triangle bordered with red, warning other road users
that the vehicle displaying the sign is traveling slower
than the normal speed of traffic
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Iron - ...ANSWER... ✔ ✔Metal that revolutionized
agriculture
John Deere - ...ANSWER... ✔ ✔Inventor of the iron
plow in 1837
Eli Whitney - ...ANSWER... ✔ ✔Inventor of the cotton
gin, which quickly and easily separates cotton fibers
from their seeds
Dust Bowl - ...ANSWER... ✔ ✔Occurred due to
severe drought and a failure to apply dryland farming
methods, leading to wind erosion and the creation of
crop rotation
Hatch Act - ...ANSWER... ✔ ✔Established agricultural
experiment stations in connection with the colleges
established in the several States
Smith-Hughes Act - ...ANSWER... ✔ ✔Provided
federal aid to the states for promoting precollegiate
vocational education in agricultural and industrial trades
and in home economics
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Smith-Lever Act - ...ANSWER... ✔ ✔Established a
national Cooperative Extension Service that extended
outreach programs through land-grant universities to
educate rural Americans about advances in agricultural
practices and technology
Land Grant Act - ...ANSWER... ✔ ✔Donated Public
Lands to several states and territories for the benefit of
agriculture and the mechanic arts
Food Security - ...ANSWER... ✔ ✔Access by all
people at all times to enough nutritionally adequate and
safe food for an active and healthy life
Greenhouse Effect - ...ANSWER... ✔ ✔The buildup of
heat caused by radiant energy being trapped in the
earth's atmosphere, making the Earth warmer
Selective Breeding - ...ANSWER... ✔ ✔Process by
which humans use animal breeding and plant breeding
to selectively develop particular phenotypic traits by
choosing which typically animal or plant males and
females will sexually reproduce and have offspring
together
AEST AGRICULTURE EXAM BUNDLE DEAL
Refrigerated Boxcar - ...ANSWER... ✔ ✔Invention in
the 1880s that expanded the beef industry by allowing
meat to be transported across the country and stored
for extended periods
Combine - ...ANSWER... ✔ ✔Machine developed by
joining a reaper and a threshing device
USDA - ...ANSWER... ✔ ✔United States Department
of Agriculture
Hydraulics - ...ANSWER... ✔ ✔Conveyance of liquids
through pipes and channels, especially as a source of
mechanical force or control
Green Revolution - ...ANSWER... ✔ ✔Occurred in the
1950's-1960's, leading to increased use of pesticides,
herbicides, and fertilizers resulting in higher-yielding,
disease- and insect-resistant varieties of small grain
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Aerosol Can - ...ANSWER... ✔ ✔Modern day
invention resulting from agriscience research conducted
to control mosquitoes in tropical areas
Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) - ...ANSWER... ✔
✔Highly stable compounds used as aerosol propellants
consisting of chlorine, fluorine, carbon, and hydrogen
Garden Peas - ...ANSWER... ✔ ✔Type of plant used
by Gregor Johann Mendel to discover the effects of
genetics on characteristics
Gregor Mendel - ...ANSWER... ✔ ✔Credited with
discovering the effects of genetics on plant
characteristics, known as 'the father of genetics' and 'the
father of heredity'
Agronomy - ...ANSWER... ✔ ✔The science of soil
management and crop production
SMV Triangle - ...ANSWER... ✔ ✔Reflective orange
triangle bordered with red, warning other road users
that the vehicle displaying the sign is traveling slower
than the normal speed of traffic
,3|Page
Iron - ...ANSWER... ✔ ✔Metal that revolutionized
agriculture
John Deere - ...ANSWER... ✔ ✔Inventor of the iron
plow in 1837
Eli Whitney - ...ANSWER... ✔ ✔Inventor of the cotton
gin, which quickly and easily separates cotton fibers
from their seeds
Dust Bowl - ...ANSWER... ✔ ✔Occurred due to
severe drought and a failure to apply dryland farming
methods, leading to wind erosion and the creation of
crop rotation
Hatch Act - ...ANSWER... ✔ ✔Established agricultural
experiment stations in connection with the colleges
established in the several States
Smith-Hughes Act - ...ANSWER... ✔ ✔Provided
federal aid to the states for promoting precollegiate
vocational education in agricultural and industrial trades
and in home economics
, 4|Page
Smith-Lever Act - ...ANSWER... ✔ ✔Established a
national Cooperative Extension Service that extended
outreach programs through land-grant universities to
educate rural Americans about advances in agricultural
practices and technology
Land Grant Act - ...ANSWER... ✔ ✔Donated Public
Lands to several states and territories for the benefit of
agriculture and the mechanic arts
Food Security - ...ANSWER... ✔ ✔Access by all
people at all times to enough nutritionally adequate and
safe food for an active and healthy life
Greenhouse Effect - ...ANSWER... ✔ ✔The buildup of
heat caused by radiant energy being trapped in the
earth's atmosphere, making the Earth warmer
Selective Breeding - ...ANSWER... ✔ ✔Process by
which humans use animal breeding and plant breeding
to selectively develop particular phenotypic traits by
choosing which typically animal or plant males and
females will sexually reproduce and have offspring
together
