Unit B Section 3 & 4
Across
- 3. growing plants without soil
- 5. a substance that adds nutrients to the soil, can be organic or chemical
- 7. when you grown only one type of crop every year
- 12. when you use living organisms to control the pest population
- 13. a characteristic of an organism that distinguishes it from another variety
- 15. a chemical that kills unwanted insects
- 18. partially decomposed organic matter
- 20. a chemical that kills unwanted pests
- 22. when humans artificially water crops
Down
- 1. subset of a species (where organisms are different)
- 2. group of organisms with similar traits that can reproduce with each other
- 4. when plants witdesirable traits are selected to reproduce
- 6. when different crops are grown from year to year
- 8. soil that is slippery when wet, has small spaces
- 9. a small piece of material found inside the plants nucleus
- 10. made from rock that has been broken down
- 11. made from plants and animals that were once living
- 14. the amount of useful plant that can be harvested
- 16. soil that is a mix of organic and mineral material
- 17. soil that is mostly mineral and does not hold water
- 18. a chemical that kills unwanted plants
- 19. a type of consequence when something bad happens as a result of human intervention that you didn't plan
- 21. a type of engineering where humans change the DNA of plants to get desireable traits