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Mind Map: Crop Production Terms

The document defines 30 key terms related to agriculture and farming. It explains terms like fertile, crops, planting, soil, land, ornamental, nursery, manure, farm, yield, equipment, fertilizer, weeds, pests, machines, chemical, pesticides, herbicides, irrigation, breeding, farming, organic, husbandry, aquaculture, livestock, harvest, silo, fallow, incubator, and shovel.

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Topics covered

  • Fallow,
  • Farm,
  • Crop Types,
  • Chemical Use,
  • Pest Management,
  • Aquatic Farming,
  • Fertile,
  • Weed Control,
  • Farming,
  • Soil
218 views3 pages

Mind Map: Crop Production Terms

The document defines 30 key terms related to agriculture and farming. It explains terms like fertile, crops, planting, soil, land, ornamental, nursery, manure, farm, yield, equipment, fertilizer, weeds, pests, machines, chemical, pesticides, herbicides, irrigation, breeding, farming, organic, husbandry, aquaculture, livestock, harvest, silo, fallow, incubator, and shovel.

Uploaded by

Maslina Mohdkhalib
Copyright
© © All Rights Reserved
We take content rights seriously. If you suspect this is your content, claim it here.
Available Formats
Download as DOCX, PDF, TXT or read online on Scribd

Topics covered

  • Fallow,
  • Farm,
  • Crop Types,
  • Chemical Use,
  • Pest Management,
  • Aquatic Farming,
  • Fertile,
  • Weed Control,
  • Farming,
  • Soil

PART 1

Meaning of the words.



1. Fertile
- Fertile land or soil is able to produce good crops

2. Crops
- A plant such as wheat, rice or fruit that is grown by farmers and used as food

3. Planting
- To put plants or seeds in the ground to grow

4. Soil
- The top layer of the earth in which plants grow

5. Land
- An area of ground, especially when used for farming or building

6. Ornamental
- Designed to make something look attractive rather than to be used for a particular purpose

7. Nursery
- A place where plants and trees are grown and sold

8. Manure
- Waste matter from animals that is mixed with soil to improve the soil and help plants grow

9. Farm
- An area of land, used of growing crops or keeping animals

10. Yield
- To produce crops, profits etc

11. Equipment
- The tools, machines, clothes etc that you need to do a particular job or activity

12. Fertilizer
- A substance that is put on the soil to make plant grow



13. Weeds
- A wild plant growing where it is not wanted that prevents crops or garden flowers from
growing properly

14. Pests
- A small animal or insect that destroys crops or food supplies

15. Machines
- A piece of equipment with moving parts that uses power such as electricity to do a
particular job.

16. Chemical
- A substance used in chemistry or produced by a chemical process

17. Pesticides
- A chemical substance used to kill insects and small animals that destroy crops

18. Herbicides
- Technical a substance used to kill unwanted plants

19. Irrigation
- Major projects to supply land and crops with water

20. Breeding
- When animals produce babies: the activity of keeping animals or plants that have particular
qualities

21. Farming
- The practise or bussiness of growing crops or keeping animals on the farm

22. Organic
- Relating to farming or gardening methods of growing food without using artificial
chemicals, or produced or grown by those methods

23. Husbandry
- Technical farming: animal husbandary

24. Aquaculture
- The rearing of aquatic animals or the cultivation of aquatic plants for food.


25. Live-stock
- Animals such as cows and sheep that are kept on a farm

26. Harvest
- The time when crops are gathered from the fields, or the act of gathering them

27. Silo
- A tall structure like a tower that is used for storing grain, winter food for farm animals etc

28. Fallow
- Fallow land is dug or ploughed but is not used for growing crops

29. Incubator
- A heated container for keeping eggs warm until they hatch

30. Shovel
- A tool with a rounded blade and a long handle used for moving earth , stones etc

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