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5
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An advanced state of human society in which a high level of culture, science industry and government has been reached.
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8
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The removal of soil from the ground by wind, water and other forces.
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10
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The large scale introduction of manufacturing, advance technical enterprises, and other productive economic activity into an area, society, or country.
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12
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he production of food and goods through farming.
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13
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The variety of organisms living in an ecosystem.
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14
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Materials spread on soil to increase its capacity to promote plant growth.
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18
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Gases that trap heat in the atmosphere.
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19
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The people, activities and resources involved in getting food from farms, ranches, rivers, oceans and other sources to consumers' plates.
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22
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The practices used by food industries to transform raw plant and animal materials into products for consumers.
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Naturally-occuring water that is not salty, as opposed to seawater.
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2
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The top layer of the earth's surface.
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3
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A measure of energy.
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4
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Land covered with grasses and other plants suitable for grazing animals.
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6
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The extent to which a single company controls multiple successive stages along the supply chain of a product.
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7
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Human-made means of delivering freshwater to agricultural fields.
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9
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A model of breeding, feeding, raising and processing animals and animal products for food.
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11
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A substance used by an organism for energy, growth or maintenance.
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15
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Confined outdoor facilities where cattle and other animals are housed and fed before slaughter.
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16
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Any organism that threatens human interests.
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17
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A large industrial food animal production facility.
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20
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A tool used by farmers to turn over the top layer of soil.
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21
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The temperature, precipitation, humidity and other weather conditions over a long period of time.
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23
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Substances intended to repel, kill or control any species deemed a pest.
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A community of organisms interacting with each other and with their physical environment.
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