Trees
What type of tree stays green all year long?
Evergreen
Loam
What do we call meat from a cow?
Beef
What is meat called that comes from a pig?
Pork
What was one of the first farmed crops?
Grain (corn, wheat, etc.)
What types trees lose their leaves once a year?
Deciduous
What organisms break down dead plants and animals and add nutrients to the soil?
Decomposers (earthworms, fungi, bacteria)
What is the difference between livestock and poultry?
Livestock are mammals with fur, poultry are birds with feathers
How many days does it take for a chick to develop inside an egg?
21
How many people are currently in the world?
7 billion
What is our Georgia state tree?
Southern Live Oak
What is the difference between a herbivore, carnivore, and omnivore?
Herbivores eat plants. Carnivores eat meat. Omnivores eat plants and meat.
Animals like horses, cows, sheep, and goats are grazing animals. What does grazing mean?
Eat grass all day
On average, how many gallons of milk does a Holstein cow produce a day?
9
Are we healthier today than we were thousands of years ago? Why/why not?
People of our history were healthier due to a limited diet without any unhealthy fats and preservatives.
What can you tell by counting the rings of a tree?
It's age
Name the 4 types of soil
silt, loam, sand, clay
Most farm animals were domesticated by our ancestors. What does domesticated mean?
taming wild animals to be used to humans
How many chicken eggs equal 1 ostrich egg?
36
How did the cotton gin change the cotton industry?
cleaning cotton became faster and more efficient, farmers started growing more cotton across the South
What is the most center part of the tree called that is developed in the trees first year of life?
Pith
Name the 5 layers of soil
Humus, topsoil, subsoil, parent material, bedrock
What is a commodity?
Anything you can buy or sell that comes from agriculture.
US state with the most farms
Texas
What problems may we face as the human population increases?
Food shortage, natural resource shortage, global warming