Ch. 9 Food, Soil, & Pest Management Vocabulary CW

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Across
  1. 3. is any species that interferes with human welfare by eating society's food; invading homes, lawns, or gardens; destroying building materials;spreading disease; invading ecosystems; or simply being a nuisance
  2. 7. is a carefully designed program that evaluates each crop and its pests as parts of an ecosystem
  3. 8. is the practice of raising fish and shellfish for human consumption and is also known as fish farming
  4. 10. describes the process of increasing crop yields through industrialized agriculture
  5. 12. system of growing crops in water fertilized with the waste of farmed fish or other aquatic animals
  6. 14. soil underlying all forests, grassland, and croplands. Stores and purifies water and supplies most of the nutrients needed for plant growth. All terrestrial life directly or indirectly depends on topsoil.
  7. 16. conventional agriculture, is low input compared with industrialized agriculture
  8. 17. derived from plant and animal materials
  9. 20. access to enough safe, nutritious foods for a healthy and active lifestyle
  10. 21. the genetic variety of animal and plant species used on farms to produce food
  11. 22. forms of government support intended to help businesses survive
Down
  1. 1. growing several different crops on the same lot simultaneously with the use of solar energy and natural fertilizers. Various crops mature at different times, providing year round food and covering the topsoil, which reduces erosion.
  2. 2. involves using a variety of methods to reduce topsoil erosion and restore soil fertility
  3. 4. gradual accumulation of salts in upper soil layers that can stunt crop growth, lower crop yields, and eventually kill plants and ruin the land
  4. 5. industrialized agriculture produces a single crop at a time
  5. 6. chemicals used to kill or control populations of organisms considered undesirable
  6. 9. is made of inorganic compounds that contain nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium along with trace amounts of other plant nutrients
  7. 11. lack of access to nutritious food
  8. 13. a condition in which they do not get enough protein and other key nutrients
  9. 15. high input agriculture, uses motorized equipment along with large amounts of financial capital, fossil fuels, water, commercial inorganic fertilizers, and pesticides
  10. 18. growing crops without the use of synthetic pesticides, synthetic inorganic fertilizers, and genetic engineering; raising livestock on 100% organic feed without the use of antibiotics or growth hormones.
  11. 19. condition when the productive potential of topsoil falls by 10% or more due to farming practices such as overgrazing, deforestation, and excessive plowing, combined with drought and climate change. In extreme cases, it leads to desert conditions.