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Agriculture Vocab

Subjects : science, agriculture
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1. The use of genetically engineered crops in agricutlure and DNA manipulation in livestock in order to increase production. Example: radiation of meats and vegetables to prolong their freshness






2. Farming methods that preserve long-term productivity of land and minimize pollution - typically by rotating soil-restoring crops with cash crops and reducing inputs of fertilizer and pesticides






3. Type of agriculture that requires large levels of manual labor to be successful






4. Agriculture designed primarily to provide food for direct consumption by the farmer and the farmer's family






5. Malay word for wet rice - commonly but incorrectly used to describe a sawah






6. Degradation of land - especially in semiarid areas - primarily because of human actions like excessive crop platning - animal grazing - and tree cutting






7. Each town or market is surrounded by a cet of more-or-less concentric rings within which particular commodities or crops dominated.






8. A form of subsistence agriculture based on herding domesticated animals






9. A machine that reaps - threshes - and cleans grain while moving over a field






10. The process where plants are artificially selected and become accustomed to human provision and control.






11. When cash crops are grown on large estates






12. Wheat planted in the spring and harvested in the late summer






13. A large farm in tropical and subtropical climates that specializes in the production of one or two crops for sale - usually to a more developed country






14. Also Neolithic Revolution. The period of time about 12 -000 years ago when the humans transitioned from hunting and gathering communities to agriculture and settlement bands due to the use of plant and animal domestication.






15. Places where livestock are concentrated in a very small area and raised on hormones and hearty grains that prepare them for slaughter at a much more rapid rate






16. Commercial agriculture combined with characterized by integration of different steps in the food-processing industry - usually through ownership by large corporations






17. Agriculture undertaken primarily to generate products for sale off the farm






18. Form of agriculture that uses mechanical goods such as machinery - tools - vehicles - and facilities to produce large amounts of agricultural goods - a process requiring very little human labor






19. An agricultural activity associated with the raising of domesticated animals - such as cattle - horses - sheep - and goats






20. The seasonal migration of livestock between mountains and lowland pastures






21. Loss of the top fertile layer of soil is lost through erosion. It is a tremendous problem in areas with fragile soils - steep slopes - or torrential seasonal rains






22. A form of subsistence agriculture in which people shift activity from one field to another; each field is used for crops for a relatively few years and left fallow for a relatively long period






23. A grass yielding grain for food






24. The technique of separating metals from ores.






25. A flooded field for growing rice






26. A type of agricultural activity based on nomadic animal husbandry or the raising of livestock to provide food - clothing - and shelter






27. An agricultural system characterized by low inputs of labor per unit land area






28. To beat out grain from stalks by trampling it






29. The most productive farmland






30. In agriculture - the replacement of human labor with technology or machines






31. The growing of fruits - vegetables - and flowers






32. To remove chaff by allowing it to be blown away by the wind






33. The process where animals are artificially selected and become accustomed to human provision and control.






34. Rapid diffusion of new agricultural technology - especially new high-yield seeds and fertilizers






35. Wheat planted in the fall and harvested in the early summer






36. Commercial gardening and fruit farming - so named because truck was a Middle English word meaning bartering or the exchange of commodities






37. The practice of rotating use of different fields from crop to crop each year - to avoid exhausting the soil.






38. A form of subsistence agriculture in which farmers must expend a relatively large amount of effort to produce the maximum feasible yield from a parcel of land






39. Grass or other plants grown for feeding grazing animals - as well as land used for grazing






40. A form of commercial agriculture in which livestock graze over an extensive area






41. Reproduction of plants through annual introduction of seeds - which result from sexual fertilization






42. Foods that are mostly products of organisms that have had their genes altered in a laboratory for specific purposes - such as disease resistance - increased productivity - or nutritional value allowing growers greater control - predictability - and e






43. The period of time approximately 250 years after the start of the Second Agricultural Revolution continuing into the present - with three distinctive features. The lines distinguishing agriculture as primary - secondary - and tertiary activities are






44. The rapid economic changes that occurred in agriculture and manufacturing in England in the late 18th century and that rapidly spread to other parts of the developed world






45. Agricultural hearth






46. Seed of a cereal grain






47. The deliberate modification of Earth's surface through the cultivation of plants and the rearing of animals to obtain sustenance or economic gain






48. The process of urban areas expanding outwards - usually in the form of suburbs - and developing over fertile agricultural land






49. Chemicals used on plants that do not harm the plants - but kill pests and have negative repercussions on other species who ingest the chemicals






50. A machine that cuts grain standing in the field