AGRO 1001 : Agronomy 1001 Exam 1 Review
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Ppt 1: introduction: 68% of americans are overweight or obese, body mass index is: determined by 2 factors - height and weight, health risk factors, alcohol consumption, cigarette smoking/tobacco use, elevated cholesterol/diet, high blood pressure (hypertension) It takes 40 days for most americans to earn enough money to pay for their yearly food supply. Native american foods (the three sisters): corn, squash, and beans. Ppt 3: exploration and spices: age of discovery or age of exploration: 15th century into the early 17th century. 2/9/2015: measured time by hourglasses, the quadrant and the sextant, which could be used to take lunar measurements and determine longitude (north-south). John harrison discovered the chronometer was a timepiece that: relied on charts called "portolans which were maps of coastlines, locations of harbors, river mouths, and manmade features visible from the sea. Saffron (a small reproductive part of the flower which is picked by hand and then dried; very labor intensive: 2.
