apes midterm Flashcards
green revoltion
a period of modernization and mechanization in the agricultural industry
crops provide more than half
the calories people consume
wheat
maize
rice
tradegy of the commons
individuals will use shared resources in their own self-interest
composting
reducing methane emissions from landfills. Reduces waste. Recycles organic materials
cash crops
a crop grown by a farmer for sale rather than for personal us
why is crop rotation good for soil
. Planting a field, or an area of a field, with different crops from year to year to reduce soil nutrient depletion
improving the overall efficiency of nitrogen uptake and utilization in the soil
Industrial agriculture
large-scale, intensive production of crops and animals, often involving chemical fertilizers on crops or the routine, harmful use of antibiotics in animals
Succession planting
Growing different plants that
mature at different times
ersion
wind and water
sedimnetation
GREATEST source of water pollution
terracing
controls ersion steps
taking nitrogen from the air and converting it into a usable form in the soil
Superbugs
strains of bacteria, viruses, parasites and fungi that are resistant to most of the antibiotics
What is “marginalized”
land?
treating a person or group as though they are insignificant by isolating and/or disempowering them.
The
amount of negative charge sites is known as the
soil’s
CEC
