Unit 4 Vocab

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Across
  1. 5. Began in the mid-1960s with the development of new strains of wheat and rice, the two main foods of the world
  2. 9. Crop grown for the purpose of sale
  3. 11. Society in which the production of food and other products is performed by machines, demanding large amounts of energy and resources
  4. 12. Society in which crops are grown and people have specialized roles
  5. 13. Science of the changing vital statistics in a human population
  6. 15. States that Earth functions like a single, living organism that regulates itself to maintain life
  7. 17. Society in which people gather natural food, hunt, and are nomadic
  8. 18. A.K.A. regenerative farming, based on crop rotation, reduced soil erosion, integrated pest management, and a minimal use of soil additives
  9. 19. Resource that cannot regenerate quickly
  10. 20. Resource that regenerates quickly
Down
  1. 1. Founded on the assumption that human society is separate from nature
  2. 2. Shift from harvesting wild food sources to producing food through the techniques of farming and herding
  3. 3. Commercial production of fish in a controlled, maintained environment
  4. 4. Large compound made of amino acids that provides the body with the construction materials for making blood, muscle, and other tissues
  5. 6. Eight amino acids that must be obtained from foods
  6. 7. Compound made up of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen in approximately a 1:2:1 ratio
  7. 8. Contains three long chains of fatty acids attached to a molecule of glycerol
  8. 10. Ethic that meets current global human needs without limiting the ability of future generations to meet their own needs
  9. 14. Lack of a specific type of nutrient in the diet
  10. 16. Identified bacteria and other microorganisms as the agents responsible for many diseases