True False
American agriscience is the world's largest commercial industry.
What is True
One out of every ___ jobs is in the field of agriscience. a. five b. four c. three d. two
a. five
What does a crop Analyzer do?
Analyze crops
What is the name of the high school organization where a student can participate in leadership, citizenship, and agriscience activities?
What is FFA
How much on the job training does an agronomist need before becoming an independent agronomist?
2 years
50% of Jobs in Agronomy Require a college degree
What is False
an expert in the science of soil management and crop production is a what? (a) Banker (b)crop isurance agent (c) Agronomist
(c) Agronomist
What does an agronomist do?
Name two agriscience professions that require education beyond high school.
What is agriscience teacher, veterinarian, agriscience attorney, research scientist, geneticist, engineer, horticulturalist, cooperative extension agent, soil conservationist
How many years of college education do you need to become a botanist?
4 years
A career in agronomy will keep you in the center of efforts to increase the global supply of high-quality food?
True
How many years of college is required to become an agronomist? (a) 2 years (b) 6 years (c) 4 years (d) 3 years
(c) 4 years
Cares for trees
List three ways you can prepare for a career in agriscience before college.
What is Any three of the following: join 4-H or Scouts and choose agricultural projects and/or merit badges; work on lawns, gardens, greenhouses, farms or conservation projects; enroll in agriscience education programs and classes; make science projects with plants, animals, soil, water, energy, ecology, conservation or wildlife; join FFA; acquire hands-on skills in any agriscience area
What do you need to become an arborist?
Crop science is the study of growing weeds
false
WHICH WEEDICIDE IS USED TO KILL BROAD LEAF WEEDS IN WHEAT (a). 2, 4 – D. (b). 2, 4, 5 -T. (c). 2, 4 – DB. (d). None of these
(a)
What does a soil scientist do?
Figures out the compostition of dirt
Name five places where information can be obtained for careers in agriscience.
What is Any five of the following: Information can be obtained at any of the following places: cooperative extension services, state departments of education, FFA state executive secretaries, community colleges and other post-secondary institutions, occupational deans, college of agriculture or life sciences deans, directors/deans of institute or technical schools, high school agriscience teachers, land grant universities.
What do you need to become a soil scientist?
4 years of college
Soil scientists study water resources
true
The number of people needed each year to fill positions in the agriculture industry is 400,000. Of that number, how many are actually educated with the specific skills and knowledge required of the job? a. 100,000 b. 200,000 c. 300,000 d. 400,000
a. 100,000
What does a botonist do?
Studies and cares for plants.
What are the roles of an Agronomist?
What isstudies plants and how they can be grown, modified, and used to benefit society
What do you need to become an agronomist?
4-8 years of college.