Unit 3 Population & Agricultures practices

Agriculture is...

• the science or practice of farming to provide food and other products for consumers. 
• The practice of designing clothing for people in big cities. 
• The practice of designing buildings. 
• The practice of hunting for food and sustenance. 

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Localizing food production through urban farming provides...

• aesthetic, health, environmental,and economic benefits.
• families with things to do.
• children with an abundance of chores.
• students with an opportunity to go to college. 

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What has become more popular in response to using pesticides for farming?

• slash-and-burn

• crop rotation

• shifting cultivation

• organic farming

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The Agricultural Revolution that contributed to fast-growing crops was known as

• GMO Revolution

• Seed Agricultural Revolution

• Green Revolution

• Industrial Revolution

Overfarming land areas and over-using the soil has contributed to which problem?

• Desertification

• Soil loss

• Acid rain

• Famine

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Raising fish in a controlled environment is also known as

• Marine agriculture

• Aquaculture

• Oceanic agriculture

• Subsistence agriculture

Large-scale farming, mostly in MDCs, focused on raising one type of crop or animal to sell for profit.

• subsistence agriculture

• pastoral nomadism

• double cropping

• commercial agriculture

Genetically modified organisms; use of engineering techniques to change the DNA of a seed.

• hybridization

• GMO

• cloning

• double cropping

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Agricultural practices that preserve and enhance environmental quality

• nonrenewable

• sustainable

• hybridization

• GMO

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Which of the following chemicals is used by farmers to protect their crops from pests?

• Pesticides

• Fertilisers

• Weedicides

• Artificial Manure