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Greenhouse Production
What is hydroponics?
What is a cutting?
What supplies do you need to make a cutting?
Describe how you would go about ordering a wholesale plant order.
What was the first of HJ. Heinz 57 varieties: horseradish sauce
Black-eyed peas aren’t peas- what are they?
What is a flower broker?
What is a flower grower?
List 6 annuals we will be growing this spring
List 5 things you would include on a resume
When do tomatoes need to be planted to be ready for spring gardeners?
Name your favorite thing you like to do on a 3-day weekend
Predict when the first snow day will be
What is the name of the evergreen shrub from which we get capers?: the caper bush
Introduction to Agriculture
What is agriculture?
What areas are included in agriculture?
List 5 jobs in non-production agriculture
What nation produces 2/3 of the world’s vanilla: Madagascar
List the 7 continents and 4 oceans
List 5 careers you may be interested in
What don’t you like about chuck? (its an inside joke for meats judging..I took any funny answer)
Predict when the first snow day will be
Draw a snowman
What American city produces most of the egg rolls sold in grocery stores in the
United States: Houston, Texas
What is the literal meaning of the Italian word linguine?: little tongues
What is a capon? A castrated rooster
How many glasses of milk will a cow give in her lifetime? 200,000 glasses
Ag Mechanics
What is a traveler wire?
What was the first commercially manufactured breakfast cereal: shredded wheat

List 5 areas in agricultural mechanics
List 5 things that go on a resume
Draw the electrical symbol for a keyless lampholder, a single-pole switch, a 3way switch and a duplex receptacle
Ag Science
Describe a career you would like to have
What was the first manufactured breakfast cereal: shredded wheat
List 5 things you should include on a resume
Draw a picture of an evil snowman
Name 20 products in the food industry
What is the only essential vitamin not found in the white potato: vitamin A
What was the first bird domesticated by man?: goose
A group of geese on the ground is a gaggle. What is a group of geese in the air: a skein
What is an animal noise that doesn’t echo: a duck. No one knows why
How many stomachs do cows have? 1 stomach with 4 compartments
Name the 4 stomachs of a cow
It is physically impossible for what animal to look up? A pig
Vet Tech
What are gonadotropins? Where are they produced: pituitary gland?
What is estrus?
What was the name of Cherrios when it was first marketed 50 years ago:
Cheerioats
What animal’s milk is used to make authentic Italian mozzarella cheese: water buffalo
12 or more cows is called what: a flink
How much will a dog cost you over its average lifespan? $13,350
If you cross a male donkey with a female horse you get? A mule
If you cross a female donkey with a male horse you get? A hinny
What 3 animals can be sunburnt? Pig, light-colored horses (esp. their face), walrus
What is an animal that cannot vomit? A horse
Which farm animal has rectangular pupils: a goat
A cat has how many muscles in its ear? 32
Which animal has no vocal chords? A giraffe
How many teeth does a bear have? 42
There are only 2 animals with blue tongues. What are they? Black bear and the chow dog
How many eyelids do camels have? 3- to protect themselves from blowing sand

Ag Business
What flavor of ice cream did Baskin-Robbins introduce to commemorate
America’s landing on the moon on July 20, 1969: lunar cheesecake

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