Agriculture

Front

Farming and raising livestock for profit is called

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Commercial farming

Front

Growing crops and raising live stock to meet family needs is called

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Subsistence farming

Front

When only crops are grown, we refer to this as _______

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Arable farming

Front

A structure built with plastic or glass wherein the conditions of farming are controlled is a ______

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greenhouse

Front

Raising livestock provides people with meat, egg, milk products and leather. True or False?

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True

Front

All of the following are forms of commercial agriculture EXCEPT: dairy farming, pastoral nomadism, cattle ranching, specialized fruit production, grain farming

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pastoral nomadism

Front

A farmer plants corn in a field one year, cotton in the same field the following year, and then corn again. This farmer is practicing ---

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crop rotation

Front

Which of the following crops is grown on the sides of terraced hills to allow flowing water to run over the plants? Wheat, Rice, Taro, Soybeans, Millet

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Rice

Front

Slash-and-Burn is an example of which agricultural practice? Options: sustainable farming, pastoral agriculture, collective farming, plantation agriculture.

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subsistence farming

Front

Which type of farming is the most intensive? Options: Market gardening, Plantations, Nomadic herding, Shifting cultivation

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Market gardening