Answer:
(Describe what you know about agriculture:)
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The practice of producing plants and cattle is known as agriculture. Agriculture was a significant factor in the rise of sedentary human civilization, as it enabled humans to live in cities by creating food surpluses from tamed species. Agriculture has a long history dating back thousands of years.
(Describe what you know, and learned, from horticulture:)
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Horticulture is the practice of raising plants in gardens for the purpose of producing food and medicinal substances, as well as for aesthetic and comfort reasons. Horticulturists are farmers who specialize in the cultivation of flowers, fruits and nuts, vegetables and herbs, as well as decorative trees and lawns.
(Write two paragraphs comparing and contrasting what you know about agriculture and horticulture:)
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Horticulture is concerned with all plants, edible and non-edible, whereas agriculture is concerned only with edible plants, as well as animals.
However, the major distinction between agriculture and horticulture is agriculture's emphasis on using these tools to create a single habitat: the meadow or "field." Horticulture employs the same farming practices to promote ecological succession and landscape diversity.
