Across
- 4. genetic material extracted from one organism and transferred into the DNA of another organism
- 6. a plant that competes with a crop
- 8. _______ debate of should we have single larger or multiple smaller reserves
- 10. insufficient nutrition in which people receive fewer calories than are needed daily
- 11. the amount of energy in food that is used to produce an animal
- 12. the upper level of tree leaves and branches in a forest
- 14. the practice of cutting all trees in an area
- 18. ____________ sites are locations internationally designated by the United Nations for its cultural or natural value.
- 21. middle level of trees in a forest
- 23. forests that are natural and uncut by people
- 24. where a conservation organization purchases the right to prevent resource extraction from a land.
- 26. meat that is cultivated in the laboratory using tissue culture
- 29. running out of forests is known as a _______ famine
- 31. _______ system is a method whereby single trees or groups of trees are selectively removed
- 33. the clearing and loss of forests
- 34. a chemical applied to control pests
- 36. control of pests and weeds with organisms that prey on or parasitize them rather than with chemical pesticides
- 37. forest are major reservoirs of __________ storage due to photosynthesis
- 38. a dead tree still standing
- 41. radiation or chemical induced changes in DNA
- 43. non-continuous areas caused by change in land use result in ____________
- 44. the practice of growing plants in water-based solutions
- 45. tracts of land with exceptional biodiversity that couples preservation and sustainable development
Down
- 1. a local or regional organization that preserves lands.
- 2. Short for clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats
- 3. the cultivation of fish, shrimp, algae, or other aquatic organisms for food in controlled environments.
- 5. monoculture of a single species in which trees are the same age
- 7. the management practices of harvesting a resource in ways that minimize impact on the ecosystem and ecological processes
- 9. the material application of biological science to create products derived from organisms
- 13. a famous national park located in Wyoming
- 15. guaranteed availability of an adequate, safe, nutritious, and reliable food supply
- 16. large indoor or outdoor pens designed to deliver energy-rich food to animals living in high densities
- 17. agriculture that uses no synthetic fertilizers or pesticides
- 19. the percent of land on earth covered by forest
- 20. layer of a forest consisting of small shrubs and trees above the forest floor
- 22. an important agricultural plant native to Mexico
- 25. any ecosystem characterized by a high density of trees
- 27. a condition of impaired health due to an imbalance of nutrients in the diet
- 28. forests that have grown back after primary forests have been cut down.
- 30. the professional management of forests
- 32. a process where a species becomes tolerant of a pesticide so that it no longer works
- 34. any organism that damages crops that we value
- 35. fire a natural occurrence where trees burn
- 39. ________ production includes meat, milk, eggs, etc…
- 40. a type of breeding practiced in agriculture to increase plant productivity
- 42. the use of multiple techniques to achieve long-term suppression of pests