Key Terms- Sustainable Biomes

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  1. 2. The cultivation of aquatic organisms in controlled aquatic environments for any commercial, recreational or public purpose.
  2. 7. Plowed but left unsown for a certain period of time to restore fertility of crop rotation and avoiding surplus production
  3. 8. Relating or derived from living matter
  4. 10. grabbing Land grabbing is the large-scale purchase of land through means of buying or selling by commercial or domestic parties.
  5. 11. Agriculture conducted on strictly commercial principles.
  6. 12. The act of avoiding depletion of natural resources in order to maintain an ecological balance.
  7. 15. A large, naturally occurring community of flora and fauna that occupy a major habitat.
  8. 17. modified foods Organisms (i.e. plants, animals or microorganisms) in which the genetic material (DNA) has been altered in a way that does not occur naturally by mating and/or natural recombination.
  9. 18. Unit of pressure equal to a millibar, used in weather
  10. 20. revolution An increase in crop production through the use of artificial farming products
  11. 22. Line on a map indicating similar atmospheric pressure over a given period of time
  12. 24. A biological community of interacting organisms and their physical environment.
  13. 25. The supply of water to land or crops to help growth, typically by means of channels.
  14. 26. Native and restricted to a certain place
  15. 27. equilibrium A rare sense of balance between two continuing processes
  16. 29. When food is easily accessible and safe to consume that meets personal dietary needs for a healthy life(HAS MULTIPLE WORDS USE _ BETWEEN WORDS)
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  1. 1. Form land into a number of level flat areas resembling a series of steps
  2. 3. cycle Another name for the water cycle or the continuous movement of water on the surface of earth
  3. 4. The variety of plant and animal life in a particular habitat
  4. 5. Latitude measures the distance north or south of the equator.
  5. 6. stocks Edible goods available for sale or distribution
  6. 9. The practice of growing one crop species in a field at a time.
  7. 13. The regions of the surface and atmosphere of the earth or another planet occupied by living organisms.
  8. 14. The weather conditions prevailing in an area over a long period of time that relates to temperature and rainfall.
  9. 16. radiation Electromagnetic radiation emitted by the sun.
  10. 19. rotation Practice of growing several different crops in different times in order to distribute economic gain and avoid relying on one crop
  11. 21. flow A nutrient cycle is the movement and exchange of inorganic and organic matter back into the production of matter.
  12. 23. A measure of the amount of salt dissolved in water
  13. 28. Albedo is the fraction of light that a surface reflects.