Ecological Succession
This type of succession begins with only bare rock present
What is primary succession?
Name two things that were used more frequently as a result of the Green Revolution
What are mechanization, GMOs, irrigation, fertilizers, and pesticides?
This is what CAFO stands for
What is Concentrated Animal Feeding Operation?
This sustainable technique involves growing different crops season to season in a field
What is crop rotation?
This renewable resource, vital for farming, regenerates itself very very slowly
What is soil?
This type of species can colonize new areas rapidly and grows well in full sunshine
Name a benefit of Monocropping
What is high efficiency, high productivity, or high profitability?
In this method of animal raising, they eat grass in the wild
What is free-range grazing?
This sustainable technique involves planting rows of trees around a field
What are windbreaks?
This type of species gives an early warning of damage or danger to a community when they start dying in large numbers
What is an indicator species?
This type of succession begins with soil present, usually starting after a natural disaster
What is secondary succession?
Name a benefit of GMOs
What is drought resistance, pest resistance, larger crops, faster growing crops, or more profitability?
In this method of animal raising, they are often fed antibiotics with their food to combat disease
What are CAFOs?
These crops, once planted, grow back every year
What are perennials?
Layers of soil are called this
What are horizons?
Name an example of a pioneer species in primary succession
What is algae, moss, fungi, or lichen?
Name a drawback of Monocropping
What is increased soil erosion, increased vulnerability to pests, or decreased genetic diversity?
This is where animal waste is held on a CAFO
What is a manure lagoon?
This ground up substance can be added to soil in order to neutralize it, allowing for crops to grow better
What is limestone?
Name a drawback to free range grazing
What is surface water pollution, erosion, overgrazing, desertification, or cost of large areas of land?
This is the name of a stable group of plants and animals that is the "end" result of succession
What is a climax community?
Name a drawback of GMOs
What is reduction of native plant diversity, vulnerability to diseases and pests, or high costs to implement?
When animals are kept in the same field for too long and eat most/all of the plant life, this process has occurred
What is overgrazing?
This sustainable technique allows farmers to grow food on a hillside and better control erosion and surface water flow
What is terracing?
This type of earth has the highest quantity of plant nutrients, and is very important for farmers to preserve
What is topsoil?