Spanish

meaning
1 Insecto

Word
Insect

Sentence
Scientists have identified 900,000 insect species.

2 artrpodo

Arthropod

3 plaga

Pest

Arthropods form the phylum Arthropoda, and

include the insects, arachnids, myriapods,
and crustaceans.
It is possible for an organism to be a pest in one
setting but beneficial, domesticated or acceptable
in another.

4 cultivo

Farming

Arable farming is a lot commoner in England than

in Wales or Scotland.

control de
5 plagas

Pest
control

Pest control is difficult in hot climates.

Pesticides are substances meant for attracting,
seducing, and then destroying any pest.

6 pesticida

Pesticide

7 Nutrimento

Nutrient

8 Adsorcin

Adsorptio
n

Nutrients are frequently categorized as essential

and nonessential.
Adsorption is present in many natural, physical,
biological, and chemical systems, and is widely
used in industrial applications

9 Araa

Spider

An abnormal fear of spiders is

called arachnophobia.

1
0 Abeja

Bee

1
1 Polinizador

Pollinator

Some species including honey bees, bumblebees,

and stingless bees live socially in colonies.
A pollinator is different from a pollenizer, which is a
plant that is a source of pollen for
the pollination process.

1
2 Desorcin

Desorptio
n

After adsorption, the adsorbed chemical will remain

on the substrate nearly indefinitely

1
3 Fertilizante

Fertilizer

Fertilizers enhance the growth of plants.

1
4 Hongos

fungi

Many fungi have important symbiotic relationships

with organisms from most if not all Kingdoms.

1
5 Virus

Virus

There are many types of plant virus

1
6 Bacterias

Bacteria

1
7 Resistencia

Resistanc
e

Certain bacteria form close spatial associations that

are essential for their survival.
Antimicrobial resistance is an increasingly
problematic issue that leads to millions of deaths
every year.

1
8 Diaztrofo

Diazotrop
h

A diazotroph is an organism that is able to grow

without external sources of fixed nitrogen.

1
9 Humificacin

Humificati
on

The process of "humification" can occur naturally

in soil, or in the production of compost.

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0 Suelo
Spanish
meaning

Soil

Word

Soil is a product of the influence of

the climate, relief, organisms, and its parent
materials interacting over time.

Sentence

2
1 Lombrices

Earthwor
ms

2
2 Composta

Compost

2
3 Mariposas

Butterflies

Earthworms are far less abundant in disturbed

environments and are typically active only if water
is present.
Compost is rich in nutrients. It is used
in gardens, landscaping, horticulture,
and agriculture.
Butterflies are often polymorphic, and many
species make use
of camouflage, mimicry and aposematism to evade
their predators.

2
4 Polilla

Moth

Most species of moth are nocturnal, but there are

also crepuscular and diurnal species.

2
5 Micorriza

Mychorriz
a

Mycorrhizal plants are often more resistant to

diseases

2
6 caros

Mites

Many mites which have been well studied are

parasitic on plants and animals.

2
7 Hierba

Weed

2
8 Herbicida

Herbicide

Weed resistance to herbicides has become a major

concern in crop production worldwide.
Modern herbicides are often synthetic mimics of
natural plant hormones which interfere with growth
of the target plants.

2
9 Simbiosis

Symbiosis

Symbiosis is also classified by physical attachment

of the organisms

3
0 Nemtodos

Nematod
es

Nematodes have successfully adapted to nearly

every ecosystem

3
1 Ndulos

Nodules

3
2 Fungicida

Fungicide

3
3 Desinfectante

Disinfecta
nt

Root nodules occur on the roots of plants

Fungicides are biocidal chemical compounds or
biological organisms used to kill or inhibit fungi or
fungal spores
Disinfectants are antimicrobial agents that are
applied to non-living objects to
destroy microorganisms that are living on the
objects.

3
4 Incidencia

Incidence

3
5 Patgeno

Pathogen

The incidence rate is the number of new cases per

population at risk in a given time period
A pathogen may be described in terms of its ability
to produce toxins, colonize and its ability
to immunosuppress the host.

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6 to

Backcross
ing

Backcrossing may be deliberately employed in

animals to transfer a desirable trait

3
7 Hbrido

Hybrid

Hybrid species of plants are much more common

than animals.

3
8 Langostas

Locusts

Locusts have formed plagues since prehistory.

Spanish
meaning

Word

Sentence

3
9 Larva

A larva often has unique structures and organs that

do not occur in the adult form
Parasitism can take the form of
isolated cheating or exploitation among more
generalized mutualistic interactions.

Larva

4
0 Parasitismo

Parasitism

4
1 Poblacin

Populatio
n

4
2 Transgnico

Transgeni
c

4
3 Plantas

Plants

a sexual population is a set of organisms in which

any pair of members can breed together.
Transgenic plants such as corn and soybean have
replaced wild strains in agriculture in some
countries
Green plants have cell walls with cellulose and
obtain most of their energy
from sunlight via photosynthesis

4
4 Agricultura

Agricultur
e

The history of agriculture dates back thousands of

years

4
5 Entomologa

Entomolo
gy

Entomology developed rapidly in the 19th and 20th

centuries

4
6 Orugas

Caterpilla
rs

Caterpillars of most species are herbivorous, but

not all

4
7 Miripodos

Myriapods

Myriapods have a single pair of antennae and, in

most cases, simple eyes.

4
8 Agroforestera

Agrofores
try

Agroforestry has a lot in common

with intercropping.

4
9 Agroecologa

Agroecolo
gy

Agroecology is also defined differently according to

geographic location.

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0 fido

Aphid

Many aphid species are monophagous