Food Supply Flashcards

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Agriculture

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Human practice of growing crops and keeping livestock to maintain food security

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2
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Competition

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Struggle for existence between two organisms

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3
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Cultivar

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Variety of cultivated crop

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4
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Fertiliser

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Chemical addition to soil to increase plant growth

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5
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Good security

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Measure of the human ability to produce and use food

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6
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Pest

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An organism that damages agricultural produced

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7
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Photosynthesis

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Production of carbohydrate by a plant using energy of light

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8
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Trophic level

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Feeding level in a food chain

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