FFA Basics
What is the official student organization for agricultural education programs?
FFA
Which branch involves the study and mangement of domesticated animals?
Animal Production/Science
What is a commodity?
A raw agricultural good that can be bought and sold.
What are natural resources?
Materials from nature used by humans
What is an ecosystem?
A community of living organisms interacting with its environment in a specific area
Food
Clothing
Shelter
Who is known as the "Father of the FFA"?
Henry Groseclose
Forestry and Natural Resources focuses on managing what?
Forests, Wildlife, and Natural Resources
What is a byproduct?
A secondary product made during the production of something else (using up leftovers)
Soil, water, air, minerals, plants, and animals are all examples of _______________
Natural resources
What term describes the living parts of an ecosystem?
Biotic Factors
Trees
What is the FFA Motto?
Learning to Do
Doing to Learn
Earning to Live
Living to Serve
Which branch of agriculture focuses on crop and turf production?
Agronomy
Is leather a product or a byproduct?
Byproduct
What term describes the wearing away of soil?
Erosion
What term describes the nonliving parts of an ecosystem?
Abiotic Factors
Is using cotton to make tshirts a direct or indirect use of plants?
Direct
What are the 3 circles of agricultural education?
Classroom/Lab
FFA
SAE
Aquaculture is best described as the production of what?
Aquatic species (fish) for human use
Is ethanol considered a product or byproduct?
Hint: it's made from corn
Byproduct
What is runoff?
Washing of substances from the surface into water
What does biodiversity refer to?
The range or variety of life in an ecosystem
What is an indirect use of plants?
Using plants to make fuel, medicine, materials or feeding plants to animals which will be used to meet our need for food or fiber.
A student who raises goats at home and keeps records on this project is participating in which of the 3 circles?
SAE
Supervised Agricultural Experience
Agricultural Mechanics
Why is cotton considered a commodity rather than a finished product?
Because it is sold in its raw/unprocessed form
A farmer planting grass strips at the edges of his fields to slow water movement is trying to reduce what?
Runoff/Erosion
Why might wildlife populations decline when a wetland is drained?
Habitat loss
A farmer grows watermelon, strawberries, and corn, and she raises hogs for meat. Are her products examples of direct or indirect use of plants as a food source?
Both!