Food and Agriculture

The type and amount of food a person eats

• Famine

• Malnutrition

• Diet

• Yield

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-7

Widespread starvation caused by a shortage of food.

• Famine

• Malnutrition

• Diet

• Yield

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

A condition that occurs when people do not consume enough calories or do not eat a sufficient variety of foods

• Famine

• Malnutrition

• Diet

• Yield

The amount of food that can be produced in a given area

• Famine

• Malnutrition

• Diet

• Yield

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-5

NGSS.MS-LS1-6

A prolonged period of time in which rainfall is below average

• Famine

• Drought

• Diet

• Yield

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

Areas that can be used to grow crops

• Subsidence farming

• Green Revolution

• Arable land

• Genetic engineering

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Growing enough food for local use only

• Subsidence farming

• Green Revolution

• Arable land

• Genetic engineering

increasing crop yields worldwide using new crop varieties

• Subsidence farming

• Green Revolution

• Arable land

• Genetic engineering

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-5

NGSS.MS-LS3-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-5

The technology in which genetic material in a living cell is modified

• Subsidence farming

• Green Revolution

• Arable land

• Genetic engineering

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS3-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-5

Partly decomposed organic matter

• Topsoil

• Erosion

• Desertification

• Compost

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3