Organic Vocab

2. endorsed authoritativelyas having met certain standards
3. a substance (as an element or compound) obtained from a chemical process or used to get a chemical result
7. the state of wearing away by or as if by the action of water, wind, or glacial ice
8. chemicals used to kill bacteria; may also be used as a growth stimulant in livestock
10. small cages used to hold several hens for long periods of time
11. a careful preservation and protection of something; especially planned management of a natural resource to prevent exploitation, pollution, destruction, or neglect
13. biological variety in an environment as indicated by numbers of different species of plants and animals
14. made, produced, or performed by human beings
16. chemicals that kill insects
17. introducing dna from other species in order to get new characteristics such as vitamin production, disease resistance, etc.
18. usually small plastic pieces with embedded hormones that are inserted under an animal’s skin for slow-release of the chemicals
19. large pens of livestock kept confined and usually fed grain until large enough to harvest

1. chemicals that kill plants
4. insects that perform valued services like pollination and pest control
5. following,agreeing with, or based on a way of doing things that is widely accepted and followed
6. to soil, stain, or infect by contact or association
9. a substance used to make soil produce larger or more plant life
12. 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
15. an individual grown from a single body cell of its parent and having the same genes as its parent