APES - Notes for Agriculture   
You may use your text or any source to identify terms and answer questions. Due by e-mail or hard copy at the beginning of class on 4/27
Terms:
monoculture             green revolution                  aquaculture
fallow field                IPM                                          arable land
synergistic effect     organic farming                   GMO (may be called GMC)
erosion                       no-till farming                                    contour plowing
soil horizons               hybrid crops                          rangelands
carrying capacity    desertification                      irrigation methods
soil salinization          crop rotation

Questions:

1. How do undernourishment and malnourishment differ?
2. Which of the major nutrients is the one in most critical supply globally?
3. Most of the world’s food is provided by what crops?
4. How do pastures and rangeland differ?
5. Identify some food provided by aquaculture.
6. Identify two crops that are rotated in Maryland and why.
7. As soils age, what happens to the nutrients found and why?
8. What are some pros and cons of the Green Revolution?
9. Why are monocultures a problem?
10. What is your “stand” on genetically modified foods and why?
11. Why is eating low on the food chain environmentally beneficial?
12. How does desertification occur?
13. How do organic and inorganic fertilizers differ?