Unit 5 vocab Flashcards
(36 cards)
Intiatives that increase agricultureal produciton worldwide through new practices and technologies were the
Green Revolution
The primary purpose of commercial agriculture is to
make a profit
The process in which fertile land becomes increasingly unusable to humans and arid is
Desertification
What agricultural technique grows 2 or more crops on the same land and can feed a large population with a small amount of land?
double cropping
The practice of cutting flat areas into a slope for agriculture. is
terrace farming
Pastoral nomads
practice substinence agriculture in which herders move there livestock through in search of grazing land in semi-arid deserts and deserts
If everyone in the world had access to sufficient, safe, and nutrious foods they would have
Food security
Herders who seasonally move their animals between mountain pastures and lowland valleys practice
swidden agriculture.
Yield is the …
amount of crops produced per unit of land
A cash crop is….
A crop grown for sale rather than personal consumption
Deforestation is…,
the clearning or removal of forest for agricultural or urban use
A seed hearth is…
a place where groups of plants and animals were domesticated
_has increased its production by avoiding synthetic fertilizers, pesticides, and GMOs.
Organic farming
Pesticides are..
chemical substances used to kill or control pests
Truck farming ….
involves commercial production of vegtables for local or distant markets.
Market gardening farms
are small scale producitons of vegetables, fruits, and flowers
Agribusiness is….
A large scale commercial farming that produces, processes, and distributes agriculture
A feedlot is….
a place for livestock where they are fed before slaughter
Which form of agriculture involves clearning land and rotating cultivation?
Shifting cultivation
Dairy farmers or Darying farmers…..
produce, process, and distribute milk and dairy products
The technical definition of horticulture includes the cultivation of
The technical definition of horticulture includes the cultivation of
fruits, flowers, and vegetables
a plant means to give it water
irrigating
Which of the following are examples of extensive agriculture
Agricutlural practices using large land areas with low inputs per unit of land
