The official FFA colors are ________ blue and ____ gold
National blue and Corn Gold
The population of the world in 2011
7 billion people
Invented the tractor
Benjamin Holt
The moldboard plow was invented by
John Deere
The difference between climate and weather
Weather - Daily
Climate - Yearly
FFA was founded in ____
1928
Less then _% of the population are farmers and ranchers
2
Who invented the iron plow?
Thomas Jefferson
What is a combine?
A reaper with a threshing device attatched
________ are widespread starvation
Famines
FFA opened their doors to females in ______
1969
In 1972, which pesticide was banned in the US?
DDT/Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane
George Washington Carver invented _______ _____
Peanut Butter
Who invented the reaper?
Cyrus Hall McCormick
Topography
"the arrangement of the natural and artificial physical features of an area"
FFA motto
Learning to Do, Doing to Learn, Earning to Live, Living to Serve.
What is the green revolution?
The time period where most countries became self-sufficient in food production(1960s)
Anna Baldwin invented the ________ __________
Milking machine
In 1994, the first genetically modified organism (GMO) was made. It was the ________
Tomato
The difference between a townhouse and a condominium
Townhouse: One house
Condo (aka Condominium): Multiple houses in one
What does FFA stand for?
Future Farmers of America
What year was the first genetically modified organism (GMO) made?
1994
The cotton gin was invented by ____ __________
Eli Whitney
Who invented the mechanical corn picker?
Edward W. Quincy
Hybrid animals/plants are
the babies made by two different types of breed
(example: meyer lemons)