Soil/Agriculture Crossword
Across
- 3. the type of plate boundary in which plates move away from each other
- 4. a type of rock formed by compressing sand, gravel, etc. from overlaying sediments.
- 7. a type of rock formed by the cooling of magma
- 8. highest layer of the Earth's crust
- 9. the type of plate boundary in which plates slide past each other
- 12. the type of plate boundary in which plates move towards each other
- 13. when your body is lacking in nutrients
- 14. the higher amount of concentration of a toxin at higher levels of a food chain
- 16. Tall and short crops are grown in between alternating alleys of trees to prevent wind erosion. Also known as intercropping
- 18. Integrated Pest Management
- 19. when your body is getting improper nutrients
Down
- 1. Planting bushes, trees, etc. around an entire field to attract animals to control pests and reduce wind erosion
- 2. the development of increasingly toxic pesticides to combat pests that are becoming increasingly resistant
- 5. Reduces soil erosion on steep slopes by series of broad terraces that run across land contour
- 6. planting in rows across a slope
- 10. liquid, plastic-like layer of the Earth's crust, below the lithosphere
- 11. a type of rock formed by exposing already existing rock to heat and pressure
- 15. Federal Insecticide Fungicide Rodenticide Act
- 17. the preparation of land for growing crops