APES Week 17b Vocabulary Flashcards
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| 5757560217 | Shifting agriculture | An agricultural method in which land is cleared and used for a few years until the soil is depleted of nutrients. | 0 | |
| 5757560218 | Desertification | The transformation of arable, productive land to desert or unproductive land due to climate change or destructive land use. | 1 | |
| 5757560219 | Nomadic Grazing | The feeding of herds of animals by moving them to seasonally productive feeding grounds, often over long distances. | 2 | |
| 5757560220 | Sustainable agriculture | Agriculture that fulfills the need for food and fiber while enhancing the quality of the soil, minimizing the use of nonrenewable resources, and allowing economic viability for the farmer. | 3 | |
| 5757560221 | 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. | 4 | |
| 5757560222 | Crop rotation | An agricultural technique in which crop species in a field are alternated from season to season. | 5 | |
| 5757560223 | Agroforestry | An agricultural technique in which trees and vegetables are intercropped | 6 | |
| 5757560224 | Contour plowing | An agricultural technique in which plowing and harvesting are done parallel to the topographic contours of the land. | 7 | |
| 5757560225 | Perennial plant | A plant that lives for multiple years. | 8 | |
| 5757560226 | Annual plant | A plant that lives only one season. | 9 | |
| 5757560227 | No-till agriculture | An agricultural method in which farmers do not turn the soil between seasons, used as a means of reducing erosion. | 10 | |
| 5757560228 | Integrated Pest Management | An agricultural practice that uses a variety of techniques designed to minimize pesticide inputs. | 11 | |
| 5757560229 | Organic agriculture | Production of crops with the goal of improving the soil each year without the use of synthetic pesticides or fertilizers. | 12 | |
| 5757560230 | Individual Transferable Quotas | A fishery management program in which individual fishers are given a total allowable catch of fish in a season that they can either catch or sell. | 13 | |
| 5757560231 | Aquaculture | Farming aquatic organisms such as fish, shellfish, and seaweeds. | 14 |