FFA History
What happened in the year 1969?
Girls were allowed to join the FFA.
What is the official colors of the FFA?
National Blue and Corn Gold
What does SAE stand for?
Supervised Agriculture Experience.
What percent of the ideal soil is minerals?
45%
What three particles are the soil made of?
Sand, Silt, and Clay
What year was the Future Farmers of America established in Kansas City. Mo.
1928
Who wrote the FFA creed?
E.M. Tiffany
How many hours are you required to have for your SAE?
15
What percent of the ideal soil is water?
25%
The loss of nutrients and minerals that have been dissolved as they move through the soil is known as?
Leaching.
In what year did the NFA merge with the FFA increasing FFA membership by more than 50,000.
1965
How many symbols make up the national FFA Emblem?
5
What type of SAE does the student apply the Engineering Design Process to create a new production or service?
Invention.
Layers of the soil are known as?
Soil Horizons
Water holding, aeration, nutrients, and waste transformation are all benefits of using which growing media?
Soil
The Smith Hughes Act went into place on what year?
1917
What two words start every paragraph in the FFA Creed?
I believe
What type of SAE does the student provide labor and resources for the operations?
Ownership/ Entrepreneurship.
What horizon is weathered parent material and broken rocks?
C Horizon
Materials that plants grown in is know as?
Growing Media
What happened in the year 1988?
The Future Farmers of America changes its name to the National FFA Organization to reflect the growing diversity in agriculture.
The second line of the FFA motto is?
Doing to learn.
What type of SAE begins with a question that ask why or how something occurs?
Analytical SAE
What is the arrangement of the Soil Horizons?
Soil Profile.
What is a system that uses fish waste to fertilize plants as they grow in water?
Aquaponics