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WorksheetsFoundations of Agriculture Final
Total questions: 96
Worksheet time: 48mins
Herbicides are used to control:
Insects
Weeds
Fungi
Disease
What does the owl symbolize on the FFA emblem?
Seeing new horizons with FFA
Soaring over obstacles
Knowledge to be successful in agriculture
Solid outlook on the future
The mixture of animal feed that is formulated to give a more uniform load of nutrients to the rumen is called:
target mixed rumen
tissue moisture relativity
total mixed ration
total moist roughage
A/An ______ plant completes its life cycle within a 2-year period.
Biennial
Perennial
asexual
annual
A common mineral deficiency in baby pigs that is usually treated with an injection during the first week of life is ______?
Zinc
Copper
Calcium
Iron
Which of the following is not true concerning safety and function while using a band saw?
Wear a safety shield or safety glasses.
Make all adjustments with the power on.
Keep the table and floor clean.
Keep guards in place.
Fill in the blank for the FFA motto: Learning to Do, Doing to Learn, ______, Living to Serve.
Serving to Live
Learning to Live
Living to Earn
Earning to Live
The main function of the intestines is:
Controlling metabolism
Absorbing nutrients
Water excretion
Milk production
Many dairy farmers dip the navel of newborn calves into a mixture of iodine to:
Reduce infection
Stimulate digestion
Dry the umbilical cord
Prevent bonding with the mother
Four factors determine the yield rate in slaughtering beef cattle. One of those factors is:
Percent water weight
Percent hemoglobin
Length of the vertebrae
Fat thickness of the 13th rib
Which of the following is not part of official dress for FFA?
Official FFA jacket zipped halfway
Black shoes
white collared shirt
Black skirt/pants
A nutrient given to animals through feed that helps prevent white muscle disease is ____?
Phosphorus
Iron
Selenium
Calcium
A horse is pawing at his belly, trying to lie down. What is likely the problem?
Pneumonia
Colic
EIA
Rhinoneumonitis
What is a primary risk management option for farmers?
Crop Insurance
Utilizing projections from last year
forecasting based on Farmer’s Almanac
Equipment maintenance
Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy is the correct term that is often referred to as:
Scrapie
EIA
Mad Cow Disease
Bird Flu
Anthelmintics are used to treat what in horses?
Ringbone
Worms
Rain Rot
Thrush
Federal regulations regarding the handling and use of pesticides are governed by the:
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Environmental Protection Agency
Department of Conservation
U.S. Department of Forestry
Sheep and cattle have four stomachs, meaning they are ______ animals.
Monogastric
Single-stomached
Non-ruminant
Ruminant
What is another name for tetanus?
Lockjaw
Lockup
toxoidus tetanism
rusty metal disease
While using the planer in the shop, serious injury can be caused by _____?
Looking around the room
Standing behind board as it travels through machine
“Horseplay”
All of the Above
Which of the following is an alternative fuel that is made from animal fats or vegetable oils?
Biodiesel
Bioalcohol
Liquid Nitrogen
Carbon Dioxide
When administering vaccines or medications to an animal, what is the maximum you should inject in a single injection site?
100 cc’s
45 cc’s
10 cc’s
50 cc’s
When checking sheep and goats for haemochonous contortus, what system would you use?
Moraccha
Lamacha
Famacha
Worm guide
Diversified livestock with crop production where a farmer would have cattle, hogs, poultry, sheep and corn, vegetables, wheat, oats, hay etc. is defined as:
Ranching
Farming
Livestock production
Rafting
One or two types of livestock with little to no crop production is defined as:
Ranching
Farming
Livestock production
Rafting
Raising livestock is considered which type of career area?
Agriculture mechanics
Horticulture
Production agriculture
Agricultural processing
__________________________ is a term that includes all jobs relating in some way to plants, animals, and renewable natural resources.
Marketing
Production
Mechanics
Agriscience
focuses on the product itself. This might include the product’s usefulness, durability, price, value, and the customer’s need for the item.
