Soil Science
The largest particle of soil.
What is sand?
This type of fertilizer will contain all 3 components.
What is a complete fertilizer?
The Federal Insecticide, Fugicide, and Rodenticide Act requires that all pesticides sold or distributed within the US to be registed by this government agency.
What is the Environmental Protection Agency?
The most notorious of the "bad bugs."
What is a locust?
This plant nutrient functions in the growth of leaves and vegetation.
What is Nitrogen?
The smallest particle of soil.
What is clay?
This type of fertilizer will NOT contain all 3 components.
What is an incomplete fertilizer?
This is where sustainable agriculture begins.
What is proper soil management?
Parasitic Mites are known to cause this insects population decline.
What are honeybees?
This plant nutrient functions in root and shoot growth.
What is phosphorus?
This horizon refers to the topsoil.
How many pounds of potassium be in a 100 pound bag of 40-15-10 fertilizer?
10 pounds
This species of tree has root systems capable of stabilizing the shorelines and mitigate sand erosion near coasts within Florida.
What are mangroves?
This land capability class is the worst for farming.
What is class 8 land?
This plant nutrient functions in flowering and fruiting.
What is Potassium?
This horizon refers to the substratum.
What is the C Horizon?
How many pounds of phosphorus would be in a 200 pound bag of 15-5-5 fertilizer?
10 pounds
This area is a national park located in Florida that provides freshwater for drinking and irrigation. It is also home to many rare and endangered plants and animals.
What is the Everglades?
This land capability class is the best for farming.
What is class 1 land?
This person is an agricultural scientist who introduced a special type of wheat to Mexico.
Who is Norman Borlaug?
This type of water is held within soil and is available for plants to use.
What is capillary water?
I have a 500 pound bag of 20-5-5 fertilizer. How many pounds of each nutrient do I have?
100 pounds nitrogen, 25 pounds phosphorus and 25 pounds potassium
This is Florida's predominant land ecosystem.
What are the Pine Flatwoods?
This unnatural phenomenon occurred within the Chesapeake Bay causing areas depleted of dissolved oxygen, known as "dead zones."
What is Cultural Eutrophication?
This soil formation processes is more visibly noticeable due to alterations in color, texture, and structure.
What is translocations?