Land and Water Use (Pt. 2)
Across
- 2. A cycle of pesticide development, followed by pest resistance, followed by new pesticide development
- 3. A trait possessed by certain individuals that are exposed to a pesticide and survive
- 4. The feeling that an area has a distinct and meaningful character
- 5. Fertilizer produced commercially, normally with the use of fossil fuels. Also known as inorganic fertilizer
- 6. A planning tool used to separate industry and business from residential neighborhoods
- 8. A pesticide that remains in the environment for a long time
- 11. A shift in agricultural practices in the twentieth century that included new management techniques, mechanization, fertilization, irrigation, and improved crop varieties, that resulted in increased food output
- 12. Development that fills in vacant lots within existing communities rather than expanding into new land outside the city
- 14. An agricultural technique in which crop species in a field are rotated from season to season
- 18. The fossil fuel energy and human energy input per calorie of food produced
- 19. A restriction on development outside a designated area
- 21. A planning tool used to separate industry and business from residential neighborhoods
- 23. A pesticide that targets species of insects and other invertebrates that consume crops
- 24. A person or organization with an interest in a particular place or issue
- 25. Fertilizer composed of organic matter from plants and animals
Down
- 1. A pesticide that kills many different types of pest
- 7. The feeling that an area has a distinct and meaningful character
- 9. A form of soil degradation that occurs when the small amount of salts in irrigation water becomes highly concentrated on the soil surface through evaporation
- 10. The phenomenon in which an increase in the supply of a good causes demand to grow
- 13. A commercially harvestable population of fish within a particular ecological region
- 15. A set of principles for community planning that focuses on strategies to encourage the development of sustainable, healthy communities
- 16. A pesticide that targets a narrow range of organisms. Also known as narrow-spectrum pesticide
- 17. A pesticide that targets plant species that compete with crops
- 20. An agricultural method that utilizes large plantings of a single species or variety
- 22. A form of soil degradation that occurs when soil remains under water for prolonged periods