Agriculture words

Animals having a common origin and distinguishing characteristics are a _____________.

• Species

• Breed

• Family

• Herd

Crops established for the purpose of adding organic matter to the soil. They are usually planted in the winter and plowed under in the spring.

• Cover crop

• Winter crop

• Extra crop

• Cash crop

A transportable resource product with commercial value.

• Export

• Import

• Futures

• Commodities

Shipment of commodities to foreign countries.

• Export

• Import

• Futures

• Commodities

A self-propelled or tractor-drawn machine that cuts, threshes, and cleans the standing crop while moving across the field.

• Tractor

• Plow

• Combine

• Thresher

A process by which the fat droplets from milk are emulsified and the cream does not separate.

• Fertilization

• Homoginization

• Fermentation

• Pasteurization

The process of killing microbes in milk by the use of heat.

• Ferilization

• Homoginization

• Fermentation

• Pasteurization

Growing plants using a water-based nutrient solution rather than soil.

• agronomy

• aquaculture

• hydroponics

• water farming

The growing of aquatic animals for human use.

• agronomy

• aquaculture

• hydroponics

• water farming

A device that controls the temperature and relative humidity for the hatching of eggs.

• Insulator

• Incubator

• Autoclave

• Warmer