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Ag Quiz 15.2 Flashcards

1
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Layer near the soil surface consisting of mineral and organic matter

A

A horizon

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2
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pH of less than 7.0

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Acid

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3
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The mixing of air into water or soil to improve the oxygen supply of plants and other organisms

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Aeration

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4
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A can with contents under pressure

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Aerosal

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5
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Commercial firms that have developed with or stem from agriculture

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Agribusiness

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6
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Business, employment or trade in agriculture, agribusiness, or renewable natural resources

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Agricultural

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7
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Application of engineering principles in agricultural settings

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Ag Engineering

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8
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Activities concerned with the production of plants and animals, and the related supplies, service, mechanics, products, processing, and marketing.

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Agriculture

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9
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The application of scientific principles and new technologies to agriculte

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Agriscience

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10
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Science and economics of managing land and field crops

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Agronomy

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11
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pH of more than 7.0

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Alkaline

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12
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organisms that complete part of their life cycle in water and part on land

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Amphibians

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13
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The structure and arrangement of the various parts of the body of an animal or plant.

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Anatomy

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14
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Wool from wool-producing rabbits or goats

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Angora

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15
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Animal growth, care and management

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Animal Science

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16
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A plant with a life cycle that is completed in one growing season

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Annual

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17
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Substance used to help prevent or control infections and diseases of animals

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Antibiotic

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18
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Raising of finfish, shellfish and other aquatic animals under controlled conditions.

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Aquaculture

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19
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Water-bearing rock formation

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Aquifer

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20
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the placing of sperm cells in contact with female reproductive cells by a method other than natural mating

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AI artifical insemination

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21
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Another a business owns

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Assets

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22
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Soil below the A horizon or topsoil and generally referred to as subsoil

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B horizon

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23
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One celled, microscopic organisms

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Bacteria

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24
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The daily supply of feed for an animal containing all of the needed nutrients in the proper proportions and amounts.

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Balanced ration

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25
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Castrated male animal of the swine family

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Barrow

26
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The area below horizon consisting of large soil particles

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Bedrock

27
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Meat from cattle

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Beef

28
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Life or living

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Bio

29
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Basic science of the plant and animal kingdoms

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Biology

30
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Organism that lives in or on another organism with no benefit to the host

A

Parasite

31
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Forages that are harvested by the livestock itself

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Pasture

32
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Organism that produces disease

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Pathogen

33
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Skin of an animal with the hair attached

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Pelt

34
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A plant that lives from year to year

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Perennial

35
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Any organism that adversely affects human activities

A

Pest

36
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measurement of acidity or alkalinity from 1-14

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pH

37
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Physical appearance of an individual

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Phenotype

38
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process in which chlorophyll in green plants enables those plants to use light to manufacture sugar from carbon dioxide and water

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Photosynthesis

39
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Plant material that remains when a plant dies or is harvested

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Plant residue

40
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Transfer of pollen from another to stigma

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Pollination

41
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Meat from swine

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Pork

42
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Group name for domesticated birds

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Poultry

43
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Formation of rain and snow

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Precipitation

44
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An animal that feeds on a smaller or weaker animal

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Predator

45
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A herbicide applied after the weed or crop is present

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Postemergence herbicide

46
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bones joined together by cartilage and ligaments

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Skeletal system

47
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Top layer of the earth’s surface suitable for the growth of plant life

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Soil

48
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Female member of the swine family that has given birth

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Sow

49
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Egg-laying process of fish

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Spawn

50
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Male reproductive units

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Sperm

51
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The milk secreting glands of the animals

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Udder

52
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Synthetic source of nitrogen made from air, water and carbon

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Urea

53
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Building of organic matter on the soil and around turfgrass plants

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Thatch

54
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Soil that is workable with tools and equipment

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Tillable

55
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A young plant shoot that grows from the crown of a plant

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Tiller

56
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Food made by boiling and crushing soybeans and letting it coagulate into curds

A

Tofu

57
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Male turkey

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Tom

58
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Desirable proportions of plant nutrients, chemicals, and living organisms located near the surface that support good plant growth.

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Topsoil

59
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source of power for belt-driven machines as well as for pulling

A

Tractor

60
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A measurement of how poisonous a chemical is

A

Toxicity

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