Plant Biology
This process allows plants to convert sunlight into chemical energy.
What is photosynthesis?
This term describes the genetic makeup of an organism.
What is Genotype?
This system of farming focuses on sustainable practices and minimizing environmental impact.
What is organic farming?
This technology involves using GPS and data analytics to optimize field-level management regarding crop farming.
What is precision Agriculture
This practice involves planting grasses or other vegetation to stabilize soil and reduce erosion on slopes.
Vegetative Slope Stabilization or Bioengineering
"What part of a plant absorbs water and nutrients and anchors it in the soil?"
What are Roots?
This scientist is known as the father of modern genetics for his work with pea plants.
Who is Gregor Mendel?
This technique involves a method of growing plants without soil.
What is Hydroponics?
An uncrewed aircraft or flying robot that operates without a human pilot onboard that is often used in precision farming for tasks such as crop monitoring and soil analysis.
What are Agriculture Drones?
This method uses barriers made of stone or wood to slow down water flow and prevent soil erosion.
What are check dams?
These structures, found on leaves, are responsible for gas exchange.
What are stomata?
A trait is one that can be "hidden" by a stronger, dominant trait. It only shows up when a person inherits two copies of that gene.
Recessive Trait
This type of production system makes large quantities of identical products using an assembly line, like a car factory.
What is mass production?
This type of software helps farmers analyze data collected from various sources to make informed decisions.
What is Farm Management Software?
This type of farming technique minimizes soil disturbance to protect against erosion while enhancing soil health.
What is no-till farming?
These have a rigid cell wall that gives them structure and support, a large central vacuole that stores water, and chloroplasts.
What is a Plant Cell?
A segment of DNA found on a chromosome that contains instructions for building a specific protein. Proteins do most of the work in the body, so this essentially act as a blueprint that determines traits like eye color, blood type, and much more.
What is a gene?
This type of production focuses on generating output for sale in the market rather than for direct consumption by the farmer's family.
What is Commercial Agriculture?
This practice involves applying fertilizers or pesticides only in the areas of the field that require it, minimizing waste.
What is Variable Rate Application?
This conservation practice involves raised, step-like embankments constructed along the natural elevation lines of sloping land. These practices are used to prevent soil erosion, retain moisture, and reduce water run-off.
What are Contour Terraces?
What is the molecule that carries all the genetic instructions for how a living thing grows, functions, and looks. It is found in the nucleus of almost every cell in your body.
What is DNA? or Dioxyribonucleic Acid?
This type of RNA is responsible for carrying amino acids to the ribosome during protein synthesis.
What is transfer RNA (tRNA)?
This agricultural practice involves growing multiple crops in the same space simultaneously.
What is Inter Cropping?
This technology allows farmers to alter the DNA of crops to make them more resistant to pests, disease, or drought, and has been used in products like Bt corn and Roundup Ready soybeans.
What are genetically modified organisms (GMOs)?
This term refers to the area of land that drains rainwater or snow into a particular body of water.
What is a watershed?