Plants for food and fiber

3. the diffusion of water through a differentially permeable membrane.
4. the growing ovary of a plant that swells and protects the developing seeds until they are ripe.
8. the use of a system of large pipes and sprinklers to water crops.
12. process by which pollen, containing sperm , travels to the female cone.
13. the process in which water that is taken in by a plant or an animal evaporates from the organism.
15. the limiting of a crop to one particular type in an area in order to use energy and equipment efficiently
16. resources of nature are being renewed at least as richly as they are being used, and all wastes are able to be completely absorbed.
17. a practice whereby crops are rotated annually through carious fields, so that each crop is grown in a different field and pests have little opportunity to establish.
19. a process whereby the eggs of one plant are fertilized by sperm from another plant of the same species.
20. a process that involves choosing specific lanes with particular characteristics and encouraging these plants to reproduce.
23. a pigment in plants that makes leaves green.
26. a process used in plant reproduction whereby small sections of leaf and stem are cut from a parent land and grow into new plants.

1. tendency of particles in gas or liquid to become evenly distributed by moving from areas of reader concentration to areas of lesser concentration.
2. the development of a seed into a new plant.
5. a single, ruminant root with numerous small roots coming out of it.
6. salt that has collected on the surface of soil.
7. movement of pollutants through levels of a food chain so that greater quantities are retained with movement up the food chain.
9. able to resist certain effects; insects become resistant to pesticides.
10. in the cells of living things, the process in which oxygen is used to get energy from food and is converted into carbon dioxide.
11. a shallow system of similar-sized than can quickly soak up moisture.
14. the tissue of lanes from the stem, leaves, seeds, or roots.
18. the process by which plants make their own food using sunlight.
21. the process of moving soil and rock from one place to another, mechanical weathering caused by the effects of wind and or water.
22. a process used in plant reproduction whereby a branch is taken from one tree and attached to another tree.
24. a process used in plant reproduction whereby plants reproduce from stems.
25. the dark-colored part of soil that is rich in nutrients, such as nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium, and sulphur.