Farm Machinery And Power Quiz 1 (20 MCQs)

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1. Pliers used by linemen, electrical contractors and other tradesmen primarily for gripping, twisting, bending and cutting wire, cable and small metalwork components.
2. In the second half of the 19th C, which development led to the other three?
3. After 1812, why was there such a focus on building transportation systems in the United States?
4. In the late 1800s, which factor directly contributed to the growth of heavy industry in the United States?
5. Equipment used to spread materials in agricultural area.
6. What major population trend occurred in the U.S. during the industrial expansion of the late 19th C?
7. What caused the manufacturing of goods to change from homes to factories?
8. What was a major effect of mechanizationof farming in the United States in the late 1800s?
9. Drill that utilizes electricity as a power source to provide greater force than a person could provide.
10. A large farming implement with one or more blades fixed in a frame, drawn by a tractor or by animals and used for cutting furrows in the soil and turning it over, especially to prepare for the planting of seeds.
11. A power saw with a rapidly rotating toothed disk.
12. A mechanical implement for breaking up the soil and uprooting weeds.
13. It is a knife-like instrument used mostly as a chopping tool. It is commonly used for the cutting of trees, the cutting of tall weeds and grasses, and the chopping of tree branches.
14. A vehicle specifically designed to deliver a high tractive effort at slow speeds, for the purposes of hauling a trailer or machinery used in agriculture or construction.
15. A screwdriver having a cross-shaped tip rather than the rectangular tip of a standard (flat-blade) screwdriver.
16. A tool utilized for measuring. Commonly used for carpentry.
17. The change brought about by mechanization in American agriculture in the late 1800s led farmers to
18. Glasses utilized to protect the eyes of wearers.
19. A unit of powered machinery that uses a rotating blade or blades to cut vegetation.
20. What was the principle reason for the rapid economic growth in the United Staes during the late 1800s?