Foundations Ch. 1 Agriscience

Humans have the ability to learn and know. This is known as

• achievement

• intelligence

• intuition

• spontaneity

The percentage of an average US worker's pay that is used for food is

• 9.4 percent

• 14.5 percent

• 50 percent

• 74 percent

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

• agribusiness

• renewable resources

• farming

• agriscience

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

• animasl

• plants

• pests

• parasites

Agriscience encompasses

• Wildlife and Fish

• Ornamental plants and trees

• Farms and Agribusinesses

• All of the above and More

Irrigated lands are generally used for

• Intensive crop production

• Wildlife Refuges

• Forests

• Boating and Fishing

One relationship of agriscience with many other sciences is that

• Agriscience is the application of many other sciences

• Agriscience is entirely different from all other sciences

• Agriscience is an old term an is unlike other sciences

• Agriscience is a narrow science and is easily defined

The career and job outlook in Agriscience is

• A strong demand for college graduates

• A shortage of 4,000 trained workers per year

• Higher salaries are being offered

• All of the above

Commercial firms in agriculture

• Chemistry

• Agribusiness

• Biology

• Environmental

Basic science of plants and animals

• Biology

• Agribusiness

• Aquaculture

• Environment