AFNR Unit 1.1 Key Terms

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Across
  1. 2. The application of scientific principles and new technologies to agriculture.
  2. 6. A fine, thread like piece, such as cotton or wool.
  3. 7. To bring in (merchandise, commodities, workers, etc.) from a foreign country for use, sale, processing, or services.
  4. 9. The broad industry engaged in producing plants and animals for food and fiber, the provision of agricultural supplies and services, and the processing, marketing, and distribution of agricultural products.
  5. 12. A national youth organization for students interested in agriculture. The official name is the National FFA Organization. In 1988, the National FFA Organization changed its original name of Future Farmers of America to reflect the expanding career field of Agricultural Education.
  6. 13. Farm animals raised to produce milk, meat, work, and wool; includes beef and dairy cattle, swine, sheep, horses, and goats; may also include poultry.
  7. 14. Something that provides protection from adverse conditions for a person, animal, or thing.
  8. 15. Any unprocessed or partially processed good, such as grain, fruit, vegetable, or metal.
Down
  1. 1. Any product of the soil. In a narrow sense, the product of a harvest obtained by labor, as distinguished from natural production or wild growth.
  2. 3. To ship (merchandise, commodities, workers, etc.) to a foreign country for use, sale, processing, or services.
  3. 4. A term referring to the full scale of operations related to the business of agriculture. It connotes the interrelationships of farming, farm services, soil science, agronomy, land grant universities, county extension services, state and federal experiment stations, soil and water conservation services, plant and animal nutrition, plant and animal protection, transportation, finance, and marketing.
  4. 5. Anything which, when taken into the body, nourishes the tissues and supplies body heat.
  5. 8. resources The natural wealth of a country, consisting of land, forests, mineral deposits, water, etc.
  6. 10. Supplies, and services farmers use to produce crops and livestock; any resource used in production.
  7. 11. Domesticated fowls raised primarily for their meat, eggs, or feathers, such as chickens, turkeys, ducks, and geese.