Across
- 2. linear sequence of organisms through which nutrients and energy pass as one organism eats another
- 5. all the inhabitants of a particular place
- 7. the real physical matter of which a person or thing consists
- 8. a cultivated plant that is grown on a large scale commercially
- 10. a person who purchases goods and services for personal use.
- 15. a process that uses laboratory-based technologies to alter the DNA makeup of an organism
- 18. open out (something) so as to extend its surface area
- 19. an amount produced of an agricultural or industrial product
Down
- 1. the science or practice of farming
- 3. relating to economics or the economy
- 4. a substance used to stimulate immunity to a particular infectious disease
- 6. a damaging immune response by the body to a substance
- 9. a poisonous substance that is a specific product of the metabolic activities of a living organism
- 11. unwanted plants
- 12. Farmers select parents with desirable characteristics and breed them together
- 13. become or make greater in size, amount, or degree
- 14. a destructive insect or other animal that attacks crops, food, livestock, etc.
- 15. water that exists underground in saturated zones beneath the land surface
- 16. It helps blood sugar enter the body's cells so it can be used for energy
- 17. a drug or other preparation for the treatment or prevention of disease