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Land Vocabulary
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Genetic Engineering The technology in which genetic material in a living cell is modified for medical or industrial use
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Biological Pest Control
The use of living organisms to control pests
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Chemicals used to kill insects, weeds,
Pesticide Chemicals used to kill insects, weeds, and other crop pests
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The accumulation of salts in the soil
Salinization The accumulation of salts in the soil
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Partly decomposed organic material
Compost Partly decomposed organic material
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Desertification Process by which land in arid or semiarid areas becomes more desert-like because of human activity or climatic changes
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The wearing away of rock or soil
Erosion The wearing away of rock or soil by wind and water
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Land that can be used to grow crops
Arable Land Land that can be used to grow crops
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Malnutrition A condition that occurs when people do not consume enough Calories or do not eat a sufficient variety of foods to fulfill all of the body’s needs
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Widespread starvation caused by
Famine Widespread starvation caused by a shortage of food
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Wilderness An area in which the land and the ecosystems it supports are protected from all exploitation
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Reforestation The process by which trees are planted to re-establish trees that have been cut down on forest land
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The clearing of trees from an area without replacing them
Deforestation The clearing of trees from an area without replacing them
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Allowing more animals to graze in an area than the range can support
Overgrazing Allowing more animals to graze in an area than the range can support
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Determining in advance how
Land-Use Planning Determining in advance how land will be used
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Heat Island Area in which the air temperature is generally higher than the temperature of the surrounding rural areas
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Rapid expansion of a city into the countryside around the city
Urban Sprawl Rapid expansion of a city into the countryside around the city
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All of the things that a society builds for public use
Infrastructure All of the things that a society builds for public use
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Movement of people from
Urbanization Movement of people from rural areas to cities
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Ecosystem Services Resources that are produced by
natural and artificial ecosystems
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Rural Land that contains relatively few people and have large areas of open space
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Urban Land that is covered mainly with buildings and roads
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