AGRICULTURE BASICS
What is agriculture?
✅ Growing crops and rearing animals
Which part absorbs water and minerals?
✅ Root
What process helps plants make food?
✅ Photosynthesis
What attracts insects to flowers?
✅ Petals
What happens during pollination?
✅ Pollen is transferred from the anther to the stigma.
State one importance of agriculture.
✅ Provides food
State two functions of roots.
Absorb water and minerals.
✅ Hold the plant firmly in the soil.
Which gas do plants take in?
✅ Carbon dioxide
What is the male part of the flower?
✅ Stamen
Explain photosynthesis.
✅ Photosynthesis is the process by which plants make their own food using sunlight, water, and carbon dioxide.
Give one plant-based product.
✅ Cotton
What is the function of the stem?
✅ Transports water and food
What is water loss from leaves called?
✅ Transpiration
What is the female part of the flower?
✅ Pistil
Differentiate between tap root and fibrous root systems.
✅ Tap root has one large main root.
✅ Fibrous root has many small roots of equal size.
Which nutrient gives energy to the body?
✅ Carbohydrates
What stores food in a seed?
✅ Cotyledon
What gas do plants release?
✅ Oxygen
Pollination is the transfer of pollen from where to where?
✅ Anther to stigma
Explain the difference between sexual and asexual propagation.
✅ Sexual propagation uses seeds, while asexual propagation uses plant parts such as stems, roots, or leaves.
Explain why agriculture is important.
✅ It provides food, jobs, and raw materials.
What develops into a new plant?
✅ Embryo
Where is chlorophyll found?
✅ Leaves
Fruits develop from which part of the plant?
✅ Flower
Describe the journey of water in a plant.
✅ Roots absorb water, stems transport it, and leaves use it during photosynthesis.