Seeds!
What is the outer wall of the seed called?
SURPRISE - What is your teachers first and last name?
Aaron Doherty
GMO stands for
GENETICALLY MODIFIED ORGANISM
Herbicides kill what?
Weeds
What tool is the best for digging holes?
Shovel
Tomato seeds take approximately how many days to germinate?
5 to 10
What was one of the first seeds used/saved by early farmers? hint used for oil/food/clothing
Flax
The largest GMO seed company in the world
Bayer / Monstanto
Pesticides protect agianst what?
Pests
What hand tool is used for clipping plants?
Pruners
The seed "yolk" or nutrient storage is called the...
Endosperm
There is an ARK, located way up north that has over how many seeds stored?
4.5 million
GMO seeds are made by changing what part of the seed?
The genes/dna
What shape did we make around the new plants in the Pollinator Patch with mulch/leaves?
Circles / Doughnuts
What should you shout when carrying a knife around people?
Sharp Behind! Sharp Beside!
What part of the embryo is the first to grow out of the seed and anchor it?
The radicle (root)
What mode of travel did seeds use to traverse the world in the 1500s?
by boat
What weapon do GMO researchers use to implant genes into seeds?
Gene Gun
When planting the Pollinator Patch, what did we use knives / blades for?
Cutting the root balls
What tool did we use to remove the jelly outside of the tomato seed, by pressing the seed into it?
What part of the seed grows upwards? The leaf?
cotyledons
When saving seeds, we want to make sure they are right for storage/germination. What is one simple test we did in class to see if the seeds were NOT GOOD to be saved/germinated?
Check if they float in water
GMO seeds, combined with RoundUp chemicals can create entire fields of just one organism, killing all others. This creates a what type of culture?
Monoculture
What is the name of the large existing bush / small tree with white and green leaves in the Pollinator Patch?
Dogwood
The best tool to round up leaves? two words.
Fan Rake