Across
- 3. When materials of the Earth’s surface are loosened, dissolved, or worn away and transported from one place to another naturally
- 5. The basic processes of farming include plowing, fertilization, irrigation, and pest control
- 7. Agriculture that conserves natural resources and helps keep the land productive indefinitely
- 8. The raising of aquatic plants and animals for human use or consumption
- 12. a disorder of nutrition that results when a person does not consume enough of each of the nutrients that are needed by the human body
- 16. domesticated animals that are raised to be used on a farm or ranch or to be sold for profit
- 17. A technology in which the genome of a living cell is modified for medical or industrial use
- 18. Land that can be used to grow crops
- 20. The catching or removing from a population more organisms than the population can replace
Down
- 1. Cud-chewing mammals that have a 3- or 4-chambered stomach
- 2. The processes of farming using machinery, chemical fertilizers, and sprinkler systems
- 4. the type and amount of food that a person eats
- 6. When human activities or climatic changes make arid or semiarid areas more desert-like
- 9. Revolution when worldwide increases in crop yields resulted from the use of new crop varieties and the application of modern agriculture techniques
- 10. The accumulation of salts in the soil
- 11. a prolonged period during which rainfall is below average
- 13. Farming when a crop is harvested without turning the soil over, as in traditional farming
- 14. Organisms that have been bred and managed for human use
- 15. the amount of crops produced per unit area
- 19. the widespread malnutrition and starvation in an area due to a shortage of food