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Agriculture Vocab

Subjects : science, agriculture
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1. A form of commercial agriculture in which livestock graze over an extensive area






2. 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






3. System of planting crops on ridge tops - in order to reduce farm production costs and promote greater soil conservation






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






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






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






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






8. The area surrounding a city from which milk is supplied






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






10. The growing of fruits - vegetables - and flowers






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






12. 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






13. An agricultural economy found in communist nations in which the government controls both agricultural production and distribution






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






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






16. Crops not grown for sustenance to include tea - cacao - coffee - and tobacco






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






18. 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






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






20. Another name for shifting cultivation - so named because fields are cleared by slashing the vegetation and burning the debris






21. Process that occurs when soils in arid areas are brought under cultivation through irrigation. In arid climates - water evaporates quickly off the ground surface - leaving salty residues that render the soil infertile






22. 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






23. 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






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






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






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






27. A grass yielding grain for food






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






29. The most productive farmland






30. Harvesting twice a year from the same field






31. Agricultural hearth






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






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






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






35. 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






36. Any kind of agricultural activity that involves effective and efficient use of labor on small plots of land to maximize crop yield






37. Crops produced without the use of synthetic or industrially produced pesticides or fertilizers






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. To beat out grain from stalks by trampling it






40. A machine that cuts grain standing in the field






41. Type of specialized farming occuring only in the areas where the dry-summer Mediterranean climate prevails along the shores of the Mediterranean sea






42. Husks of grain separated from the seed by threshing






43. An agricultural model that spatially describes agricultural activities in terms of rent. Activities that require intensive cultivation and cannot be transported over great distances pay higher rent to be close to the market. Conversely - activities t






44. The outer covering of a seed






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






46. 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






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






48. Seed of a cereal grain






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






50. 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.