Agriscience Unit 2 worksheet

1. The process where many countries became self-sufficient in food production in the 1960s by utilizing improved varieties and practices was the:

2. In undeveloped countries around the world agriscience must play a major part in advancing:

3. The U.S. workforce is consist what percent of adults working on farms or ranchers in the United States today?

4. The cotton gin was invented by:

5. In the 1960’s Green Revolution, countries became self- sufficient in food production by utilizing:

6. What is the world’s most important source of vegetable oil, that provides the basic materials for hundred of products?

7. In the late 1990’s, the top three agricultural commodities in cash receipts for North Carolina were and is still the case today:

8. The reaper was invented by Cyrus McCormick in 1834 to:

9. How many people does the average American farmer produce enough food and fiber for:

10. About what percent of the work force is on the farm in the United States?

11. Today John Deere Tractor Company is an industry leader in the area of farm machinery and equipment, but its founder, a blacksmith was responsible for inventing the:

12. What was the number one grain crop export from the United States in the 1990’s and is still the case today:

13. The tractor was invented by:

14. Agriscience accounts for what percent of the jobs in the United States?

15. What is the number one livestock export from the United States today?

16. Which applied science must play a major part in advancing agricultural productivity in undeveloped countries around the world today?

17. How did the average farm size change during the 1990’s and is still the case today?

18. In 1878 a milking machine was invented by:

19. How did the number of farms change during the 1990’s?

20. The meat type of chicken or poultry that United States citizens consumed in the largest amount in 1990’s was :