Benchmark Unit 3 Week 2 Vocab

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Mutually beneficial arrangement among plants mimicking symbiosis in nature.

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Relationship beneficial to both parties.

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Healthy crop yielded nutritious plants and maintained soil integrity.

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something good or healthy

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Healthy crop that yielded nutritious plants.

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produced or provided

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In the late 1800s, scientists developed hybrid corn.

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Fertilizing one variety of corn with pollen from another variety.

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Corn is a staple crop of the Midwestern US.

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the most popular or necessary

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Rotations suppressed pests by breaking their life cycles.

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prevented the development

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Scientists added DNA to corn for insect and drought resistance.

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Prolonged period of abnormally low rainfall.

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Farmers found they could plant a surplus of corn without harming their fields.

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more than what is needed

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Scientists added DNA to corn to make it more resistant to insects and drought.

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unaffected by

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Maize was a key crop for early Central and North Americans.

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corn