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4th Agriculture
CCS 4th Gr Science FK3
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| agriculture | the science of growing plants and animals on farms |
| crop | a plant that people grow for consumption |
| fibers | parts of plants or animals that people use to make cloth |
| processed | to change food products in some way |
| pests | organisms that harm the plants and animals that people use for food or to make products |
| fertilizers | chemicals that farmers use to help their crops grow |
| irrigation | the way in which farmers bring extra water to grow their crops |
| pollution | something that makes air, water, or soil harmful for living things |
| succession | a gradual change of an existing ecosystem into another ecosystem |
| reclamation | the repairing of some of the damage done to an ecosystem |
| conservation | the careful management and responsible use of natural resources |
| preservation | the protection of an area |
| weathering | the process that breaks up rocks |
| erosion | the process by which wind and moving water carry away bits of rock and other material |
| humus | top soil containing rotting plant and animal materials |
| fertile | soil that has the nutrients to grow many plants |
| texture | the property of soil that can be observed by the sense of touch |
| soil conservation | the saving of soil |
| contour plowing | plowing around a hill to reduce erosion |
| strip cropping | the practice of planting one or more crops between rows of other crops to control erosion |
| terracing | a farming method used on steep hillside to control erosion |
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