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Question 1

biocide

Answer 1

a chemical crop protection agent that kills living organisms.

Question 2

agriculture

Answer 2

all the activities to adjust the natural environment for producing plants and animals for use by humans.

Question 3

resistant

Answer 3

less sensitive or insensitive to crop protection agents.

Question 4

non-selective pesticide

Answer 4

an agent that kills not only the harmful organisms but also the harmless or even useful ones.

Question 5

natural enemy

Answer 5

an organism that can tackle a plague of insects because it is also an enemy of that insect in natural conditions.

Question 6

food crop

Answer 6

plant that is grown in arable farming or horticulture.

Question 7

chemical fertilizer

Answer 7

fertilizer that is made artificially in laboratories or factories.

Question 8

organic crop protection

Answer 8

using natural enemies.

Question 9

farm animal

Answer 9

animal that is kept in livestock farming.

Question 10

crop rotation

Answer 10

agricultural practice of never growing the same crop on the same land for two years in a row.