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| Aquaculture | Raising fish for market in special tanks or ponds |
| Bioengineering | The branch of technology that designs products to meet the phusical and comfort needs of people |
| Biometrics | The use of voice, finger, or eye retinal scans to identify people for security or personal indenification |
| Bionics | The replacement of worn out, damaged, or defactive bioloical part with parts created by bioengineers |
| Biotechnology | The technology that uses living organisms, or parts of organisms, to make or modify products, improve plants and animals, or to develop microorganisms for a specific purpose |
| Cloning | Producing an exact duplicate of a plant or animal by manipulating cell DNA so that the plant's offspring is an exact duplicate of the single parent |
| DNA | A microscopic blueprint that exists in the celss of every living thing |
| Ergonomics | Another name for bioengineering |
| Fertilization | The process of applying different substances, such as manure or chemicals, to the soil as food for plants |
| Genetic Engineering | The process of changing genes for delveloping certain characteristics or traits in plants and animals |
| Global Positioning System (GPS) | A navigation technology that uses a series of earth satellites and ground receivers to provide an exact location anywhere on the planet. Is not affected by weather. |
| GPS Precision Farming | Using earth satellites to determine crop needs and crop health |
| Hydroponic Farming | Teh process of growing plants in a mixture of water and fertilizer with out the use of soil |
| Irrigation | The process of supplying water to fields by use of pipes, canals, or sprinklers |
| Livestock | Animals raised or kept for pleasure or fur use and profit |
| Monoculture | The cultivation or growing of only one crop |
| Tools were initially used for | Hunting and Agriculture |
| The term Frankenfoods is | a slang term for Enetically Engineered foods |
| An artifical ecosystem is | a man-made community of plants, animals and micro-organisms functioning together in their environment |
