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Agriculture 100 MCQs
1. What is agricultural economics?
2. What is the process of moving agricultural products from farm to consumer?
3. What is the total cost incurred in producing a good or service?
4. What is the total market value of all final goods and services produced in a country?
5. What is the ability to produce a good at a lower opportunity cost than another country?
6. What is the state of being unable to meet basic needs?
7. What is the minimum income level required to meet basic needs?
8. What measures income inequality?
9. What is the practice of growing two or more crops simultaneously with no distinct row arrangement?
10. What is the mechanical preparation of soil for planting?
11. What is the artificial application of water to soil for crop production?
12. What is the process of separating chaff from grain using air?
13. What is the amount of crop produced per unit area?
14. What organisms damage crops?
15. What are caused by pathogens such as fungi, bacteria, and viruses?
16. What does crop physiology study?
17. What plants flower when the day length is longer than a critical period?
18. What plants flower when the day length is shorter than a critical period?
19. What is a period of reduced metabolic activity in plants?
20. What is the shedding of leaves, flowers, or fruits from a plant?
21. What is the process by which a seed begins to grow and develop?
22. What plant hormones promote stem elongation and seed germination?
23. What is the measure of the tendency of water to move in a system?
24. What is the pressure exerted by the cell contents against the cell wall?
25. What part of an insect contains the digestive, reproductive, and respiratory organs?
26. What order includes beetles?
27. What order includes butterflies and moths?
28. What order includes grasshoppers, crickets, and locusts?
29. What insects cause damage to crops or livestock?
30. What insects provide ecosystem services such as pollination and pest control?
31. What insects transfer pollen between flowers, enabling plant reproduction?
32. What insects feed on other insects, helping to control pest populations?
33. What is the lowest pest population that will cause economic damage?
34. What is a type of grafting where a bud is inserted into the rootstock?
35. What is a field where fruit trees are grown?
36. What is a field where grapevines are grown?
37. What is a method of preserving fruits and vegetables by lowering temperature?
38. What type of propagation involves the use of seeds for plant production?
39. What type of propagation involves the use of vegetative parts such as cuttings, grafts, and bulbs?
40. What is a form of asexual reproduction using plant parts other than seeds?
41. What is the lower part of a grafted plant that provides the root system?
42. What is the transfer of pollen from the male to the female part of a flower?
43. What develops from the ovule after fertilization?
44. What is the application of water to the soil surface using gravity flow?
45. What is the application of water below the soil surface?
46. What is the sum of evaporation from the soil and transpiration from plants?
47. What is the upper surface of the zone of saturation?
48. What is a hole drilled into the ground to access groundwater?
49. What is the control of salt accumulation in soil and water?
50. What is the removal of excess water from the soil?
51. What is the accounting of all water inputs and outputs in a system?
52. What is the continuous movement of water on, above, and below the Earth's surface?
53. What is the application of less water than the crop requires?
54. What is the process of choosing plants with desirable traits for breeding?
55. What is the crossing of two genetically different plants to produce offspring with desirable traits?
56. What is the improved performance of hybrid offspring compared to their parents?
57. What is the reduced fitness of offspring from inbreeding?
58. What is the total genetic diversity within a species?
59. What are plants that contain genes from other species?
60. What is a group of plants that are genetically identical?
61. What breeding method selects plants based on their appearance?
62. What is the parent that is repeatedly crossed in backcrossing?
63. What is the proportion of phenotypic variation that is due to genetic factors?
64. What single-celled prokaryotic pathogens cause diseases like bacterial wilt and blight?
65. What microscopic roundworms can damage plant roots?
66. What is the pathogen propagules that cause infection?
67. What is the process by which a pathogen enters and establishes in a host?
68. What are localized areas of tissue damage caused by disease?
69. What is the death of plant tissue caused by disease?
70. What is a disease symptom characterized by mottled yellow and green patterns on leaves?
71. What are plants that are less susceptible to diseases?
72. What is the complete elimination of a disease from a region?
73. What includes inoculation, infection, colonization, and dissemination?
74. What is a period of inactivity in a seed that prevents germination?
75. What is the potential of a seed to produce a healthy and vigorous seedling?
76. What is the absence of pathogens and pests in seeds?
77. What is the process of evaluating seed quality for germination, purity, and health?
78. What test evaluates the percentage of seeds that germinate under favorable conditions?
79. What test measures the ability of seeds to germinate under stress conditions?
80. What is the process of growing and harvesting seeds for propagation?
81. What is the cleaning, drying, and treatment of seeds after harvest?
82. What is the application of chemicals or biological agents to seeds to protect against pests and diseases?
83. What is the application of a layer of inert material to seeds to improve handling?
84. What seeds can be dried to low moisture content and stored for long periods?
85. What seeds cannot be dried to low moisture content and have short storage life?
86. What can be broken by stratification or scarification?
87. What is the physical damage to the seed coat to break dormancy?
88. What is the upper layer of the Earth's surface that supports plant growth?
89. What are layers of soil with different characteristics?
90. What is the layer of parent material from which soil develops?
91. What is the range of the pH scale?
92. What nutrients are required by plants in large amounts?
93. What nutrients are required by plants in small amounts?
94. What primary macronutrient is essential for root development and energy transfer?
95. What is the removal of topsoil by water or wind?
96. What soil conservation practice involves plowing along the contour lines of the land?
97. What soil conservation practice involves creating level platforms on steep slopes?
98. What soil conservation practice involves planting crops in strips to reduce erosion?
99. What is the accumulation of soluble salts in the soil?
100. What is the removal of soluble nutrients from the soil by water movement?