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Are chemicals intended to kill insects and other organisms that damage crops?
Yes, these chemicals are called pesticides.
Chemicals intended to kill insects and other organisms that damage crops are called?
PESTICIDES
What is a chemical intended to kill insects or other pests?
These chemicals are called insecticides.
How do we kill insects in your house?
We can use many insecticides or pest control chemicals to remove or kill insects in our house. We can also take help of any pest control service company for this purpose.
Which insects do farmers kill?
Well they try and kill the pest insects that damage their crops but unfortunately the insecticide sprays they use actually kill all insects which, while perhaps OK for the farmer is very bad for the ecology and biodiversity of the planet.....also we end up eating some of these chemicals and as they are poisons it can not really be good for us.
What pesticides are used to kill insect pests?
Pesticides are used to prevent, kill and repel pests. The pesticides used to kill insects are attractants, fumigants, insecticides, pheromones and repellents.
Is pesticide used for killing insects?
Pesticides is the general term that's used to describe the chemicals that are designed to kill pests. The first part of the word, which is 'pest-' in this case, identifies the intended target or victim of the chemical. The second part of the word, '-icide', explains the intended, terminal action to whatever the pest is.There also are specific chemicals that kill specific pests. For example, 'fungicides' kill fungi. Chemicals identified as 'insecticides' kill insects. Those identified as 'miticides' kill mites. 'Herbicides' kill plants, usually weeds, 'rodenticides' kill rodents, etc.
Why would the chemicals used 50 years ago to kill insects not work any more?
because like we do the flu they become immune to it and it doesnt affect them
Can stick insects kill?
No they cannot kill.
Why are pesticides used?
Pesticides are used in order to kill insects. If insects get on some types of vegetation, it can kill it.
How are pesticides bad?
Yes pesticides are some what bad because of what they do, they kill insects. They also go threw the ground and eventually end in water making pollution... Some of the insects that the pesticides kill are actually not going to hurt the plants that the pesticides are on in the first place. that means pesticides kill and pollute, does that sound very good. Pesticides are made from chemicals, bad ones at that and poison's in poison's out.
Does insects kill us more than you kill them?
no
