Environmental Science - Chapter 12 Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 2. The guarantee of an adequate and reliable food supply for all people at all time
  2. 7. A type of farming that relies on human and animal power, along with hand tools and non motorized machines
  3. 10. The introduction of new technologies, crop varieties, and farming practices to the developing world in the third quarter of the twentieth century
  4. 11. The use of both biological and chemical methods to control pests safely and economically
  5. 12. The use of organisms to battle pests and weeds
  6. 13. Land that is suitable for farming
  7. 15. A huge warehouse or pen designed to deliver energy - rich feed to livestock or poultry; also called concentrated animal feeding operations or factory farms
  8. 17. A type of farming that relies on technology and chemicals to increase yields and reduce costs
Down
  1. 1. The use of genetic engineering to increase the value of products
  2. 3. A type of sustainable agriculture in which only biological methods are used
  3. 4. The raising of aquatic organisms for food in a controlled environment
  4. 5. The amount of a crop produced in a given area
  5. 6. A shortage of essential nutrients
  6. 8. Farming that does not deplete soil faster than it forms
  7. 9. A process in which scientists directly manipulate an organism's DNA
  8. 14. An organization that preserves the seeds of diverse plants in case of a global crop collapse
  9. 16. An insect or another animal that transfers pollen from one plant to another