Glossary F

The Environmental Glossary. Letter F +++ Popular Articles: 'Fishery', 'Function', 'Facility'

Deutsch: Nebel / Español: Niebla / Português: Nevoeiro / Français: Brouillard / Italiano: Nebbia

Fog in the environmental context refers to a dense layer of condensed water vapor that appears near the Earth's surface, significantly reducing visibility. Fog plays an important role in ecosystems, climate regulation, and weather patterns but can also pose challenges to human activities such as transportation and agriculture. It is essentially a cloud that forms close to the ground and is influenced by various atmospheric and environmental conditions, including temperature, humidity, and geographic features.

Deutsch: Nahrung / Español: Alimentos / Português: Alimento / Français: Nourriture / Italiano: Cibo /

In the environmental context, "food" refers to the production, consumption, and distribution of agricultural products and other food resources. The environmental impacts of food production and consumption are significant, and include issues such as greenhouse gas emissions, water use, and land use change.

A Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is an agency of the U.S.

Deutsch: Nahrungskette / Español: Cadena alimentaria / Português: Cadeia alimentar / Français: Chaîne alimentaire / Italiano: Catena alimentare

Food chain is a series of organisms each dependent on the next as a source of food. It represents the flow of energy and nutrients through an ecosystem, starting from primary producers and moving up to apex predators.

Deutsch: Nahrungsmittelproduktion / Español: Producción de alimentos / Português: Produção de alimentos / Français: Production alimentaire / Italiano: Produzione alimentare

Food production in the environmental context refers to the processes involved in cultivating, raising, and harvesting food from natural resources, including agriculture, aquaculture, fisheries, and livestock farming, with a focus on their impact on the environment. It encompasses the entire supply chain from growing crops and raising animals to processing, packaging, and distributing food. The environmental context emphasises the need to balance food production with sustainable practices that minimise environmental damage, conserve resources, and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

Food web is the complex network of many interconnected food chains and feeding relationships. Compare food chain.

A Footbath is a long shallow tub or Depression in the concrete where cows walk through a mild solution (usually including copper sulfate or formalin) to promote foot health.

A Forage is Feedstuffs composed primarily of the whole plant, including stems and leaves that are utilized by cattle.

A Forage Crop is annual or perennial crops grown primarily to provide feed for livestock.

A Forced expiratory flow (FEFx) is Related to some portion of the FVC curve. Modifiers refer to the amount of the FVC already exhaled when the measurement is made. For example: