Ch 10 Agriculture

Question 1

Agribusiness

Answer 1

agriculture conducted on commercial principles, especially using advanced technology.

Question 2

Ag

Answer 2

Growing of livestock and plants for selling

Question 3

Cereal grain

Answer 3

Cereal is any grass cultivated for the edible components of its grain, composed of the endosperm, germ, and bran

Question 4

Chaff

Answer 4

the husks of corn or other seed separated by winnowing or threshing

Question 5

Combine

Answer 5

an agricultural machine that cuts, threshes, and cleans a grain crop in one operation

Question 6

Commercial ag

Answer 6

Commercial Farming: farming for a profit, where food is produced by advanced technological means for sale in the market.

Question 7

Crop

Answer 7

cultivated plant that is grown as food, especially a grain, fruit, or vegetable.

Question 8

Crop rotation

Answer 8

action or system of rotating crops.

Question 9

Desertification

Answer 9

the process by which fertile land becomes desert, typically as a result of drought, deforestation, or inappropriate agriculture.

Question 10

Double cropping

Answer 10

second crop is planted after the first has been harvested

Question 11

Grain

Answer 11

wheat or any other cultivated cereal crop used as food.

Question 12

Green revolution

Answer 12

large increase in crop production in developing countries achieved by the use of fertilizers, pesticides, and high-yield crop varieties.

Question 13

Horticulture

Answer 13

the art or practice of garden cultivation and management.

Question 14

Hull

Answer 14

the outer covering of a fruit or seed, especially the pod of peas and beans, or the husk of grain

Question 15

Intensive subsistence ah

Answer 15

A form of subsistence agriculture in which farmers must expend a relatively large amount of effort to produce the maximum feasible yield from a parcel of land

Question 16

Milk shed

Answer 16

Boundary where milk can be delivered without spoiling

Question 17

Paddy

Answer 17

field where rice is grown.

Question 18

Pastoral nomadism

Answer 18

herding of domesticated animals

Question 19

Pasture

Answer 19

land covered with grass and other low plants suitable for grazing animals, especially cattle or sheep

Question 20

Plantation

Answer 20

Farm which mass produced one crop

Question 21

Prime ag land

Answer 21

land that has the best combination of physical and chemical characteristics for producing food, feed, forage, fiber, and oilseed crops and is also available for these land uses

Question 22

Ranching

Answer 22

Having cattle free roam and graze

Question 23

Reaper

Answer 23

This machine was used by farmers to harvest crops mechanically

Question 24

Ridge tillage

Answer 24

involving scalping and planting on ridge

Question 25

Sawah

Answer 25

Rice field

Question 26

Seed ag

Answer 26

Planting with seeds

Question 27

Shifting cultivation

Answer 27

an area of ground is cleared of vegetation and cultivated for a few years and then abandoned for a new area until its fertility has been naturally restored.

Question 28

Slash and burn

Answer 28

Burning vegetation to make a plot of land

Question 29

Spring wheat

Answer 29

Plant in spring and harvested in late summer

Question 30

Subsistence ag

Answer 30

farmers focus on growing enough food to feed themselves and their entire families

Question 31

Sustainable ag

Answer 31

production of food, fiber, or other plant or animal products using farming techniques that protect the environment, public health, human communities, and animal welfare

Question 32

Swidden

Answer 32

an area of land cleared for cultivation by slashing and burning vegetation.

Question 33

Thresh

Answer 33

separate grain from (a plant), typically with a flail or by the action of a revolving mechanism

Question 34

Transhumance

Answer 34

the action or practice of moving livestock from one grazing ground to another in a seasonal cycle, typically to lowlands in winter and highlands in summer.

Question 35

Truck farming

Answer 35

the production of crops of some vegetables on an extensive scale in regions especially suited to their culture primarily for shipment to distant markets

Question 36

Vegetative planting

Answer 36

Planting veggies

Question 37

Wet rice

Answer 37

Rice started in dry land then out to wet to promote growth

Question 38

Winnow

Answer 38

blow a current of air through (grain) in order to remove the chaff

Question 39

Winter wheat

Answer 39

Wheat planted in fall and gathered in spring