Key Terms
What is the science of growing crops and raising animals to meet human needs?
Agriculture
What type of farming is conducted on a small area of land, producing enough for a family’s needs?
Subsistence farming
What tool helps people make healthy eating choices?
MyPlate
Products bought from another nation are called what?
Imports
Which type of farming involves large-scale operations and mechanization?
a) Intensive
b) Market gardening
c) Slash-and-burn
d) Subsistence
a) Intensive
What term describes all the nonfarm work in the agriculture industry?
Agribusines
What type of farming is conducted on a large commercial scale with high inputs and mechanization?
Intensive farming
What macromolecules provide short-term and mid-term energy storage?
Carbohydrates
Goods sold to another nation are called what?
Exports
Which agribusiness area transforms agricultural products into forms people want?
a) Germination
b) Marketing and processing
c) Production
d) Supplies and services
b) Marketing and processing
What is the use of land and other resources to grow crops and raise animals?
Farming
What is the cultivation of garden plants?
Horticulture
What oily compounds are insoluble in water and provide energy for the body?
Fats
What is the buying and selling of commodities by two or more nations?
International trade
What is the art and science of studying and managing forests?
a) Floriculture
b) Forestry
c) Horticulture
d) Nursery management
b) Forestry
What term refers to management practices that protect the soil?
Soil conservation
What area of horticulture involves growing vegetables?
Olericulture
What are organic compounds used by the body to carry out specific functions?
Vitamins
What term describes a person’s well-being dependent on adequate food, clothing, and shelter?
Quality of life
Which horticulture area deals with fruits and nuts?
a) Floriculture
b) Landscape horticulture
c) Olericulture
d) Pomology
d) Pomology
What is the responsibility to manage natural resources in ways that ensure sustainability for current and future generations?
Stewardship
What area of horticulture involves growing fruits and nuts?
Pomology
What are inorganic elements needed for the body to function properly?
Minerals
To ______ is to add certain B vitamins and iron back into a grain after processing.
Enrich
What are proteins?
a) Macromolecules made of amino acids
b) Macromolecules containing carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen
c) Oily compounds
d) Organic compounds used by the body
a) Macromolecules made of amino acids