Types of Agriculture
Grown in urban areas and communities
What is Urban Farming?
What is Genetic Engineering?
Any plant or animal deemed unwanted in an area
What is a Pest?
Recommened to drink every day, 90% goes to agriculture use
What is Water?
Cause by only eating one food or not eating enough
What is Malnutrition?
Multiple crops are grown in one field
What is Multicropping?
Variety of crops created by breeding them together for increased yields
What is a Hybrid?
Used to kill unwanted animals in farms or cultivated areas
What are Pesticides?
Wheat, corn, and rice, typically ends in -ose
What is a Carbohydrate?
Not having enough food to support a population's needs
What is Underproduction?
Crops are not genetically modified and are more natural
What is Organic Farming?
The reason farm animals grow fatter faster
What is Animal Modification?
Used on to kill unwanted plants on farms and cultivated areas
What are Herbicides?
What are Lipids?
Needed if we want to sustain the environment and have enough food for everyone
What is Moderation?
Useful for growing fish, shellfish, and aquatic plants
What is (an) Aquaculture?
Plants that have been modified genetically for easier farming
What are GMOs (Genetically Modified Organisms)?
Could effect unplanned animals or plants, stays in the environment for extended periods, can lead to stronger genetic mutations that require more, etc
What are Cons of Pesitcides?
The amount of energy needed to raise 1kg of water by 1 degree of Celsius
What is a Calorie?
Comes from a vitamin E deficiency and from not eating greens and fruit
What is scurvy?
Plants are grown out of the soil using an air pump and water to grow
What is Hydropnoic Farming?
The increase of agriculture's success and ability to keep up with population growth
What is the 'Green Revolution'?
Gets rid of unwanted species, helps crops grow without natural predators/harm, etc
What are Pros of Pesticides?
Animal products, plants, amino acids
What are Protiens?
Long term effects haven't been studied and documented, less nutrition, risky for producers, etc
What are Concerns about GMOS?