Nature Flashcards
Pest
A destructive insect or other animal that attacks crops, foods, livestock
Backwater
An area of a country where little of interest happens.
Rural depopulation
Is the result of chronic rural outmigration, mostly by young adults, which contributes to fewer births.
Crop
Cultivated plant. Large scale
Plow
a large farming tool with blades that dig into the earth, or a large, curved blade fixed to the front of a vehicle that moves snow or sand
Cultivation / cultivate
the act of preparing land and growing crops on it, or the act of growing a particular crop
Grow
If a plant grows in a particular place, it exists and develops there
Irrigate/irrigation
the practice of supplying land with water so that crops and plants will grow.
Crop rotation
a method of farming where a number of different plants are grown one after the other on a field so that the soil stays healthy and fertile
Fertilize
to spread a natural or chemical substance on land or plants, in order to make the plants grow well
Fertile
able to produce crops
Erosion
Processes by which rock, sand, and soil are broken down and carried away
Deforestation
the cutting down of trees in a large area, or the destruction of forests by people
Sustainable
causing, or made in a way that causes, little or no damage to the environment and therefore able to continue for a long time
Desertification
the process by which land changes into desert, for example because there has been too much farming activity on it or because a lot of trees have been cut down
Scarcity
Lack or shortage of something
Abundance
the situation in which there is more than enough of something
Water bodies
inland areas of water = lakes, rivers…
Groundwater
water underground in the soil and in a rock
Arid
very dry and without enough rain for plants
Carnivore
a meat-eating animal
Herbivore
a plant-eating animal
Country dwellers
people who live in the countryside
City dwellers
people who live in cities
Reservoir
A lake that stores water for human use
A well
A deep hole dug into the ground to reach a reservoir of groundwater
Drought
Shortage of water due to a long period without rain
