Michaella+and+Juan

1) a) *Pest: an annoying or troublesome person, animal, orthing ; nuisance. an insect or other small animal that harms or destroys garden plants,trees,etc. a deadly epidemic disease, especially a plague; pestilence *Pesticide: a chemical preparation for destroying plant, fungal, or animal pests. b) A chemical pesticide is used to kill plants and unwanted thing such as insects, and a biological pesticide is anaturally occurring substances that control pests.

2) A positive idea about using pesticides are:  1. it keeps bugs off of the fertilized plants/crops 2. plants that are fertilized using pesticides grow faster 3. they produce (fruit, vegetables, etc.) more quickly; this allows farmers to make a greater profit because they can sell more at a faster pace 4. the produce "looks" nicer (color, size, etc.)

Some negative reasons for using pesticides are: 1. pesticides run off into water sources, contaminating the water 2. if used on plants that produce food we eat, then we in turn eat pesticides (which are chemicals not intended for human digestion)

3) On farms, you can build a glass container around a farm that keeps that pesticides out, but does not harm the environment in any way. Another way is to use diatomaceous earth. Diatomaceous earth is an odorless, nontoxic white powder which is murder to many insects. It is made up of ground up shells of a tiny sea creature called a diatom. These tiny particles make minuscule cuts in the skin or the exoskeleton of the insect as they crawl through it. As a result, your bugs dehydrate and die within a few hours. You can find this organic substance at most garden centers, and it is fairly inexpensive, too. Something else is knowing which creatures are enemies or predators of your bugs is another organic method. 