APES7 Schram (Ch 12 Vocab) NJ
Across
- 5. Condition suffered by people who cannot grow or buy enough food to meet their basic energy needs.
- 8. conditions under which every person in a given area has dally access to enough nutritious food to have an active and healthy life.
- 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.
- 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.
- 12. The genetic variety of plant and animal species used on farms to produce food.
- 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.
- 15. _____ Agriculture is growing crops with limited or no use of synthetic pesticides, synthetic fertilizers, or genetically modified crops.
- 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
- 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.
- 19. Saturation of soil with irrigation water or excessive precipitation so that the water table rises close to the surface.
Down
- 1. Complex form of intercropping in which a large number of different plants maturing at different times are planted together.
- 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. Traditional ________ Agriculture:Production of enough crops or livestock for a farm family’s survival.
- 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.
- 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.
- 7. Concentration of particular aquatic species suitable for commercial harvesting in a given ocean area or inland body of water.
- 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.
- 13. Traditional ________ Agriculture:Production of enough food for a farm family’s survival and a surplus that can be sold.
- 17. Mix of methods used to supply water to crops by artificial means.