Commodity pricing
Product advertising
Institutional advertising
Prestige pricing
At 28%, is the largest employer of people worldwide.
Industry
Factories
Agriculture
Potato washing
Which of the following is meat from a bovine animal?
Beef
Pork
Turkey
Mutton
Which of the following is meat from an ovine animal?
Beef
Pork
Turkey
Mutton
Which of the following is meat from poultry?
Beef
Pork
Turkey
Mutton
Which of the following is meat from a swine?
Beef
Pork
Turkey
Mutton
Meat from an ovine animal over one year old is called:
Beef
Veal
Mutton
Lamb
Meat from a bovine animal over 3 months old is called:
Beef
Veal
Mutton
Lamb
Meat from a bovine animal less than 3 months old is called:
Beef
Veal
Mutton
Lamb
Meat from an ovine animal less than one year old is called:
Beef
Veal
Mutton
Lamb
A male bovine that has not been castrated is called:
Heifer
Bull
Lamb
Steer
A male bovine that has been castrated is called:
Heifer
Bull
Lamb
Steer
An ovine animal less than one year old is called:
Heifer
Bull
Lamb
Steer
A female bovine that has not yet produced offspring is called:
Heifer
Ewe
Cow
Lamb
A female bovine that has produced offspring is called:
Heifer
Ewe
Cow
Lamb
A female ovine that is over one year old is called:
Heifer
Ewe
Cow
Lamb
A male ovine that has not been castrated is called:
Buck
Bull
Ram
Both A & C
A male ovine that has been castrated is called:
Buck
Wether
Ram
Both A & C
What is a group of bovine called if the sex is not given?
Flock
Cattle
Swine
Sheep
A male porcine that has not been castrated is called:
Boar
Sow
Barrow
Gilt
A female porcine that has had a litter is called:
Boar
Sow
Barrow
Gilt
A female porcine that has not had a litter is called:
Boar
Sow
Barrow
Gilt
A male porcine that has been castrated is called:
Boar
Sow
Barrow
Gilt
A mature female equine is called:
Gelding
Mare
Stud
Filly
A male equine that has not been castrated is called:
Gelding
Mare
Stud
Filly
A young female equine is called:
Gelding
Mare
Filly
Colt
A male equine that has been castrated is called:
Gelding
Mare
Filly
Stud
A young male equine is called:
Gelding
Mare
Colt
Filly
A young equine if the sex is not given is called:
Stud
Foal
Filly
Colt
Of the agriculture industry, farmers and ranchers make up only ____%.
10%
2%
20%
40%
What type of agricultural career involves landscaping, floriculture, nursery management?
Agriculture mechanics
Forestry
Horticulture
Production agriculture
What type of agricultural career involves planning and constructing buildings, machinery maintenance, welding, plumbing, and electrical?
Agriculture mechanics
Forestry
Horticulture
Production agriculture
What type of agricultural career involves reforestation, producing and harvesting timber, and managing forests?
Agriculture mechanics
Forestry
Horticulture
Production agriculture
What type of agricultural career involves raising livestock and vegetable crops?
Agriculture mechanics
Forestry
Horticulture
Production agriculture
_______ are undesirable because they interfere with plants grown for crops.
Fertilizers
Water
Weeds
Livestock
The growth process of an insect from egg to an adult is called what?
Metamorphosis
Transpiring
Growing
The life cycle
________ __________, or vegetative propagation, is using the vegetative parts of the plant to increase the number of plants.
Tissue Culturing
Stem Cutting
Sexual Reproduction
Asexual Reproduction
A __________ is made up of a seed coat, endosperm, and embryo.
Plant
Seed
Propalogue
Flower
____________ diseases are caused by living organisms like fungi, bacteria, viruses, and nematodes.
Biotic
Antibiotic
Living
Both A & C
When it is given favorable conditions, it will ____________________, which means the seed will start to sprout, and the plant will grow.
