What is the science or practice of farming, including cultivation of the soil for the growing of crops and the rearing of animals to provide food, wool, and other products?
What does it mean to create and maintain the conditions under which humans and nature can exist in productive harmony to support present and future generations?
What is the partitioning and cycling of chemical elements and compounds between the living and nonliving parts of an ecosystem?
What is known as all the different kinds of life you'll find in one area?
What do plants provide for all terrestrial animals for energy?
How do plants maintain the atmosphere?
Which of the following statements below describes the process of transpiration?
What is known as the process of plants use sunlight, water, and carbon dioxide to create oxygen and energy in the form of sugar?
What important process is oxygen necessary for all aerobic organisms?
What is known as the process of breaking down glucose with oxygen to produce carbon dioxide and water?
How do plants help maintain the ozone layer?
How do plants supply food to nearly all organisms?
A feeling of discomfort or weakness caused by a lack of food is known as
A suffering or death caused by a lack of food is known as
What is the lack of proper nutrition caused by not having enough to eat or eating the right enough of the right things?
A state or condition in which a person or community lacks the financial resources and essentials for a minimum standard of living is known as
The United Nations estimates that the world wastes how many pounds of food each year?
What is considered to be the number one cause of hunger worldwide?
What percent of fruits and vegetables never make it off the farm?
How much food produced in US is estimated to be wasted each year?
What type of resources are renewed continuously on a human scale?
Solar energy and wind every energy are examples of which type of resources?
Trees and sun are examples of what type of resources?
What type of resources can be depleted or degraded but over time can be replaced?
What type of resources exist only in limited quantities on earth?
Coal, soil and natural gas are examples of what type of resources?
Match the agricultural management practice with its description.
| Stavka koja se može prevući | arrow_right_alt | Odgovarajuća stavka |
|---|---|---|
contour plowing | arrow_right_alt | Planting crops directly into the residue of the previous year's crop. |
crop rotations | arrow_right_alt | Crops that are grown specifically to be plowed into the soil, adding both organic matter and nutrients in the process. They also prevent erosion by covering soil that would otherwise be left bare. |
No-till agriculture | arrow_right_alt | planting different crops back-to-back on the same plot of land to improve soil health, optimize nutrients in the soil, and combat pest and weeds. |
Green manures | arrow_right_alt | Plowing across hilly fields rather than up and down the slop of a hill which prevents water from running down the slope and taking the topsoil with it. |