Unit 4 Vocab
Across
- 5. Began in the mid-1960s with the development of new strains of wheat and rice, the two main foods of the world
- 9. Crop grown for the purpose of sale
- 11. Society in which the production of food and other products is performed by machines, demanding large amounts of energy and resources
- 12. Society in which crops are grown and people have specialized roles
- 13. Science of the changing vital statistics in a human population
- 15. States that Earth functions like a single, living organism that regulates itself to maintain life
- 17. Society in which people gather natural food, hunt, and are nomadic
- 18. A.K.A. regenerative farming, based on crop rotation, reduced soil erosion, integrated pest management, and a minimal use of soil additives
- 19. Resource that cannot regenerate quickly
- 20. Resource that regenerates quickly
Down
- 1. Founded on the assumption that human society is separate from nature
- 2. Shift from harvesting wild food sources to producing food through the techniques of farming and herding
- 3. Commercial production of fish in a controlled, maintained environment
- 4. Large compound made of amino acids that provides the body with the construction materials for making blood, muscle, and other tissues
- 6. Eight amino acids that must be obtained from foods
- 7. Compound made up of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen in approximately a 1:2:1 ratio
- 8. Contains three long chains of fatty acids attached to a molecule of glycerol
- 10. Ethic that meets current global human needs without limiting the ability of future generations to meet their own needs
- 14. Lack of a specific type of nutrient in the diet
- 16. Identified bacteria and other microorganisms as the agents responsible for many diseases