Apes Chapter 12 Test Review Part 1

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Anemia

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Caused by a deficiency in iron

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Blindness in children

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Caused by a deficiency in vitamin A

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Persistence

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A measure of how long a pesticide will remain deadly in the environment.

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CAFOs

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Concentrated animal feeding operations

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Livestock raised in feedlots

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Large numbers of livestock are bred to gain weight quickly.

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Livestock raised on rangelands and pastures

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Lifestock are fenced or unfenced, free to roam, and feed on grass.

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Stunted growth and Goiter

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Caused by a deficiency in iodine

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The Green Revolution

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A time period of significant increase in global food production due to high-input industrialized agriculture to increase crop yields.

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IPM

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Integrated Pest Management

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Integrated Pest Management

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Each crop and its pests are evaluated as parts of an ecological system. Pest control programs are carefully designed, using a variety of techniques specific to each situation.

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Humus

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A porous mixture of partially decomposed plant and animal matter and inorganic clay, silt and sand

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Chronic undernutrition

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People that cannot grow or buy enough food to meet their basic energy needs. - Hunger

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Chronic malnutrition

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People suffering from deficiencies of protein, and other key nutrients, which causes weakness and vulnerability to diseases.

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Waterlogging

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Adding water until the water table rises and envelops the deep roots of plants resulting in a loss of productivity, ultimately killing them.

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Salinization

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Repeated irrigation in dry climates leads to accumulation of salts in the upper layers of the soil.

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Desertification

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When the productive potential of soil, especially on arid or semiarid land, falls by 10% or more because of prolonged drought and human activities.

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The main cause of food insecurity

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Poverty

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The 3 crops that provide 48% of all food calories.

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Wheat, corn, and rice

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Cash crops from plantation agriculture

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Soybeans, Coffee, and sugarcane

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Genetic Engineering

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A process involving the altering an organism’s genetic material

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Rachel Carson

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Wrote the book "Silent Spring", about the biomagnification of DDT

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Borneo (Parachuting cats!)

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An example of the adverse effects persistent pesticides, such as DDT, have on an entire ecosystem.

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100% Organic Label

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The product was raised only by organic methods and contains all organic ingredients.

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Organic Label

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Contains at least 95% organic ingredients.

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Organic Ingredients Label

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Contains at least 70% organic ingredients. Cannot display the US Department of agriculture "Organic" seal.

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Slash and burn agriculture

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A type of subsistence agriculture which involves clearing a small plot in a tropical forest, growing a variety of crops until the soil nutrients are depleted, then moving to another plot.

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Plantation agriculture

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A type of industrialized agriculture in tropical, less-developed countries, which grow cash crops to be sold to more-developed countries.

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Hydroponics

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Growing plants by exposing their roots to a nutrient-rich water solution instead of soil.

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Traditional subsistence agriculture

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Farmers use energy from the sun, humans, and draft animals to produce crops for their family.

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Traditional intensive agriculture

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Farmers use energy from the sun, humans, draft animals, animal manure for fertilizer, and water to obtain higher crop yields for their family and for profit.

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Agribusiness

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A small number of multi-national corporations that control the growing, processing, distribution, and sale of foods in the U.S and global markets.

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Blue Revolution

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The fastest growing type of food production, which involves cultivating marine and freshwater fish. (Aquaculture)

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The Second Green Revolution

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A time period of significant increase in global food production based on fast-growing rice and wheat.