Irrigation Methods
Which irrigation method delivers water straight to plant roots using tubes, reducing water waste?
What is drip irrigation?
This type of farming grows food without using man-made chemicals like synthetic pesticides.
What is organic farming?
This method uses helpful insects like ladybugs to eat harmful pests.
What is biological control?
This word describes the growth of cities as more people move into them.
What is urbanization?
What is the method that removes all trees in a designated area to maximize timber harvest efficiency?
What is clearcutting?
Which method sprays water into the air over crops, but it can lose water due to evaporation and wind drift?
What is spray irrigation?
Farmers use this method when they plant different crops each year to keep the soil healthy.
What is crop rotation?
This method uses sprays or chemicals to kill bugs that harm crops.
What is chemical pest control (or pesticides)?
This happens when people move from rural areas to cities for jobs and opportunities.
What is migration (or rural-to-urban migration)?
Why does deforestation worsen climate change?
What is carbon emissions from trees?
This traditional method floods entire fields with water but can waste a lot.
What is flood irrigation?
This practice uses natural materials like food scraps and leaves to enrich the soil.
What is composting?
This method includes things like pulling weeds by hand or using nets to keep pests away.
What is physical (or mechanical) pest control?
This term describes cities spreading outward into surrounding land, often leading to more traffic and pollution.
What is urban sprawl?
What is the method of cutting down and burning vegetation to return nutrients to soil?
What is slash and burn?
This environmental issue occurs when irrigation water evaporates and leaves behind salts in the soil.
What is salinization?
This farming method helps protect soil by not digging or turning it too much.
What is No-till farming?
This approach combines different pest control methods to protect crops while limiting harm to the environment.
What is integrated pest management (IPM)?
This problem in cities occurs when there are too many people and not enough housing or resources.
What is overcrowding?
Similar to deforestation, what is the name when grasslands turn to sand and are incapable of holding water any longer?
What is desertification?
Which irrigation method uses gravity to move water through trenches between rows, making it less efficient than drip systems?
What is furrow irrigation?
This idea means taking care of the land so it can keep producing food in the future.
What is sustainability?
This method uses scents to confuse insects so they can’t find mates and reproduce.
What is pheromone control (or mating disruption)?
This type of development focuses on building cities in ways that are environmentally friendly and efficient for the future.
What is sustainable urban development?
What is the method of mixing and breaking up soil to make planting easier?
What is tilling?