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Spell Bee Word: Aquaculture


What does aquaculture mean?

Word: Aquaculture

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Aquaculture means the farming of creatures and plants that live in ponds, lakes or the sea, such as prawns, crabs and seaweed.

How do you spell aquaculture?

Syllables: aq - ua - cul - ture

Tricky part: It begins aqua, with q followed by u and no c before the q. Students write acquaculture or spell the sound as akwa.

Watch out for: acquaculture, aqwaculture, aquaculcher

Memory tip: Aquarium and aquaculture start with the same four letters, a-q-u-a, and neither has a c.

Aquaculture in a sentence

Example 1: Aquaculture ponds line the road between the paddy fields.

Example 2: Many coastal families now earn a living from aquaculture.

Example 3: Clean ponds are essential in aquaculture, or the fish do not grow well.

Fun Fact

Andhra Pradesh leads India in aquaculture, especially farmed shrimp, much of which is sold abroad.

Practise the CREST Way

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the incorrectly spelt word:

a) aqueduct
b) aquamarine
c) aquacalture
d) equator

Show answer

c) aquacalture. The farming part is plain culture; aquacalture has an a where the u should be.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

cuarelutuqa

a) aquaculture
b) apiculture
c) agriculture
d) acupuncture

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a) aquaculture. These letters include a q, and only aquaculture has one.

Word Connection

Choose the synonym of the word:

aquaculture

a) horticulture
b) bee farming
c) silk farming
d) fish farming

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d) fish farming. Fish farming is one kind of aquaculture, and the two are often used to mean the same.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which farm work counts as aquaculture?

a) growing wheat in a field
b) keeping hens in a coop
c) raising carp for the market
d) planting mango trees

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c) raising carp for the market

2. The aqua in aquaculture means ____.

a) fish
b) farm
c) salt
d) water

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d) water

Associated Words

Words that end in -ture: aperture, pasture, architecture, departure, immature, miniature

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