Chapter 9: AP Vocabulary Flashcards

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