APES7 Schram (Ch 12 Vocab) NJ

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  1. 5. Condition suffered by people who cannot grow or buy enough food to meet their basic energy needs.
  2. 8. conditions under which every person in a given area has dally access to enough nutritious food to have an active and healthy life.
  3. 10. Soil Uppermost layer of soil as a soil’s A-horizon layer. It contains the organic and inorganic nutrients that plants need for their growth and development.
  4. 11. ______ Revolution, a popular term for the introduction of scientifically bred or selected varieties of grain (rice, wheat, maize) that, with adequate inputs of fertilizer and water, can greatly increase crop yields.
  5. 12. The genetic variety of plant and animal species used on farms to produce food.
  6. 14. Soil _____:Gradual accumulation of salts in upper layers of soil that can stunt crop growth, lower crop yields, and eventually kill plants and ruin the land.
  7. 15. _____ Agriculture is growing crops with limited or no use of synthetic pesticides, synthetic fertilizers, or genetically modified crops.
  8. 16. Soil______:Methods used to reduce soil erosion, prevent depletion of soil nutrients, and restore nutrients previously lost by erosion, leaching, and excessive crop harvesting
  9. 18. malnutrition and starvation in a particular area because of a shortage of food, usually caused by drought, war, flood, earthquake, or other catastrophic event that disrupts food production and distribution.
  10. 19. Saturation of soil with irrigation water or excessive precipitation so that the water table rises close to the surface.
Down
  1. 1. Complex form of intercropping in which a large number of different plants maturing at different times are planted together.
  2. 2. money paid to farmers to supplement the cost of production of crops and livestock in order to influence the market price and supply of food commodities.
  3. 3. Traditional ________ Agriculture:Production of enough crops or livestock for a farm family’s survival.
  4. 4. faulty nutrition, caused by a diet that does not supply an individual with enough protein, essential fats, vitamins, minerals, and other nutrients needed for good health.
  5. 6. conversion of rangeland, rain-fed cropland, or irrigated cropland to desert-like land, with a drop in agricultural productivity of 10% or more. It is usually caused by a combination of overgrazing, soil erosion, prolonged drought, and climate change.
  6. 7. Concentration of particular aquatic species suitable for commercial harvesting in a given ocean area or inland body of water.
  7. 9. _________Agriculture is the production of large quantities of crops and livestock for domestic and foreign sale; involves use of large inputs of energy from fossil fuels (especially oil and natural gas), water, fertilizer, and pesticides.
  8. 13. Traditional ________ Agriculture:Production of enough food for a farm family’s survival and a surplus that can be sold.
  9. 17. Mix of methods used to supply water to crops by artificial means.