Question 1 / 4-2 Match the term with the correct description Soil Loam Soil Hori

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Match the term with the correct description

Soil

Loam

Soil Horizons

Soil Profile

Desertification

Organophosphates

Chlorinated Hydrocarbons

Fumigants

Integrated pest management

Trap crops

Small areas are planted before the main crop. These plants mature first and attract insects, and the trap crop is then destroyed along with the pests

Mixture of sand, silt, and clay which is best for agriculture

A flexible, ecologically based strategy that is applied at specific times against specific pests

Soils stratified into horizontal layers

A collection of soil horizons

Most abundantly used synthetic pesticides

Renewable resource that develops gradually through the weathering of rocks and minerals as well as organic material

Small molecules (e.g., carbon tetrachloride) which are delivered as a gas to penetrate soil or other materials

Fast acting and highly toxic to sensitive organisms

Process of converting productive land to desert

Small areas are planted before the main crop. These plants mature first and attract insects, and the trap crop is then destroyed along with the pests

Mixture of sand, silt, and clay which is best for agriculture

A flexible, ecologically based strategy that is applied at specific times against specific pests

Soils stratified into horizontal layers

A collection of soil horizons

Most abundantly used synthetic pesticides

Renewable resource that develops gradually through the weathering of rocks and minerals as well as organic material

Small molecules (e.g., carbon tetrachloride) which are delivered as a gas to penetrate soil or other materials

Fast acting and highly toxic to sensitive organisms

Process of converting productive land to desert

Explanation / Answer

a. Small areas are planted before the main crop. These plants mature first and attract insects, and the trap crop is then destroyed along with the pests

Trap crops

b. Mixture of sand,slit, and claywhich is best for agriculture

Loam

c.A flexible, ecologically based strategy that is applied at specific times against specific pests

Integrated Pest Management

d. Soils stratified into horizontal layers

soil horizons

e. A collection of soil horizons

soil profile

f. Most abundantly used synthetic pesticides

organophosphates

g.Renewable resource that develops gradually through the weathering of rocks and minerals as well as organic material.

soil

h. Small molecules (e.g., carbon tetrachloride) which are delivered as a gas to penetrate soil or other materials

Fumigants

i. Fast acting and highly toxic to sensitive organisms

Chlorinated hydrocarbons

j. Process of converting productive land to desert

Desertification