Organic Vocab

6. a substance (as an element or compound) obtained from a chemical process or used to get a chemical result
8. chemicals used to kill bacteria; may also be used as a growth stimulant in livestock
9. introducing dna from other species in order to get new characteristics such as vitamin production, disease resistance, etc.
10. endorsed authoritativelyas having met certain standards
13. chemicals made in one part of the body that act on another part of the body;part of the body’s chemical message system; used to make livestock grow faster or produce more milk
14. to soil, stain, or infect by contact or association
16. biological variety in an environment as indicated by numbers of different species of plants and animals
17. insects—insects that perform valued services like pollination and pest control
18. usually small plastic pieces with embedded hormones that are inserted under an animal’s skin for slow-release of the chemicals

1. chemicals that kill plants
2. ecological approach to pest management, incorporating all available techniques in a plan to manage the pest in such a manner that economic damage is reduced and adverse side effects are minimized
3. following,agreeing with, or based on a way of doing things that is wide lyaccepted and followed
4. chemicals that kill insects
5. a substance (asmanure or a chemical) used to make soil produce larger or more plant life
6. a careful preservation and protection of something; especially planned management of a natural resource to prevent exploitation, pollution, destruction, or neglect
7. an individual grown from a single body cell of its parent and having the same genes as its parent
11. large pens of livestock kept confined and usually fed grain until large enough to harvest
12. the state of wearing away by or as if by the action of water, wind, or glacial ice
15. made, produced, or performed by human beings
17. cage small cages used to hold several hens for long periods of time