APES Flashcards

5697351075	Undernourished	The condition in which not enough calories are ingested to maintain health	0
5697368861	Malnourished	Having a diet that lacks the correct balance of protein, carbohydrates, vitamins, and minerals	1
5697392527	Famine	The condition in which foods insecurity is so extreme that large numbers of death occur in a given area over a relatively short period	2
5697427377	Green Revolution	A shift in agriculture practices in the twentieth century that included new management techniques, mechanization, fertilization, irrigation, and improved crop varieties, and resulted in increased food output	3
5720280055	Waterlogging	A form of soil degradation that occurs when soil remains under water for prolonged periods	4
5720288301	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	5
5720293391	Monocropping	An agricultural method that utilizes large plantings of a single species or variety	6
5720298417	Pesticides	A substance, either natural or synthetic, that kills or controls organisms that people consider pests	7
5720301175	Bioaccumulation	An increased concentration of a chemical within an organism over time	8
5720305601	Nonpersistent Pesticide	A pesticide that breaks down rapidly, usually in weeks or months	9
5720310141	Resistant	The term used to describe the surviving individuals after exposure to a pesticide	10
5720314292	Desertification	The transformation of arable, productive land to desert or unproductive land due to climate change or destructive land use	11
5720319898	Nomadic Grazing	Feeding herds of animals by moving them to seasonally productive feeding grounds, often over long distances	12
5720326110	Intercropping	An agricultural method in which two or more crop species are planted in the same field at the same time to promote a synergistic interaction	13
5720329435	Annule Plant	A plant that lives only one season	14
5720332364	Perennial	A plant that lives for multiple years	15
5720336150	Soil	A mix of geologic and organic components that forms a dynamic membrane covering much of Earth's surface	16
5720347535	Soil Degredation	The loss of some or all of a soil's ability to support plant growth	17
5720351283	Erosion	The physical removal of rock fragments from a landscape or ecosystem	18
5720362901	Deposition	The accumulation of depositing of eroded material such as sediment, rock fragments, or soil	19
5720366207	Bycatch	The unintentional catch of nontarget species while fishing	20
5720369938	Contour Plowing	An agricultural technique in which plowing and harvesting are done parallel to the topographic contours of the land	21
5720382076	No-till Agriculture	An agricultural method in which farmers do not turn the soil between seasons, used as a means of reducing erosion	22
5720385996	Texture	The property of soil determined by relative proportions of sand, silt, and clay	23
5720390297	Parent Material	Rock underlying soil; the material from which the inorganic components of a soil are derived	24