Agriculture in 21st century
What is the Australian gross farm gate value for 2021-22?
$93 billion
What is the name of the coding program used to code the Edison robots?
EdScratch
How many layers of clouds are there and what are they called?
3 layers, low, middle and high layers
What is weather ?
State of atmosphere at a particular place and time eg heat, cloudiness, dryness, sunshine, wind and rain
What is Step by step coding
Breaking the task into smaller steps and executing them in order.
What are Queensland's primary industries
Fisheries and food
Identify the type of sensor used for the edison bot to follow the light
light sensor
What layer are the nimbostratus, altocumulus and altostratus clouds in
Middle layer
How is climate different?
How would you code the edison bot to beep while reversing 5 cm
Start
Beep
Backwards for 5 cm
What is the combined value of cereal crops in Queensland?
$145 million
What is the function of the square, round and triangle button on the edison bots
Square-Stop
Triangle-Play
Round-Record
What are ‘cirrus’ cloud and how do they form.
formed of ice crystals and are white and wispy strands that do not produce rain
When rainfall is forecast, it is represented as a range between two values, otherwise it will appear as 0mm. What does the second value mean in a rain forecast?
the location has a 25% chance of rain
How would you avoid an obstacle
Turn obstacle detection beam on
What are 3 benefits of using technology in agriculture?
Improves productivity, efficiency and sustainablity
If you wanted a edison bot to create a 40 x 20 rectangle what would be the codes you would use starting at the left bottom corner
Forward 20cm 90 degree right turn, forward 40cm, 90 degree right turn, forward 20cm, 90 degree right turn, forward 40cm
What are atmospheric and soil sensors useful for?
Useful in determining the right time to plant to give your crops the best chance to grow, survive and thrive.
What is the minimum amount in mm of rain that will fall if rain is predicted?
0.2mm
How would you adjust the lights on one side
Adjust the light level sensor on the left side
What are 2 different types of coding used in tractors.
controlling the direction of the vehicle.
automatic steering.
What 6 codes would you use to avoid an object?
1.Turn obstacle detection beam on
2.Clear obstacle detected forever
3.Forward until obstacle detected anywhere, 4. 4.Backwards for 3 cm speed 1-5,
5.Turn backwards left or right for 50-90 degrees,
6. Clear obstacle detector sensor data
Describe the Cumulonimbus clouds
Largest cloud forming in the low layers but can extend through all three layers (low, middle, high). Produces, rain, hailstorms, thunderstorms, thunder, and lighting.
If the weather prediction was 5-30mm 90 % chance what does this mean?
This is 90 % chance of greater than 0.2mm and 10 % chance of 0mm. The is a 50 % chance of 5 mm and a 25 % chance of 30mm
How do you turn off the clap sensor off
Clear clap sensor detection data