Intensive agriculture - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

PSS 010 - Home and Garden Horticulture EXAM 1 Questions and Answers (Graded A) PSS 010 - Home and Garden Horticulture EXAM 1 Questions and Answers (Graded A) PSS 010 - Home and Garden Horticulture EXAM 1 Questions and Answers (Graded A) Agriculture - ANSWER-Includes the technology of raising plants and animals Horticultural crop - ANSWER-a crop which is labor-intensive, has high costs to produce, and is typically one that is eaten fresh Agronomic crop - ANSWER-a low-input crop and...

T/F- Agriscience refers to the application of high technology to agriculture - Answer True T/F Farming and ranching account for more than half of the jobs in agriculture - Answer False T/F- Aquaculture means the study of freshwater, such as lakes or ponds. - Answer False T/F- In the United States, the percentage of annual income spend for food has tended to increase. - Answer False T/F- Wildlife, trees, and fish are examples of renewable natural resources. - Answer Tru...

T/F- Agriscience refers to the application of high technology to agriculture - True T/F Farming and ranching account for more than half of the jobs in agriculture - False T/F- Aquaculture means the study of freshwater, such as lakes or ponds. - False T/F- In the United States, the percentage of annual income spend for food has tended to increase. - False T/F- Wildlife, trees, and fish are examples of renewable natural resources. - True T/F Intensive farming practices will likely play a big...

Archaeology correct answers understanding how people did things and why they did things (how these people moved and used the landscape) Social Complexity correct answers understanding one way isn't the best way, each group has its own methods and does not mean one way is simpler than another, just bc it is different does not mean it is lesser Foragers correct answers uses natural resources for sustenance, band level societies, will surpass carrying capacity of original environment so stay...

AGB 302 QUIZ 3 LATEST UPDATE GRADED A Free Trade refers to a situation where a government does not attempt to influence through quotas or duties what its citizens can buy from another country New trade theory Stresses that in some cases countries specialize in the production and export of particular products because the world market can support only a limited number of firms Mercantilism supports the idea that countries should export more than what they import adam smith argued that countries...

PRAXIS 5001 EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ALL CORRECT To reduce a fraction - Answer-divide both the numerator and denominator by any number which they are both evenly divisible To convert a fraction to a decimal - Answer-Divide numerator by denominator Convert decimal to fraction - Answer-set the decimal over 1. Then move the decimal over as many places as it takes until it is immediately to the right of the units digit. Reduce Percentage to fraction - Answer-place the # over 100 Co...

AESC 2050 Exam 2 All Answers Correct 2 main crops grown at Pearson farms? ️peaches pecans Pearson farms is a ____ generational diversified family farm ️5th generational where is pearson farms located? ️fort valley, ga one of the major challenges faced by pearson farm's peach industry ️lack of local labor labor intensive (grow, prune, thin, pick and pack) short term employment (February--> August) H2A program peach season ️May --> August peaches need a certai...

T/F- Agriscience refers to the application of high technology to agriculture - True T/F Farming and ranching account for more than half of the jobs in agriculture - False T/F- Aquaculture means the study of freshwater, such as lakes or ponds. - False T/F- In the United States, the percentage of annual income spend for food has tended to increase. - False T/F- Wildlife, trees, and fish are examples of renewable natural resources. - True T/F Intensive farming practices will likely play a big...

The modern definition of agriculture includes Select one: a. animal husbandry and shifting cultivation. b. vegetative and seed planting. c. multiple hearths of origin. d. the deliberate domestication of plants and animals. e. none of the above. - d Agriculture is associated with the Select one: a. secondary sector of the economy. b. quaternary sector of the economy. c. tertiary sector of the economy. d. primary sector of the economy. e. service sector of the economy. - d The most p...

lobal Questions, Local Answers: Soil Management and Sustainable Intensification in Diverse Socioeconomic Contexts of Cuba NILS MAX MCCUNE,1 YANETSY RUIZ GONZÁLEZ,2 EDITH AGUILA ALCÁNTARA,2 OSVALDO FERNÁNDEZ MARTÍNEZ,2 CALIXTO ONELIO FUNDORA,2 NIRIA CASTILLO ARZOLA,3 PEDRO CAIRO CAIRO,2 MARIJKE D’HAESE,4 STEFAAN DENEVE,4 and FRANCISCO GUEVARA HERNÁNDEZ5 1University of Ghent, Belgium 2Faculty of Agronomic Sciences, Universidad Central ‘Marta Abreu’ de Las Villas, Santa Clara, C...