Agriculture 2019

How much of Australia is used for Agriculture]

• 17%

• 48%

• 64%

• 82%

Do cotton socks come from plants or animals

• Plants

• Animals

Fish-farming is also known as _____________ and involves the breeding, raising, and/or harvesting of aquatic animals or the cultivation of aquatic plants for food.

• Waterculture

• Aquaculture

• Fishculture

• Aquatic harvesting

Fibers are thin threads of natural or artificial material that can be used to make cloth, paper.  Examples are...

• hemp
• cotton
• wool and silk
• All of these are fibers.

Glowing pigs, vaccines, and GMO foods are examples of biotechnology.

• True

• False

What do we call castrated male cattle? 

• Cow 
• Bull 
• Steer 
• Calf 

What do we call a pig that is a mature female that has reproduced? 

• Boar 
• Sow 
• Gilt 
• Piglet 

Intensive agricultural farming systems (plant, horticulture and animal production) occupy what percent of Australian agricultural land?

• <1

• <2

• 4

• 45

Australian milk production, measured in kilotonnes, outstrips beef production by how much?

• 10 kt

• 9 kt

• 7.3 kt

• 2.2 kt

Select the response that correctly ranks the following commodities in order from the greatest to least production (kt).

• Canola, cotton, wheat, sugar cane

• Canola, sugar cane, wheat, cotton

• Wheat, sugar cane, canola, cotton

• Wheat, cotton, canola, sugar cane