USDA
What does the USDA stand for?
United States Department of Agriculture
What is the largest produced crop in the United States?
A. Soybeans
B. Cotton
C. Tomato
D. Corn
D. Corn
What is the collection of all the organisms that live in a particular place, together with their nonliving environment?
A. biosphere
B. ecosystem
C. community
D. ecology
B. ecosystem
______ is considered the blueprint of most life
A. RNA
B. ATP
C. DNA
C. DNA
What is an adult female sheep?
A. Ewe
B. Kid
C. Buck
D. Doe
A. Ewe
The USDA banned the use of what pesticide in 1972?
A. DTAP
B. DTT
C. HMN
D. DDT
D. DDT
The flower is the part of the plant that grows 2 things, what are they?
A. Food and leaves B. Food and stern
C. Fruit and seeds D. Nothing grows
C. Fruit and seeds
What is the name of an organism that eats both plants and animals?
Omnivores
Where are Darwin's finches native to?
A. Bahamas
B. Galapagos Islands
C. Hawaii
D. Guatemala
B. Galapagos Islands
What determines the color of a chicken egg?
A. Breed
B. Eggs
C. Environment
D. All of the above
A. Breed
In 2011 the USDA created new food guidelines, which shows the daily recommendations of the food groups in a diagram. It was formerly known as My Pyramid. What is the name of that new diagram?
A. Choose My Pyramid
B. Choose My Plate
C. My Food Groups
B. Choose My Plate
The agricultural practice of breeding and caring for animals is referred to as?
A. Caregiving
B. Parenting
C. Husbandry
C. Husbandry
What are the living components of the environment?
A. community
B. habitat
C. biotic factor
D. population
C. biotic factor
What is the full name of the type of cholesterol referred to as "bad" cholesterol?
A. Low-Density Lipoprotein
B. High-Density Lipoprotein
A. Low-Density Lipoprotein
In what livestock species is a "hind feet first" birth presentation considered a normal delivery?
A. Cattle
B. Goat
C. Swine
D. Dog
C. Swine
What USDA agency is responsible for linking U.S. Agriculture to the world to enhance export opportunities and global food security?
A. USDA Farm Service Agency
B. USDA Foreign Agricultural Service
C. USDA Food Safety and Inspection Services
D. USDA Agricultural Research Service
B. USDA Foreign Agricultural Service
According to the USDA, what was the first genetically engineered plant?
A. An ear of corn
B. A tomato
C. A soybean
D. A cotton flower
B. A tomato
What is the process by which some organisms, such as certain bacteria, use chemical energy to produce carbohydrates?
A. biosynthesis
B. carbohydrase
C. chemosynthesis
D. photosynthesis
C. chemosynthesis
What taste is associated with hydrogen ions supplied by acids like vinegar and by acid salts such as cream of tartar?
A. sour
B. sweet
C. spicy
A. sour
Black and white dairy cows are what breed of cows?
A. Jersey
B. Holstein
C. Angus
D. Limousin
B. Holstein
Which U.S. President was responsible for the creation of the USDA?
A. George W. Bush
B. Bill Clinton
C. Dwight D. Eisenhower
D. Abraham Lincoln
D. Abraham Lincoln
Most ethanol plants in the U.S. are located in which region?
A. Southwest
B. Midwest
C. Southeast
D. Northeast
B. Midwest
What is the water that fills the cracks and spaces in underground soil and rock layers called?
A. soil water
B. rock water
C. underwater
D. groundwater
D. groundwater
This vitamin is produced by bacteria in the colon?
A. Vitamin B12
B. Vitamin C
C. Vitamin K
D. Vitamin D
C. Vitamin K
A breeding hogs of two different breeds, will produce what type of hog?
A. Crossbred
B. Purebred
C. Mutt
A. Crossbred