Year 9 GEOGRAPHY BIOMES AND FOOD SECURITY

A geographic area defined by a characteristic climate and community of flora and fauna.

Environmentally friendly farming methods that preserve ecological balance and avoid depletion of natural resources

Subsistence and intensive forms of agriculture practiced in developing countries

A fuel extracted from renewable resources such as plant crops.

The use of energy, water and chemicals to produce food and other products for sale

The biological diversity of food crops and farm animals.

A farming system that involves moving from site to site as soil fertility declines.

Cropping systems based on processes found in nature.

When all people, have physical, social and economic access to sufficient, safe and nutritious food

A plant that completes its whole life cycle in a single year.