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WorksheetsVegetable Industry #1C: Crops
Total questions: 22
Worksheet time: 11mins
Crops that livestock either feed on in the fields as forage or eat cut, dried, and stored.
What type of forage is cut and dried until it contains low moisture for longterm storage?
(Forage is what herbivores graze on.)
strawberries
Any grass cultivated for the edible components of its grain, composed of the endosperm, germ, and bran. Examples include corn, wheat, oats, barley, rice, rye...
*If a farmer planted corn on even years and soybeans on odd years, what conservation practice is she using?
The process of cultivating a single crop species for a lengthy period of time on a farm or in an agricultural area.
As a result, there is less biodiversity, which raises the risk of disease and insect outbreaks, degrades the soil, and lowers soil fertility.
A polyculture practice where two or more crops are grown simultaneously on the same land, aiming to maximize resource utilization and potentially increase yields or diversify harvests.
One crop, for instance legumes, might add soil nutrients for the other crop.
Planting method in which farmers disturb surface topsoil and vegetation as little as possible.
A seed drill is used with minimal tilling just for planting cover crops or intercropping.
Conservation tillage (low till farming)
Type of farming in which the soil is not disturbed at all, a seed drill is used, and the natural groundcover is used as the cover crop.
A farming practice where crops are grown "on the level" across or perpendicular to a slope rather than up and down the slope.
What is terracing?
asking one girl to the prom, then retracting the invitation and inviting another
putting down bricks to make a patio
planting on the sides of hills
a type of art where there are multiple layers of detail
The process of adapting wild plants and animals for human use.
Humans assume complete control of an animal's and/or plant's lifecycle.
