Agriculture Culture Systems
This is typically found in developed/industrialized nations and has large amounts of invested resources
What is Industrialized agriculture / High-input agriculture?
One type of crops vs. Many different types of crops.
What is Monoculture vs. Polyculture?
Options include Terracing and Strip cropping with cover crop.
What is Soil conservation strategies?
Class of chlorine-containing compounds that were mainly used in industrial & electrical applications (very stable).
What is Polychlorinated biphenyl (PCBs)?
Excess body fat from too many calories and too little exercise vs. deviation from balance vs. insufficient energy and nutrients to meet individual needs.
What is Overnutrition vs. malnutrition vs. undernutrition?
Considered low-input since not as many resources are invested and provides about 20% of world’s food crops.
What is Traditional subsistence agriculture?
First one increases crop yields in more developed countries (e.g. USA), while the second one increases crop yields in middle-income and developing countries (e.g. India, China, Brazil, etc.).
What is Green Revolution (first and second)?
The ability for a chemical to cycle around the environment for a long time.
What is Persistence?
Binds to estrogen receptors on cells and can cause similar cellular responses.
What is Bisphenol A (BPA)?
A disease that invades the body and multiplies.
(in order of types of ___) = Salmonella, Influenza, Plasmodium.
What is Bacterial, Viral, and Parasitic Pathogens
Crops grown without synthetic pesticides or fertilizers.
What is Organic agriculture?
Plants, animals, or microorganisms with DNA altered through genetic engineering to introduce desirable traits like pest resistance, herbicide tolerance, or improved nutrition.
What is Genetically modified organisms (crops and food)?
Looking at how dangerous something can be an determining whether it's worth it or not.
What is Risk Analysis?
Used to make a variety of repellant products (non-stick cookware, water-proof clothing, stain-proof furniture, etc (also an endocrine disruptor).
What is Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS)?
Chemicals that cause harm or birth defects to an embryo or fetus.
What is Teratogen?
Typically involves plant-eating species (carp, catfish, tilapia, etc.). Is also called fish farming.
What is Aquaculture / Fish farming?
Small amounts of selected chemical pesticides as a last resort.
What is I.P.M. – Integrated Pest Management?
Those introducing a new chemical or new technology need to follow new strategies. This includes that a new product is considered harmful until proven safe and that existing chemicals and technologies that appear to cause significant harm must be removed.
What is Precautionary Principle?
Considered hormonally active agents (HAA).
What is Endocrine disruptors (and mimics)
Chemicals or radiation that cause, or increase the frequency of, mutations.
What is Mutagen?
Industrial agricultural facilities that confine large numbers of animals.
What is C.A.F.O?
Pesticides borrowed from plants (one type).
Pesticides that are lab produced (another type).
What is First & Second generation pesticides?
A measure of the ability of a substance to cause injury, illness, or death.
What is Toxicity?
Chemicals, radiation, or viruses that cause, or promote, cancer.
What is Carcinogen?
Toxicity can be represented and analyzed/observed through this type of graph.
Also (because there isn't enough space in this Jeopardy), this is a dosage/concentration of a chemical that is required to kill 50% of test population, while the other term is a dosage/concentration required to produce a response in 50% of test population.
What is Dose-Response Curve?
What is LD50 and EC50?