Across
- 2. cost or charge of money
- 5. left wihtout tilling or sowing after plowing
- 6. to get rid of waste, such as manure
- 8. in the nitrogen cycle, it is the process of nitrogen changing into a less mobile and more usable form by combining with hydrogen to make amonia
- 10. to tame and breed for human use
- 12. physical surroundings; all that is around you
- 14. organic or inorganic nutrients that are added to the soil to help the growth of crops
Down
- 1. management of money affairs
- 2. a community of living and non-living things that interact by exchanging matter and energy
- 3. to wear away topsoil by water or wind and can be caused by intensive farming and overgrazing
- 4. a form of natural gas that can be produced from corn
- 7. the study of the environment and how living things interact with it
- 9. a mixture or preparation used for feeding livestock
- 11. proteins that start a chemical reaction
- 13. to prepare the soil for planting by cutting the soil with rotating metal disks