Sustainable Agriculture
This type of farming avoids chemicals and uses natural methods.
What is organic farming?
Aquaculture is the farming of these water animals.
What are fish?
Forestry is the science of taking care of these.
What are trees?
The “commons” is a resource that everyone can use, like air or water.
What is a shared resource?
Energy that comes from sources that won’t run out, like the sun or wind.
What is renewable energy?
Planting different crops in a pattern to protect soil.
What is crop rotation?
These ocean plants are grown on underwater ropes.
What is seaweed?
Planting new trees after cutting old ones.
What is reforestation?
The “tragedy” happens when people use too much of a shared resource because they think this.
What is “my small use won’t hurt anything”?
This bright star in the sky provides solar energy.
What is the sun?
A natural fertilizer made from food scraps and plants.
What is compost?
Aquaculture farms often raise fish in these outdoor water areas.
What are ponds?
Forests help clean this gas from the air.
What is carbon dioxide?
A real-life example of the tragedy of the commons is when too many people catch these from the ocean.
What are fish?
These tall machines use wind to make electricity.
What are wind turbines?
Growing food in cities using rooftops or small spaces.
What is urban farming?
Raising fish and plants together in one system.
What is aquaponics?
A forest with many different kinds of plants and animals.
What is a biodiverse forest?
One way to prevent the tragedy of the commons is for people to make and follow these.
What are rules or agreements?
Energy made from moving water, like rivers or dams.
What is hydroelectric power?
Farming that protects the environment for future generations.
What is sustainable agriculture?
Aquaculture helps reduce pressure on these natural areas.
What are wild fisheries?
People who study and manage forests are called this.
What are foresters?
The tragedy of the commons happens because people act in their own interest instead of this.
What is the common good?
Renewable energy helps reduce this type of pollution that warms the planet.
What are greenhouse gases?