Plants and Microbes

3. We refer to the complexity and organisation of life in the soil as a ____ in the soil.
6. This keeps the soil moist, encourages soil microbes, stops weed seeds germinating and nourishes the soil.
7. These organisms send signals along their threads as far as 20 km in the forest.
10. We refer to the soil as the _______ of the plant.
11. The chemical process that happens inside the green leaf which uses sunlight energy to produce glucose
12. We refer to the leaves of the plant as ____ panels.
13. We digest our foods inside our body, plants digest their food _______ their roots.

1. Bark mulch is best used for _____ and trees.
2. The technical name for worm poo.
4. Earthworms roam through the soil leaving _____ for other organisms and roots to travel down.
5. This type of garden turns the soil organisms world into chaos.
8. Plants send this percentage of sugars produced in the leaf, down to the roots.
9. Grass or hay mulch is best used for __________.
12. All life on planet earth depends upon the _____