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Env Science Week 7
Week 7 Vocabulary for Environmental Science
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Arable land | land on which crops can be grown |
| Green Revolution | new farming technique that involved high amounts of irrigation, fertilizers, and pesticides to produce genetically modified high-yield varieties of rice, maize, and wheat |
| mechanization | the use of machines to carry out farm work |
| pest management | practices used to control insects and diseases on crops and animals |
| Sustainable Agriculture | practices that let us use the land in a way that ensures it will always be in good shape for future use |
| genetic engineering | combining genes of different organisms to produce desirable traits |
| pest | unwanted organisms that may or may not be harmful |
| Pesticides | substances that kill pests |
| Herbicides | used to control competitive weeds |
| Fungicides | used to kill fungal diseases |
| Insecticides | chemicals used for insect control |
| resistance | the ability to tolerate a particular pesticide |
| carcinogen | a substance that causes cancer |
| persistent pesticides | pesticides that don't break down when they enter the environment |
| biological pest control | a method of controlling pests that relies on living organisms or naturally produced chemicals;An example of a biological pest control is introducing predatory insects. The predatory insects eat the pest insects |
| Integrated pest management (IPM) | an ecological approach to pest management, relies heavily on information about the life cycles of pests and how they interact with the environment to control them with biological and cultivation approaches at specific times |
| GMO's or genetically modified organisms | organisms that have been modified in the laboratory to bring out desired traits |
| Genetic engineering | the process of combining genes from different organisms to produce desirable traits |
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