Soil and Water
How is soil best described?
The outermost layer of Earth's surface consisting of minerals, organic matter, air, and water
What does gymnosperm mean/translate to?
Naked seed
What is photosynthesis?
The process plants use to make food from sunlight, water, and carbon dioxide (CO2)
What is propagation?
Controlling the reproduction of plants
What is a the male parent called in livestock?
What year was FFA founded?
1928
What has caused much land to be unavailable for agriculture?
Development by humans
What type of plant produces fruit and flowers?
Angiosperms
What is respiration?
Breaking down stored food/energy
What are the 2 types of propagation
Sexual and Asexual Reproduction
What is parturition?
Giving birth
What is an autotroph?
An organism that produces its own food
What percentage of Earth's surface is covered by water?
About 71%
What are the 2 types of angiosperms?
Monocots and Dicots
What is transpiration?
The movement and loss of water through evaporation
Which type of reproduction produces clones?
Asexual
When a bull calf is castrated he becomes a ___________.
Steer
Provide an example of a plant that is a gymnosperm.
Pine (there are others)
To use up a supply or abundance of something.
How many cotyledons does a dicot have?
2
What structure opens and closes to control transpiration?
Stomata
Which propagation method involves a rootstock and a scion?
Grafting
A mare has a female baby, what term would be used to describe this foal?
Filly
What was Georgia's number 1 commodity this year?
Broilers
Overusing irrigation systems lowers groundwater levels. What concept does this demonstrate?
Depletion
A plant with parallel leaf veins and flower parts in multiples of 3 is a __________
Monocot
If a plant's leaves were cut off which process would be most affected?
Photosynthesis
Sexual reproduction in plants is also called _______________.
Pollination
When a sow gives birth to a litter of piglets she is ____________
Farrowing
What 3 flower parts are female?
Stigma
Style
Ovary