Geography Glossary

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Across
  1. 3. produced or involving production without the use of chemical fertilizers, pesticides, or other artificial chemicals.
  2. 6. ability of something to maintain itself over time.
  3. 7. Agriculture conducted on strictly commercial principles.
  4. 9. Large-scale land acquisitions.
  5. 10. 100x multiple of the Pascal which is the SI unit for pressure.
  6. 13. The continuous circulation of water within the Earth's hydrosphere, and is driven by solar radiation.
  7. 14. Zone of life on Earth
  8. 16. The measurement of distance north or south of the Equator.
  9. 18. radiation General term for the electromagnetic radiation emitted by the sun.
  10. 19. Foods derived from organisms whose genetic material (DNA) has been modified in a way that does not occur naturally
  11. 21. The weather conditions prevailing in an area in general or over a long period.
  12. 22. the practice of growing a series of different types of crops in the same area across a sequence of growing seasons.
  13. 24. a range of living organisms in an ecosystem
  14. 25. flow The movement of nutrients from one location to another
  15. 26. The cultivation of a single crop in a given area.
  16. 29. a state of balance between continuing processes.
Down
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  2. 2. all people , at all times, have physical, social and economic access to sufficient, safe and nutritious food to meet dietary needs for a productive and healthy life.
  3. 4. Farming of aquatic organisms
  4. 5. An agricultural practice that suggests rearranging farmlands or turning hills into farmlands by constructing specific ridged platforms
  5. 8. The supply of water to land or crops to help growth, typically by means of channels.
  6. 11. or involving production without the use of chemical fertilizers, pesticides, or other artificial chemicals.
  7. 12. A line on a map connecting points having the same atmospheric pressure at a given time or on average over a given period.
  8. 15. Measure of the diffuse reflection of solar
  9. 17. Salt levels
  10. 20. A biological community of interacting organisms and their physical environment.
  11. 23. A large naturally occurring community of flora and fauna occupying a major habitat, e.g. forest or tundra.
  12. 27. a disease or condition regularly found among particular people or in a certain area.
  13. 28. Ploughed and harrowed but left for a period without being sown in order to restore its fertility or to avoid surplus production.