APES Unit 3 Vocab

intensive farming practices involving mechanization and mass production, machinery and fertilizer

• Low Input Agriculture

• Industrialized Agriculture

• Agroforestry

• Overcultivation

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

An agricultural technique in which trees and vegetables are intercropped

• Agroforestry

• Intercropping

• Terracing

• Crop Rotation

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

Complex form of intercropping in which a large number of different plants maturing at different times are planted together.

• Monoculture

• Polyculture

• Crop Rotation

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

situation in which people acting individually and in their own interest use up commonly available but limited resources, creating disaster for the entire community

• Integrated Pest Management

• Deforestation

• Tragedy of the Commons

• Desertification

Producing enough of a crop to support a population and sustain the soil and environment

• Tragedy of the Commons

• Sustainable Yield

• Polyculture

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NGSS.MS-LS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Involves a Cultural/Physical Control, Biological Control, and lastly a Chemical Control to slow down the infestation of a pest population

• Tragedy of the Commons

• Sustainable Yield

• Integrated Pest Management

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

Water percolates through the soil absorbing salts, nutrients, and minerals

• Infiltration

• Illuviation

• Loam

• Tragedy of the Commons

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Examples include composting, cow manure, grass clippings

• Inorganic Fertilizer

• Organic Fertilizer

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NGSS.MS-LS2-5

Fertilizer that includes a precise combination of nitrogen phosphorus and potassium

• Inorganic Fertilizer

• Organic Fertilizer

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

Accumulation of salts in soil that can eventually make the soil unable to support plant growth, can occur through the meeting of fresh and salt water

• Illuvation

• Salinization

• Saltwater Intrusion

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NGSS.MS-LS1-5