Herbicide

High school (ages 12+)
Environment & Earth

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/herbicide

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. What is the key applications?Used in agriculture, forestry (conifer release), and pasture management
2. Why do farmers use herbicides instead of pulling weeds by hand?Herbicides can quickly and easily kill many weeds at once, saving time and effort for farmers.
3. How do selective herbicides know which plants to kill?They target special chemicals that are different in weeds and crops, so they only harm the weeds.

Biochemical Pathway: A series of chemical reactions in a living organism that leads to a specific product.
Herbicide Resistance: The inherited ability of a plant biotype to survive and reproduce following exposure to a dose of herbicide normally lethal to the wild type.
Conifer Release: The use of herbicides to remove competing hardwood vegetation that suppresses the growth of young conifer trees.