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unit 9 word search
word searches from 3/23/15 and 3/25/15
Term | Definition |
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biennial weed | a weed that lives for two years |
instars | a stage in the growth of insects |
noxious weed | a weed that kills other plants |
vector | a bacteriophage or plasmid that transfers genetic material into a cell, or from one bacterium to another. |
nematodes | a round worm that burrows into plants and causes harm |
insect | a bug with 6 legs and three body parts |
chemical control | a way to control a pest with chemicals |
metamorphosis | the transformation of a living creature in multiple life stages |
causal agent | biological pathogen that causes a disease, such as a virus, parasite, fungus, or bacterium |
perennial weed | a weed that lives longer than three years |
hyphae | branching filaments that make up the mycelium of a fungus |
diseases | an illness caused by a pathogen |
disease triangle | basic diagram of pathology |
bacteria | a microscopic living creature |
annual weed | a weed that only lives for one year |
biological control | a way to control pests with another living creature |
pesticide resistance | when a pest species grows resistant to a type of control method |
cultural control | manipulating the environment to eliminate or reduce pests |
arachnid | insect with 8 legs (spiders) |
viruses | a microscopic non-living agent of sickness and disease |
eradication | to destroy a living creature completely |
key pest | a pest that is very common for a species of plant |
quarantine | isolating a plant to prevent the spread of disease or contamination |
fungi | mushrooms, mold, mildew, etc |
pathogens | an agent of disease |
compound | a thing that is composed of two or more separate elements |
signal words | words that serve to indicate, warn, direct, command,ect |
net contents | a list of the contents or ingredients of a product |
carcinogen | a substance that is toxic and can cause death |
toxicity | the degree to which a substance can damage an organism |
xylem tissue | The tissue of vascular plants that conducts water and minerals, provides support, and consists of tracheary elements and parenchyma cells |
insecticides | a chemical used to kill insects |
phloem tissue | The tissue of vascular plants that conducts food produced by photosynthesis to all parts of the plant and consists of sieve elements, fibers, and parenchyma |
common name | Brand, generic, or trade name of a substance that is not a chemical name or scientific name |
symbols | pictures that have a special meaning |
volatilization | the process whereby a dissolved sample is vaporised |
drift | be carried slowly by a current of air or water |
trade name | a name by which something is known in a particular trade or profession |
element | each of more than one hundred substances that cannot be chemically interconverted or broken down into simpler substances and are primary constituents of matter |
formulation | the action of creating something |