AMSCO Unit 5 Agriculture Terms

agriculture

• the purposeful tending of crops and livestock in order to produce food and fiber

• Agriculture undertaken primarily to generate products for sale off the farm.

• level of farming in which a person raises only enough food to feed his or her family

• altering the behaviors, size and genetics of plants to benefit humans

commercial agriculture

• the purposeful tending of crops and livestock in order to produce food and fiber

• Agriculture undertaken primarily to generate products for sale off the farm.

• level of farming in which a person raises only enough food to feed his or her family

• altering the behaviors, size and genetics of plants to benefit humans

subsistence agriculture

• the purposeful tending of crops and livestock in order to produce food and fiber

• Agriculture undertaken primarily to generate products for sale off the farm.

• level of farming in which a person raises only enough food to feed his or her family

• altering the behaviors, size and genetics of plants to benefit humans

plant domestication

• the purposeful tending of crops and livestock in order to produce food and fiber

• Agriculture undertaken primarily to generate products for sale off the farm.

• level of farming in which a person raises only enough food to feed his or her family

• altering the behaviors, size and genetics of plants to benefit humans

animal domestication

• altering the behaviors, size and genetics of animals to benefit humans

• The period roughly 10,000 years ago during which humans first began domesticating crops and animals

• cutting of "steps" into the mountains that allowed for more agriculture

• a system that supplies dry land with water through ditches, pipes, or streams

First Agricultural Revolution

• altering the behaviors, size and genetics of animals to benefit humans

• The period roughly 10,000 years ago during which humans first began domesticating crops and animals

• cutting of "steps" into the mountains that allowed for more agriculture

• a system that supplies dry land with water through ditches, pipes, or streams

terrace farming

• altering the behaviors, size and genetics of animals to benefit humans

• The period roughly 10,000 years ago during which humans first began domesticating crops and animals

• cutting of "steps" into the mountains that allowed for more agriculture

• a system that supplies dry land with water through ditches, pipes, or streams

irrigation

• altering the behaviors, size and genetics of animals to benefit humans

• The period roughly 10,000 years ago during which humans first began domesticating crops and animals

• cutting of "steps" into the mountains that allowed for more agriculture

• a system that supplies dry land with water through ditches, pipes, or streams

carrying capacity

• the largest population that an environment can support at any given time

• a farming technique in which trees are cut down and burned to clear and fertilize the land

• Land that is prepared for agriculture by using the slash-and-burn method.

• the loss or destruction of forests, mainly for logging or farming

slash-and-burn

• the largest population that an environment can support at any given time

• a farming technique in which trees are cut down and burned to clear and fertilize the land

• Land that is prepared for agriculture by using the slash-and-burn method.

• the loss or destruction of forests, mainly for logging or farming