Module 20 Flashcards
Malnutrition
Not consuming enough proteins, carbohydrates, vitamins, and minerals to be healthy
Kwashiorkor
Symptoms include bloated, distended belly and puffy skin
Anemia
Resulting from diet that is poor in iron
Marasmus
Symptoms include stunted growth and a thin, emaciated body
Goiter
Symptoms are a swollen neck from an enlarged thyroid gland
Vitamin A deficiency
Increases susceptibility to blindness
Subsistence agriculture
Agriculture that provides for one family’s needs with enough food remaining to sell or trade for additional necessities
Industrial culture
Agriculture that applies the techniques of mechanization and standardization
Monoculture
A single crop
Plantation agriculture
A type of agriculture used in developing countries to grow cash crops
Organic agriculture
The production of crops without the use of synthetic pesticides or fertilizers
Green revolution
Norman Borlaug
Narrow spectrum pesticides
Selected to kill only the target species
Broad spectrum pesticides
DDT
Integrated pest management
It’s goal is not to completely eradicate pests
Genetic engineering
Any process whereby scientist directly manipulate an organism’s genetic material by adding, deleting, or changing segments of its DNA
Soil conservation act of 1935
This act helps to stop soil degradation
No-till agriculture
Refers to farming without plowing the land
Terracing
Involves converting a hilly slope to flat terraces that follow the contours of the slope
Windbreakers
Rows of trees planted around a field to slow winds
Crop rotation
Involves alternating the type of crop grown in a given field from one season to the next
Contour plowing
The practice of plowing across the slope of a hill rather than up and down the slope
Feedlots
Where high-density animal farming occurs
Aquaculture
The practice of farming aquatic organisms
