FFA
Statistics/History
Inventions
Inventions (Continued)
Vocabulary
100

The official FFA colors are ________ blue and ____ gold

National blue and Corn Gold

100

The population of the world in 2011

7 billion people

100

Invented the tractor

Benjamin Holt

100

The moldboard plow was invented by

John Deere

100

The difference between climate and weather

Weather - Daily

Climate - Yearly

200

FFA was founded in ____

1928

200

Less then _% of the population are farmers and ranchers

2

200

Invented the iron plow

Thomas Jefferson

200

________ are widespread starvation

Famines

300

FFA opened their doors to females in ______

1969

300

In 1972, which pesticide was banned in the US?

DDT/Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane

300

George Washington Carver invented _______ _____

Peanut Butter

300

Topography

"the arrangement of the natural and artificial physical features of an area"

400

FFA motto

Learning to Do, Doing to Learn, Earning to Live, Living to Serve.

400

What is the green revolution?

The time period where most countries became self-sufficient in food production(1960s)

400

Benjamin Holt invented the __________

Tractor

400

The difference between a townhouse and a condominium

Townhouse: One house

Condo (aka Condominium): Multiple houses in one

500

What does FFA stand for?

Future Farmers of America

500

In 1994, the first genetically modified organism (GMO) was made. It was the ________

Tomato

500

Hybrid animals/plants are

the babies made by two different types of breed

(example: meyer lemons)