5757336728 | Broad-spectrum pesticide | A pesticide that kills many different types of pest. | 0 | |
5757336729 | Bycatch | The unintentional catch of nontarget species while fishing. | 1 | |
5757336730 | CAFO | A large indoor or outdoor structure used to raise animals at very high densities. | 2 | |
5757336731 | Economies of scale | The observation that average costs of production fall as output increases. | 3 | |
5757336732 | Energy subsidy | The energy input per calorie of food produced. | 4 | |
5757336733 | Fishery | A commercially harvestable population of fish within a particular ecological region. | 5 | |
5757336734 | Fishery collapse | The decline of a fish population by 90 percent or more. | 6 | |
5757336735 | Green revolution | A shift in agricultural practices in the twentieth century that included new management techniques, mechanization, fertilization, irrigation, and improved crop varieties, and resulted in increased food output. | 7 | |
5757336736 | Herbicide | A pesticide that targets plant species that compete with crops. | 8 | |
5757336737 | Industrial agriculture | Agriculture that applies the techniques of mechanization and standardization. | 9 | |
5757336738 | Insecticide | A pesticide that targets species of insects and other invertebrates that consume crops. | 10 | |
5757336739 | Monocropping | An agricultural method that utilizes large plantings of a single species or variety. | 11 | |
5757336740 | Non-persistent pesticide | A pesticide that breaks down rapidly, usually in weeks or months. | 12 | |
5757336741 | Organic fertilizer | Fertilizer composed of organic matter from plants and animals. | 13 | |
5757336742 | Persistent pesticide | A pesticide that remains in the environment for a long time. | 14 | |
5757336743 | Pesticide | A substance, either natural or synthetic, that kills or controls organisms that people consider pests. | 15 | |
5757336744 | Pesticide resistance | A trait possessed by certain individuals that are exposed to a pesticide and survive. | 16 | |
5757336745 | Pesticide treadmill | A cycle of pesticide development, followed by pest resistance, followed by new pesticide development. | 17 | |
5757336746 | Selective pesticide | A pesticide that targets a narrow range of organisms. | 18 | |
5757336747 | Soil salinization | A form of soil degradation that occurs when the small amount of salts in irrigation water becomes highly concentrated on the soil surface through evaporation. | 19 | |
5757336748 | Synthetic fertilizer | Fertilizer produced commercially, normally with the use of fossil fuels. | 20 | |
5757336749 | Waterlogging | A form of soil degradation that occurs when soil remains under water for prolonged periods. | 21 |
APES Week 17a Vocabulary Flashcards
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