GLOSSARY UNIT 7

Plot: A zone for farming

Soil: Is where we put the seats.

Crop rotation: Is an old way to farm in wich we divide the plot in part and in each part we plant different things.


Intensive agriculture= Is a way to obtain the more products posibles by exploting the plot.

Extensive agriculture= Is a way of farming that requires machinery.

Dryland farming: Is a plot that needs rain.

Irrigated farming: Is plot that rarely needs rain.

Polyculture: Is a plot where there are different products.

Monoculture: Is a plot where is only a type of product.

Greenhouses: Is a cover plot.

Subsistence agriculture: An agriculture where the products are for the consume of the owner.

Shifting cultivation: Is a migratory cultivation

Livestock farming: Is to get products from the animals

Housed livestock: Is a house where the animals are for being raise.

Cattle: A group of animals

Fodder: A chemical food for animals in a farm

Rear: Is the same as raise. Help the animals to grow

Fishing grounds: Zone where you can fish.

Aquaculture: A way to grow up the fishes.

Overfishing: To pass the number of fish that you can fish

Fleets: Group of ships prepared to fish

School of fish: group of fishes together.