Unit 5 Agriculture Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 3. the process of applying controlled amounts of water to crops using human-made devices, rather than to rely on just rainfall
  2. 5. capital-intensive livestock operation in which many animals are kept in close quarters, and bred and fed in a controlled environment
  3. 8. process by which humans alter the landscape in order to raise crops and livestock for consumption and trade
  4. 10. the long-term weather patterns in a region
  5. 12. the origin of farming marked by the domestication of plants and animals
  6. 13. only growing one type of crop or raising one type of animal year after year
  7. 14. a process by which humans use engineering techniques to change the DNA of a seed
Down
  1. 1. public financial support
  2. 2. neighborhood where residents have little to no access to healthy and affordable food
  3. 4. the advances in plant biology of the mid-20th century
  4. 6. Exchange the global movement of plants and animals between Afro-Eurasia and the Americas
  5. 7. alteration of the natural vegetation in arid areas causes fertile land to become infertile
  6. 9. the removal of large tracts of forest
  7. 11. an effort to promote higher incomes for producers and more sustainable farming practices