Soils and Crop Growth

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Across
  1. 2. Collecting and storing rainwater for use
  2. 4. suitable for growing crops.
  3. 7. The amount of crop produced.
  4. 11. Structure for growing plants under controlled conditions.
  5. 17. Chemical used to kill insects.
  6. 19. Plants like beans that fix nitrogen in soil.
  7. 22. Microorganism that causes disease.
  8. 23. mainly to feed the farmer’s family.
  9. 24. Using too much fertilizer or chemical.
  10. 25. Movement of water through a membrane.
  11. 28. Chemical used to kill fungi.
  12. 29. focused on raising animals.
  13. 30. Using machines in farming.
  14. 31. Unwanted plant competing with crops.
  15. 32. Unit of heredity in living organisms.
  16. 33. Growing plants in water without soil.
Down
  1. 1. Illness that harms plants or animals.
  2. 3. Instructions for plant growth in DNA.
  3. 5. Fertile land turning into desert.
  4. 6. Ability to withstand disease or chemicals.
  5. 8. Material spread on soil to retain moisture.
  6. 9. Chemical used to kill pests.
  7. 10. Water loss from plants through leaves.
  8. 12. Water flowing over land carrying soil or chemicals.
  9. 13. Organism that damages crops.
  10. 14. done to sell crops or livestock for profit.
  11. 15. Combining crop growing and livestock raising.
  12. 16. Farming with high inputs on small areas.
  13. 18. Farming using large areas with low inputs.
  14. 20. Organism altered using genetic engineering.
  15. 21. Excess nutrients causing water pollution.
  16. 26. Supplying water to crops artificially.
  17. 27. Chemical used to kill weeds.