Gardening Midterm

5. An ingredient in soil (spelled similarly to a chickpea dip that tastes great with pita bread).
8. During ___, ammonia is converted into nitrite and nitrate.
12. During ____, nitrogen from animal waste or decaying bodies is returned to the soil as ammonia by bacteria and decomposers.
13. Seeds that have not been genetically modified (not artificially at least).
15. Shredded, chipped, or ground-up pieces of wood (mentioned many times in the Back to Eden video)
17. Do not store your seeds here.
18. The process where a seed sprouts into a plant.
19. PH __ encourages nutrients and discourages harmful elements in the soil.

1. The process in which plants absorb nitrogen.
2. Another chemical in addition to nitrogen that is essential for plants (atomic number 15 on the periodic table).
3. Seeds that come from two different species.
4. “Improved” seeds are __ modified.
6. __ rotation helps plants to grow better and healthier.
7. In a process called nitrogen ___, bacteria convert nitrogen gas into ammonia.
9. According to the Back to Eden video, this is the ideal way to water.
10. Seeds that are suitable for consumption.
11. About 78% of the atmosphere is made up of this gas (atomic number 7 on the periodic table).
14. During ___, nitrate is changed into nitrogen gas which becomes part of the atmosphere.
15. Wild plants that grow where they are not wanted.
16. Is made up of inorganic and organic material, air, and water.