Ch. 9A
Name the two methods early humans used to obtain food?
Hunting & Gathering
Raising only one crop or one species of plant?
Monoculture Farming
This is typically inserted into genetically modified to keep them from reproducing?
Terminator Gene
Growing fish, shellfish, or plants in artificial water ecosystems?
x2
Aquaculture
What is pharming and give one example?
Using genetically modified organism to produce
medicines
Who developed nitrogen fertilizer?
Fritz Haber
An organism in which genes from another organism have been transplanted?
Transgenic Organism
What does USDA stand for?
US Department of Agriculture
The factor in cells that carries heredity?
Gene
What is a bio factory?
x2
Plants, animals, and microbes that convert food and water into medicine
Where do farms get there water from during dry periods? (excluding rain)
x2
During dry periods water is pumped from these canals, ponds, and other sources to the crops
A combination of gasoline and alcohol made from crop and corn waste?
Gasohol
What is a transgenic organism?
An organism into which genes from another organism have been transplanted
Using genetically modified organism to produce medicines?
Pharming
Name the three types of ecosystems discussed in this chapter?
Hydroponics
Aquaculture
Agroforestry
List one positive and negative effect of fertilizer?
The positive effect of fertilizer made it possible to grow plentiful crops year after year on the same fields without rotating them
The negative effect of fertilizer is the runoff into lakes and oceans has affected wildlife and increased the growth of algae
Growing plants in nutrient solutions without soil?
Hydroponics
In all processed foods about what percent of genetically engineered material can be found?
x2
60%
Using bacteria and other organism to clean up contaminated land and water?
Bioremediation
How much of the earth's surface is suitable for farming?
6%
How have tractors become part of the Information Age?
Robotic control systems
Guidance information comes from GPS
Computers monitor crop quality & planting efficiency
Making chemicals using biological processes?
Biosynthesis
Name something that is a byproduct of improving plants genetically?
x2
Crops that need less water,
Grow in salty soil,
Immune to certain diseases,
Kill pests,
Grow and ripen faster,
Stay fresh longer after harvesting.
Turning forests into controlled environments dedicated to the replacement of trees?
Agroforestry
Name the three methods associated with bio remediation and how they work?
Ordinary microbes work in landfills to break down garbage
Engineered microbes are being used to clean up oil from oil spills
Special microbes are being used to remove dangerous materials from toxic wastes