3102 Midterm Exam

1. 3102 Midterm Exam Agriculture section

2. Notetaking • Write one reason why you should take notes during a lecture. • Write one thing that you should do BEFORE class. • How can you determine what to write down? Write one thing. • Write one the that you should do AFTER class. • Write one example of a signal word that professors use.

3. Becoming Human Scavenger Hunt • How does the scientific method normally start? • What are the questions that science asks? • What are the questions that religion asks? • What is the definition of hypothesis? • When did human brains get larger? • Why did human brains get larger? List one hypothesis. • What is a species?

4. The Role of ASF • Why is bone marrow a good food? • List two changes that occurred in our human ancestors when they began to eat animal source foods. • List one nutrient that meat gives us that we cannot get from eating plants. • What happens to humans who never eat meat (for example, people who grow up in poverty)?

5. Modals & Future • Imagine that you are an extension agent. What could you do to help the family? • You should ____________________. • You should not ______________________. • You could _________________________. • Study: should, would, could, must, will

6. Job of Extension Service • 4-H Youth Development —cultivates important life skills in youth that build character and assist them in making appropriate life and career choices. At-risk youth participate in school retention and enrichment programs. Youth learn science, math, social skills, and much more, through hands-on projects and activities. • Agriculture —research and educational programs help individuals learn new ways to produce income through alternative enterprises, improved marketing strategies, and management skills and help farmers and ranchers improve productivity through resource management, controlling crop pests, soil testing, livestock production practices, and marketing. • Leadership Development —trains extension professionals and volunteers to deliver programs in gardening, health and safety, family and consumer issues, and 4-H youth development and serve in leadership roles in the community. • Natural Resources —teaches landowners and homeowners how to use natural resources wisely and protect the environment with educational programs in water quality, timber management, composting, lawn waste management, and recycling. • Family and Consumer Sciences —helps families become resilient and healthy by teaching nutrition, food preparation skills, positive child care, family communication, financial management, and health care strategies. • Community and Economic Development —helps local governments investigate and create viable options for economic and community development, such as improved job creation and retention, small and medium-sized business development, effective and coordinated emergency response, solid waste disposal, tourism development, workforce education, and land use planning.

7. When I Was Puerto Rican • What were the problems that Negi’s family had? • How did the USDA try to help the people of Macún? • How was the food that Negi’s family ate different from the food that the USDA recommended? • What was Papi’s opinion of gringos? • What was Negi’s opinion of gringos at the end of the story?

8. Evaluation • The final grade for the course is broken down as follows: • 10% special projects (replaces the English lab) • 20% two partial exams • 30% final exam/project • 40% assignments (writing assignments/journals, blog entries, quizzes, class work, homework, etc.)