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Sustainable Agriculture Fundamentals
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Sustainable Agriculture Fundamentals
Sustainable Agriculture Fundamentals
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What does agriculture encompass beyond producing food and fiber?
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Agriculture is the broad industry engaged in producing plants and animals for food and fiber, providing agricultural supplies and services, and processing, marketing, and distributing agricultural products.
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What does sustainability require from present-day development?
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Sustainability means meeting the economic, social, and environmental needs of the present without compromising the needs of the future.
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What is the purpose of a sustainable agricultural practice?
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A sustainable practice uses best farming practices to grow the most food and fiber on the land for long-term economic, social, and environmental success.
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How does diversified agriculture differ from specialization?
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Diversified agriculture grows a variety of crops or animals, or both, on one farm instead of specializing in a single plant or animal variety.
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How does a limiting factor affect community success?
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A community is only as successful as its least developed social, economic, or environmental factor, so the weakest factor must continually be improved.
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What is an agriculturist?
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An agriculturist is a person engaged in producing food and/or fiber, including agricultural teachers, farm editors, researchers, and other ancillary workers.
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What does the term area mean?
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Area is any particular extent of space or surface.
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What does it mean to consume something?
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To consume means to use or use up something.
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What are crops in agricultural production?
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Crops are plants grown by farmers, such as wheat, barley, peas, corn, and canola.
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What does cross-bred describe in plants or animals?
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Cross-bred describes plants or animals produced by cross-breeding two genetically different varieties or species.
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What does economic mean in an agricultural context?
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Economic relates to the process or system by which goods and services are produced, sold, and bought. It is associated with profits, jobs, incomes, and community.
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What makes a process or practice efficient?
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Efficiency is the ability to achieve desired results without wasting materials, time, or energy.
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What does environment refer to in agricultural discussions?
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The environment is the natural world, associated with soil health, habitats, water, and greenhouse gas emissions.
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What does it mean for a seed, spore, or bulb to germinate?
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To germinate means to develop into a plant from a seed, spore, or bulb.
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What is an heirloom plant variety?
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An heirloom plant variety is an old plant variety that is being cultivated again.
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How does a hunter-gatherer group obtain subsistence?
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A hunter-gatherer group subsists by hunting, fishing, or foraging in the wild.
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What is a hybrid in agricultural production?
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A hybrid is a plant or animal produced by the cross-breeding of two genetically different varieties or species.
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What does population mean in a geographic context?
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Population is the total number of persons inhabiting a country, city, district, or area.
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What is the purpose of keeping records?
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Records are written materials used to preserve evidence.
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What does the ripple effect describe?
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A ripple effect consists of continuing and spreading results of an event or action.
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What are seed varieties?
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Seed varieties are different types of the same species of seeds that can be planted to grow crops more successfully in different climates.
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What does social refer to in community development?
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Social relates to people or society in general and the welfare of human beings as members of society, including food, education, health, and infrastructure.
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How are plant and animal species identified scientifically?
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Each kind of plant or animal can be identified by its genus and species, using Latin names. For example, corn has the generic name Zea and species name mays; a dog has the genus Canis and species name familiaris.
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What does survival mean under difficult conditions?
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Survival is the act or fact of surviving, especially under adverse or unusual circumstances.
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What defines a vegetable?
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A vegetable is the edible part of an herbaceous plant, eaten cooked or raw during the principal part of a meal rather than as a dessert.
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How does vertical agriculture use limited space?
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Vertical agriculture uses stacked or inclined surfaces to grow crops in a limited area.
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What does volume measure?
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Volume is the amount of space measured in cubic units.
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What characterizes a wilderness region?
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Wilderness is a wild and uncultivated region, such as a forest or desert, uninhabited or inhabited only by wild animals; it is a tract of wasteland.