Agriculture and Soil Management: Key Concepts and Techniques Questions and Correct Answers/ Latest Update / Already Graded

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Agriculture and Soil Management: Key
Concepts and Techniques Questions and
Correct Answers/ Latest Update / Already
Graded
Agriculture

Ans: The practice of cultivating soil, producing crops, and
raising livestock for human use and consumption.


Cropland

Ans: Land used to grow crops for food and fiber.


Rangeland

Ans: Land used for grazing livestock; also called pastureland.


Industrial Agriculture

Ans: Large-scale agriculture using mechanization, fossil fuels,
irrigation, fertilizers, herbicides, and insecticides to increase
productivity.


Traditional Agriculture


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Ans: Agriculture relying on human and animal labor, hand
tools, and simple machines.


Sustainable Agriculture

Ans: Agriculture that maintains soil, water, and ecosystem
resources for long-term productivity.


Monoculture

Ans: Planting a single crop over a large area, common in
industrial agriculture.


Polyculture

Ans: Planting multiple crops in a mixed arrangement, often
traditional agriculture, increases biodiversity.


Parent Material

Ans: Base geologic material from which soil develops.


Soil Horizon

Ans: A distinct layer of soil with specific characteristics.



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Soil Profile

Ans: The cross-section of soil including all horizons from
surface to bedrock.


Leaching

Ans: The process by which dissolved minerals are transported
downward through soil layers.


Loam

Ans: Soil with roughly equal parts clay, silt, an d sand, ideal for
agriculture.


Slash and Burn

Ans: Cutting and burning vegetation to clear land and enrich
soil temporarily; increases CO₂ emissions.


Irrigation

Ans: Artificial application of water to crops to support growth.




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