AP HUG Unit 5 Crossword Puzzle

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Across
  1. 3. A prolonged period of lack of food in areas defined as food desserts, drought areas, food insecure, and otherwise places unable to access food
  2. 5. An agrichemical that targets undesirable organisms such as aphids, weevils, and grasshoppers
  3. 6. Keeps pests off and helps your plants
  4. 8. An agrichemical that provides more nutrients to your crops
  5. 9. An agrichemical that targets undesirable plants labeled as weeds and exterminates them to reduce competition
  6. 11. An agricultural technique that focuses on growing multiple kinds of similar kinds of plants near each other
  7. 13. Areas where nutritious, inexpensive, fresh food is easily available for most people
  8. 15. The cultivation of ocean fish, shellfish, and water plants for human consumption
  9. 16. The stripping of land from forests. Often caused by Lumber and slash and burn industries
  10. 18. An agricultural technique that grows one kind of crop
  11. 19. Areas where nutritious, inexpensive, fresh food is unavailable or rare for most people
Down
  1. 1. The growth and Domestication of plants and animals for profit and not personal consumption
  2. 2. Agricultural practices that take place on smaller plots of land and try to extract the most out of it. Very intense
  3. 4. An area turned into a desert after intense irrigation and diversion of water dries up an area. Can also be caused by salinization
  4. 7. Domestication of plants and animals for human consumption
  5. 10. Crop A plant/crop grown just to be sold. Ex:sugar, cotton, tobacco
  6. 12. The average weather in an area over 30 years
  7. 14. The travel of agrichemical residue from farms to other places after it rains. causes algae blooms, pollution, and can effect ground water purity
  8. 17. The industry of farming in large areas that is usually highly mechanized and often uses mono cropping. associated with cereal farming and ranching