Agriculture &

Transportation
Savera, Haley, Matt and Maura

What is agriculture?

A big combination of businesses that must be able to produce, process and

distribute

Uses systems to produce products such as food, fiber, fuel and chemicals

Helps the transportation industry reduce its dependency on foreign energy

sources by producing grain for biofuels

What is transportation?

Plays a vital role in industries (ex: agriculture)

Transportation process used in the agricultural industry: grain elevators,

combines and conveyors

Grain elevator- system designed to move grains into storage bins or silos

Combine- system used to harvest grains or other crops

Conveyor- system used in a variety of industries to move products in and

out of storage facilities

Renewable and non-renewable sources

Renewable source- an organic source that can be replaced/replenished

(ex: crops)

Non-Renewable source- a source that cannot be replaced by natural means

(ex: fossil fuels)

Review Time!

Question 1
What is the transportation process?
A.

A process used for crops

B.

A process used in agriculture that includes grain elevators, combines and

elevators

C.

A process that helps move vehicles from one place to another

D.

A process used for a better understanding of the transportation we use

today in life

Question 2
What role does transportation play in the agricultural
industry?
A.

Vital

B.

Very important

C.

Somewhat important

D.

Not important

Question 3
What 3 things must agricultural businesses do?
A.

Produce, process and market

B.

Process, manufacture and market

C.

Manufacture, distribute and market

D.

Produce, process and distribute

Question 4
What type of resource are crops considered to be?
A.

Exhaustible

B.

Renewable

C.

Nonrenewable

D.

Reusable

Question 5
Agricultural products include:
A.

Buildings, food, fiber, and fuel

B.

Food, fiber, fuel, and chemicals

C.

Fiber, food, chemicals, and clothing

D.

Buildings, clothing, food, and fuel

Question 6
Agriculture helps the transportation industry reduce its
dependency on foreign energy sources by
A.

Hiring cowboys to herd cattle to the stockyards

B.

Not shipping produce across the country

C.

Providing more milk to transport to the creamery

D.

Producing grain for biofuels

Question 7
When designing solutions to technological problems,
engineers use the
A.

Scientific method

B.

Scientific design theory

C.

Engineering design process

D.

Technological theory of design

Remember!!

Transportation plays a VITAL role in the agricultural industry

The agricultural products include food, fiber, fuel and chemicals

Agriculture helps transportation by producing grain for biofuels

Agricultural businesses must produce, process and distribute

Crops grown on a farm are a renewable source

The transportation process uses grain elevators (moves grains into

storage bins), combines (harvests grain or other crops) and
conveyors (used in a variety of industries to move products in and
out of storage facilities