CareerMatchingActivity
Name
Match the agricultural ornatural resourcecareerwith the correctdescription.
Agricultural Engineer AgronomistAquaculturist
Botanist
WildlifeBiologist Entomologist Environmental ScientistFoodScientist
Forester
Horticulturist Animal Physiologist Science Write
PlantPathologist Soil Scientist Animal NutritionistTurfScientist
WeedScientist Climatologist Plantor Animal Geneticist Hydrologist
Biological Engineer Florist Fisheries Scientist Naturalist
Agricultural EconomistRangeManagerForestEngineerVeterinarian
Nutritionist/Dietitian PlantPhysiologist Remote SensingSpecialist
1. Business skills to find success insales, marketing, management,andfinancecareers
2. Designsagricultural machinery andfacilities suchas tractors, implements, animal facilities, &irrigation systems
3. Researches ways to produce crops/turf,to managing soils inthemost environmentally friendly way
4. Creates diets thatmustbenutritionally sound,good- tasting,andeconomical for theagesandtypesof animals thatwill usethem
5. Studies how animals interactwith thingsoutside them,suchastemperatureor air,plusthingsinside them,suchasdisease, poisons, or diet
6. Raises adiverse array of aquatic plantsandanimals in controlled or semi-controlled settingsfor food or the stocking of publicbodies of water
7. Uses scientific principles andengineeringinvolving thelife sciences to create products andprocesses to meet humanneeds
8. Studies all plantlife
9. Studies climate change,climate variability,andthe effectsof climate on thebiosphere
10.Helps farmers andranchersproduce crops andlive- stock more efficiently byusingsound pestmanage- mentstrategies
11.Protects theenvironment byworking with hazardous waste management,land use,andair or water quality.
12.Dedicated to effective management,use,and conservation of aquatic plantsandanimals.
13.Designsfloral arrangements,works with customers, anddelivers flowers
14.Spendstime managingthe“timberland”
15.Preserves our food supplybyassuringits flavor,color, texture,nutritionalquality,andsafety
16.Workswith all species (plantsandanimals)ata
“genetic”level
17.Worksprimarily with nurseryandgreenhousecrops
18.Assesses andprotects our water suppliesandquality
19.Designstimber transportation/harvestingsystems
20.Studies thenaturalenvironment andenjoys sharing whattheylearn with other people
21.Helps people look andfeel well bymakingthe connection betweenfood, nutrition,andhealth
22.Deals with thesymptoms,causes,damage, spread, andcontrol of plantdiseases
23.Studies thephysical,chemical, andbiological functionsof living plants
24.Cares for our country’svastrangelands
25.Interpretsandanalyzemanytypesof aerial photo- graphsandsatellite images
26.Writesnews stories, manuals,andpressreleases.
27.Mapsandclassifies soils andprovide interpretations for land plannersandmanagers.
28.Worksto improve golf greens,parklawns,athletic fields, or other publicor private grounds.
29.Diagnoses,treats,andhelpspreventdiseases and disabilities inanimals.
30.Researches enforcing weed laws anddeveloping regulations for biological andchemical control agents
31.Researches animals intheir naturalenvironment