Forestry and Agriculture Study Crossword

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Across
  1. 3. An excess of salts in soils
  2. 4. Artificial application of water to both the land and the soil.
  3. 5. Process of pesticides accumulation within an individual during it's lifetime.
  4. 7. Communities of living organisms, together with the physical resources that sustain them, that are managed for the purpose of producing food, fibre, and other agriculture products
  5. 9. ________ forestry, a field of science that deals with the long term planning, planting, and maintinence of forest, trees and green spaces in urban environments.
  6. 11. An advantage if the type of silviculture method is that stumps, branches, and some fallen trees are left on the forest floor as a habitat to conserve nutrients in soil.
  7. 12. Open-pollinated plant variety seeds, if saved, will produce the same variety.
  8. 13. Fat-soluble pesticide that takes a very long time to biodegrade.
  9. 14. The conservation of forested to non-forested areas.
  10. 15. Organisms whose genetic code has been altered in hopes to include a desired trait.
Down
  1. 1. ________ farmers use natural compost and animal manure to fertilize their crops.
  2. 2. Habitat ____________ separation of a landscape into various land uses resulting in small, non-connected habitat patches left for use by wildlife.
  3. 5. Process where pesticides or other toxins get more concentrated in the members of a good chain as you move towards the top carnivore.
  4. 6. Forest that is the largest in Canada.
  5. 8. Tree harvesting technique that is a combination of selective and clear cutting.
  6. 10. Layer of forest made of young trees, shrubs, bushes, adapted to living in shade.
  7. 14. Trees which have broad, flat leaves that cath a lot of light and cannot survive without warmth and water.