Foundations Certification Sections 1-2

The best term to describe the application of scientific principles and new technologies to agriculture is

• Agribusiness

• Renewable Natural Resources

• Farming

• Agriscience

Harmful insects, rodents, and diseases are all referred to as

• Animals

• Pl;ants

• Pests

• Parasites

Agriscience encompasses

• Wildlife and Fish

• Ornamental Plants and Trees

• Farms and Agribusiness

• All the About and More

The worlds population is expected to increase to 8 billion people by

• 2050

• 2025

• 2022

• 2034

Agriscience in the United States

• Accounts for 14% of the jobs

• Is likely to diminish in importance

• reduces our standards of living

• is being replaced by biotechnology

Bio means

• a study of

• life

• three

• science

The person providing the foundation for scientific study of heredity was

• Gregor Johann Mendel

• George Washington Carver

• Joseph Glidden

• Thomas Jefferson

Genetic Engeneering can be done to change

• animals

• microorganisms

• plants

• all the above

An Important contribution of biotechnology to waste management

• bacteria that consume oil

• disease resistant bacteria

• ice minus bacteria

• human bacteria

The number of workers in agriscience in the United States is approximately

• 21 Million

• 100 Million

• 100,000

• 400,000