Agricultural Practices
The amount of crop produced in a given area is called
What is yield?
Soil, fresh water, wild animals and timber are all examples of
What are renewable resources
An area of land that is mostly developed with buildings and roads
What is urban?
This is NOT a common way that solid waste is handled in the US
What is to reuse?
Making sure we don't take too much of a resource so that resource isn't completely destroyed
What is resource management?
Land suitable for farming
What is arable land?
Bad farming practices and drought caused massive erosion of farm land in the US in the 1930s.
What is the Dust Bowl?
"Country"
What is rural?
An example of poultry livestock:
What is chicken or turkey?
The amount of land needed for a person to live the way that they do
What is ecological footprint?
Traditional agriculture may use all of the following EXCEPT:
What is Fossil Fuels?
Approximately how much of our trash ends up in a landfill in the USA?
What is 55%?
Towns that surround cities
What is the suburbs?
Which of these IS NOT a part of a well designed landfill?
What is bottom filter allows water through to aquafir?
An ecological value of forests
What is to prevent soil erosion?
Large-scale planting of a single crop
What is monocropping?
Most cities are built near here
What is near a water source?
The shift of people from the countryside to a city is called:
What is Urbanization?
GMO stands for
What is Genetically Modified Organisms?
This is how much more waste do Americans produce compared to other developed nations
What is twice as much?
Planting different crops every season is called
Name the three types of soil and list from smallest to largest
What are clay, silt and sand?
As populations grow, space becomes limited so the city has to expand. This process is called
What is urban sprawl?
Man-made
What is artificial?
Forests cover about ___ of Earth's land surface
What is 30%?