Environmental Science and Agriculture Vocabulary

__________ is the study of how the natural world works, how our environment affects us, and how we affect our environment.

• Environmental Science

• Political Science

• Economics

• Sociology

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

__________ refers to inventions, innovation, and progress that describes a period of time in advancements of technology, travel, and communications that transforms everyday life.

• Industrial Revolution

• Stone Age

• Middle Ages

• Renaissance

__________ is farming plants and livestock for human use. Farms utilize land and water to maintain the plants and livestock that they are growing.

• Agriculture

• Mining

• Manufacturing

• Forestry

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

The practice of cultivating a single crop species or tree variety in a specific area, leading to a lack of genetic diversity within the plantation, is called __________.

• Monoculture

• Polyculture

• Agroforestry

• Crop rotation

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NGSS.MS-LS3-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

The desire for more and better food for the world’s growing population, and the introduction of new technology crop varieties and farming practices that drastically increased food production in the developing world, is known as the __________.

• Green Revolution

• Industrial Revolution

• Digital Revolution

• Cultural Revolution

A process that uses laboratory-based technologies to alter the DNA makeup of an organism is called __________.

• Genetically Engineering

• Photosynthesis

• Fermentation

• Osmosis

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NGSS.MS-LS4-5

Genetically modified organisms, which are different plants that have been modified to improve nutrition, be resistant to pests, be drought resistant, and much more, are called __________.

• GMO

• Organic plants

• Hybrid seeds

• Natural crops

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NGSS.MS-LS4-5

The use of land to raise livestock, which can contribute to air and water pollution, is called __________.

• Ranching

• Mining

• Forestry

• Urbanization

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

The sustainable utilization and protection of natural resources to maintain ecosystem services and support human life is called __________.

• Resource management

• Deforestation

• Urbanization

• Pollution

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

The management method with the goal of producing the largest harvest possible without decreasing future harvests is called __________.

• Maximum sustainable yield

• Clear-cutting

• Selective breeding

• Overexploitation

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4