Plants Livestock Scale of Ag Land Random
100
Photosynthesis
A process where plants make food from the sun.
100
Beef
The largest source of protein in the US
100
feeds a massive amount of people, is extremely efficient
Two benefits of large-scale agriculture
100
insecticide
A term for a substance that kills insects
100
Federal Department of Agriculture
The FDA stands for what full name
200
Carbon
The element that plants and animals are based on
200
Holstein
The name of the most popular breed of dairy cow in the US
200
Erosion, pollution, desertification
Two dangers of large-scale/conventional agriculture.
200
10.7%
The percentage of the Earth's land that is arable
200
Chickens
These animals are the closes living relatives to Tyrannosaurus rex
300
Sequestration
The process where plants put carbon into the earth through their root matter.
300
Confined Animal Feeding Operation
The full name for a CAFO or feedlot
300
Regenerative Agriculture (often small-scale Agriculture)
More new soil, biodiversity, closer to nature, lack of fertilizers needed, are benefits of what kind of agriculture?
300
When you grow one crop on it year after year, when you till it over and over
The nutrients are depleted when you do what to the soil
300
Over 400
There are this many breeds of chickens in the world
400
A cow comes along and grazes the grass
A proportional amount of root matter sheds off from the grass plant when.....
400
Grass Finished Beef
The term for when a cow was allowed to eat grass for the last part of its life while gaining weight before slaughter.
400
Corn and Soybeans
The two largest crops produced in the US?
400
Fertilizers and pesticides
These things can cause runoff that pollutes water sources and causes harm to humans and the ecosystem of the rivers/oceans.
400
Hunter/Gatherer Society?
The kind of society humans had before the invention of agriculture
500
Humus
Another word for organic matter
500
Mad Cow Disease
This disease comes from cows eating feed contaminated by the flesh of other cows.
500
Corn
What ingredient do paint, drywall, soda, bread and most adhesives have in common?
500
Arable Land
A word meaning you can grow crops on the land
500
Community Supported Agriculture
CSA is short for...






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