5567204525 | Agribusiness | The system of farming found in developed countries, comercial agriculture that works with the food processing industry. | 0 | |
5567204526 | Agricultural Revolution | The time when human beings first domesticated plants and animals and no longer relied entirely on hunting and gathering. | 1 | |
5567204527 | Aquaculture (aqua farming) | The cultivation of seafood under controlled conditions. | 2 | |
5567204528 | Cereal grain | A grass that yields grain for food. | 3 | |
5567204529 | Commercial agriculture | The production of food primarily for sail off the farm (found in developed countries) | 4 | |
5567204530 | Crop | Any plant gathered from a field as harvest during a particular season | 5 | |
5567204531 | Crop rotation | The practice of rotating use of different fields from crop to crop each year to avoid exhausting the soil. | 6 | |
5567204532 | Dairy farm | A farm which specializes in the production of milk and other dairy products. | 7 | |
5567204533 | Desertification | The degradation of land (especially in semi arid areas), usually because of excessive crop planting, animal grazing, and tree cutting. | 8 | |
5567204534 | Dietary Energy Consumption | The amount of food that an individual consumes, measured in kilocalories (US: calories) | 9 | |
5567204535 | Double cropping | Harvesting twice a year from the same field | 10 | |
5567204536 | Fishing | Catching wild fish and other seafood living in the waters | 11 | |
5567204537 | Food security | Physical, social, and economic access at all times to safe and nutritious food sufficient to meet dietary needs and food preferences for an active and healthy life. | 12 | |
5567204538 | Genetically modified organism (GMO) | A living organism that posses a combination of genetic material obtained through the use of biotechnology | 13 | |
5567227293 | Grain | The seed of a cereal grass | 14 | |
5567227294 | Green revolution | Rapid diffusion of new agricultural technology, especially advanced seeds and fertilizers. | 15 | |
5567227295 | Horticulture | The growing of fruits, vegetables, and flowers | 16 | |
5633235873 | Intensive substance agriculture | A form of subsistence agriculture in which farmers must put a large amount of effort into producing the maximum feasible yield from a parcel of land. | 17 | |
5633235874 | Milkshed | The area surrounding the city where milk is supplied. | 18 | |
5633235875 | Mixed crop and livestock farming | Mixed crop and livestock farming characterized by integration of crops and livestock; most of the crops are fed to animals rather than consumed directly by humans | 19 | |
5633235876 | No tillage | A farming practice that leaves all of the soil undisturbed and all the residue from the previous year's harvest left untouched on the fields. | 20 | |
5633235877 | Overfishing | Capturing fish faster than they can reproduce | 21 | |
5633235878 | Paddy | The Malay word for wet rice, used to describe a flooded field | 22 | |
5633235879 | Pastoral nomadism | A form of subsistence agriculture based on herding domesticated animals. | 23 | |
5633235880 | Plantation | 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 | 24 | |
5633235881 | Prime agricultural land | The most productive farmland | 25 |
Chapter 9: AP Vocabulary Flashcards
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