Prolificate
Terminate
Germinate
Detonate
In 1929, ______ blue and ______ gold were adopted as the official FFA colors.
Ocean, sand
Sky, Sun
National, corn
Baby, corn
In 1989, the FFA magazine changed to ___________________.
Cultivate
New Horizons
Progressive Farmer
Farmers Illustrated
This competition is where FFA members identify particular tools, pictures of various breeds, different feeds, etc. pertaining to livestock.
Hippology Contest
Stockman’s Contest
Livestock Judging
Parliamentary Procedure
This competition is where FFA members give speeches and compete against other members doing the same.
Parliamentary Procedure
Stockman’s Contest
Public Speaking
Stockman’s Contest
This competition is where FFA members judge a class of equine (horses) for muscle conformation, physical appearance, etc.
Horse Judging
Livestock Judging
Soils Judging
Animal Judging
This competition is where FFA members identify particular tools, pictures of various breeds, different feeds, etc. pertaining to horses.
Hippology Contest
Livestock Judging
Soils Judging
Public Speaking
This competition is where FFA members judge retail cuts of meat to determine what type of animal it is from, what retail cut it is, etc.
Hippology Contest
Livestock Judging
Parliamentary Procedure
Meats Judging
This competition is where FFA members determine a type of tree, its value, and the number of logs that can be made from it.
Soils Judging
Forestry Judging
Stockman’s Contest
Hippology Contest
This competition is where FFA members bring up and properly vote on a particular topic in a meeting.
Public Speaking
Parliamentary Procedure
Stockman’s Contest
Forestry Judging
This competition is where FFA members determine the type of soil and whether or not a plumbing system could be built there.
Forestry Judging
Livestock Judging
Toilet Team
Soils Judging
The competition where FFA members judge a class of cattle, swine, sheep, or goats and place them based on muscle conformation, appearance, etc.
Horse Judging
Hippology Contest
Parliamentary Procedure
Livestock Judging
The ______ - ______ Act in 1917 was named after a congressman and senator from Georgia. This act provided federal funding for agriculture programs in public high schools.
Davis-Brown
Smith-Hughes
Brown-Hughes
Brown-Smith
The cow says ________.
Quack
Woof
Moo
Oink
What is meat from a goat called?
Chevon
Lamb
Mutton
Pork
A common way to _____________ seed is to nick the seed coat with a knife or a file.
Cut
Injure
Frighten
Scarify
A _____________ is one that occurs on a regular basis for a given crop.
Target pest
Key pest
Initial pest
Important pest
A pesticide is used to control:
Insects
Weeds
Fungi
Bacteria
A _____________ is the person or store that sells directly to the _______________.
Consumer, retailer
Retailer, consumer
Wholesaler, farmer
Consumer, farmer
A _________ is the person who removes the edible portions from plants in the field.
Producer
Trucker
Harvester
Packer
______________ is known as the “Dairy State”.
Maine
Wisconsin
Texas
California
________________ is the fat from hogs.
Marrow
Blood
Tallow
Lard
What tool/equipment did we use in the shop to flatten out the cutting boards?
Sawzall
Planer
Router
Hand Saw
The _____________ is the main root of a plant and generally grows straight down from the stem.
Fibrous roots
Hair-like roots
Tiny
Taproot
The _____________ is the outermost part of the root that protects the tender growing tip as the root penetrates the soil.
Root hat
Root tip
Root Cap
Root end
The __________ cells carry the water and nutrients in the soil to the upper portion of the plant while the __________ cells carry food from the leaves to the roots.
Xylem, phloem
Phloem, xylem
stem, roots
veins, arteries
______________ means consisting of 2 names.
Trinomial
Monomial
Polynomial
Binomial
________________ is meat from swine.
Chicken
Pork
Beef
Turkey
________________ is meat from bovine.
Chicken
Pork
Beef
Turkey
The male portion of the flower is called the ____________.
Ovary
Stamen
Pistil
Stem
