Across
- 3. Agricultural Revolution - A period of increased farm productivity in the 1700s and 1800s due to new farming techniques, improved tools, and crop rotation.
- 5. Revolution - The mid-20th century increase in agricultural production in developing countries through the use of high-yield crops, fertilizers, pesticides, and irrigation.
- 7. - A scale used to measure and report how clean or polluted the air is and the potential health effects.
- 9. - Efforts to improve the economic conditions, infrastructure, and quality of life in rural areas.
- 12. Agricultural Revolution - The modern period of agricultural advances that uses technology, chemicals, and genetics to greatly increase food production.
- 14. - The official boundaries that define the area governed by a city.
- 15. - Densely populated urban areas characterized by poor housing, limited infrastructure, and inadequate access to services.
Down
- 1. Agricultural Revolution - The shift from hunting and gathering to farming and domestication of plants and animals during the Neolithic period.
- 2. - The period when humans first began farming, domesticating animals, and forming permanent settlements.
- 4. - Unwanted or harmful sounds in the environment that can negatively affect human health and wildlife.
- 6. - Government regulations that control how land in certain areas can be used, such as residential, commercial, or industrial purposes.
- 8. - Excessive or misdirected artificial light that brightens the night sky and disrupts natural environments.
- 10. - Large-scale farming operations that include the production, processing, and distribution of agricultural products.
- 11. - The use of machines and technology to perform tasks that were previously done by human or animal labor.
- 13. - Organisms whose genetic material has been scientifically altered to give them certain traits, such as resistance to pests or drought.