Unit 5 Vocab Crossword

Across

5. The point must be exceeded to produce a given effect or result or elicit a response.
8. An apparatus or chamber that provides favorable environmental conditions for the growth of cultures.
11. Single-celled microorganisms; some cause human, animal, or plant diseases; others are beneficial.
13. An insufficiency in reference to amount, volume, proportion, et cetera; a lack.
15. Rising or expanding at a steady and usually rapid rate.
18. A person or store that sells directly to the consumer
20. Turning raw agricultural products into consumable food.
21. The lowest temperature where metabolic processes result in a net substance gain in aboveground biomass.
22. An element or compound in soil that is essential for the growth of a plant.
23. Not woody, dying back to the ground each year.
28. Artificial cooling, either by applying ice or by utilizing the principle of the latent heat of evaporation.
30. Disease caused by agents that enter the body through the ingestion of food.
34. Becoming mature or ripe.
35. Point at which no more water is available to the plant.
36. The process of identifying a disease by examination and study of its symptoms.
37. One of sixteen elements required for plant growth. Essential nutrients are necessary for a plant to complete its life cycle.
38. A soil or material, such as sand, peat moss, vermiculite, etc., where plants are raised or cuttings are rooted, especially in the greenhouse.
39. Something that enters as an element into a mixture; a constituent element of anything; component.
41. Chemical element necessary in relatively small amounts.
43. Height above sea level or height above any selected base point.
44. Fibers made of natural or synthetic minerals used as a media for growing plants in a hydroponic system.
45. Loss of freshness and a drooping of the foliage of a plant due to an inadequate supply of water, excessive transpiration by the plant, and as a result of a disease interfering with the utilization of water by the plant.

Down

1. The angular distance north or south from the equator of a point on the earth's surface, measured on the meridian of the point.
2. The science of health; the rules or principles of maintaining health in people and animals; sanitation.
3. A proposed explanation whose status is still conjectural and subject to experimentation, in contrast to well-established propositions that are regarded as reporting matters of actual fact.
4. To take up or receive by chemical or molecular action.
6. A gelatin-like product of certain seaweeds, used for solidifying certain culture media.
7. An irreversible increase in volume and/or weight.
9. Chemical element necessary in relatively large amounts.
10. An administrative unit of government.
12. A federal government agency with the mission to protect public health by preventing and controlling disease, injury, and disability.
14. The federal agency responsible for monitoring trading and safety standards in the food and drug industry.
16. The distension of the cell wall and the protoplasmic layer of plants by fluids.
17. A person or business that sells to a retailer.
19. A person who uses a product.
20. Capable of producing disease.
24. A process used to eliminate most microbes from food manufacturing equipment.
25. Any objectionable change in food, feed, or material.
26. To cut, reap, pick, or gather any crop or product of value.
27. Growth by continuous additions.
29. Used to estimate the growth and development of plants and insects during the growing season.
31. The best or most favorable point, degree, amount, etc., as of temperature, light, and moisture for the growth or reproduction of an organism.
32. A sudden breaking out or occurrence; eruption; a sudden and active manifestation.
33. The act or state of being transported; the business of conveying goods.
40. Water pressure within a plant cell.
42. A person who grows a crop.