APES U5 Vocab

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Across
  1. 3. Fish farming
  2. 5. Mining for stones and metals in river sediments
  3. 6. Removing all of the (marketable) trees from an area of forest.
  4. 9. Removing all mature trees in a few cuttings over a period of ten years.
  5. 11. Type of animal farm that has the largest carbon footprint
  6. 12. Only using the resources available and replenishable, no more.
  7. 14. Tragedy of the Commons assumes everyone in a community will act in their own self _________
  8. 17. Surfaces that don’t allow water to be absorbed, like roads and sidewalks.
  9. 18. Build-up of pesticides in an animal
  10. 19. Slash & burn technique will only work for about ____ years.
  11. 20. Scientists modify the DNA of these organisms to increase their profits.
  12. 21. Any non-target species caught by fisherman.
  13. 22. Most efficient and expensive type of irrigation
  14. 23. Crops that grow for years and years develop deep root systems that hold onto soil.
  15. 25. The idea that, as urban areas fill up, more people leave and expand outside the city.
Down
  1. 1. Chemicals that prevent the crops from being consumed by insects and pests.
  2. 2. Irrigation method with trenches filled with water
  3. 4. Removal of some or small portions of trees
  4. 6. Large quantities of animals kept in small spaces to maximize profits
  5. 7. Revolution where technology helped to increase crop production by the use of fertilizers.
  6. 8. Makes farming in AZ possible
  7. 10. Overuse of pesticides can lead to _____________.
  8. 13. The sustainable _______ is the amount of a resource that can be removed that does not exceed the growth of the resource.
  9. 15. Any waste or leftover material from mining.
  10. 16. Large plantings of a single crop
  11. 24. A large underground body of water