Plants
What does a seed need to germinate?
Water and heat
Moisture and sun
Rain
What is the first stage in the supply chain?
Production
Process of collecting plants from the field
Harvest
Monocots germinate with how many seed leaves?
GMO stands for?
Genetically modified organism
Field corn or Dent corn
Which stage is not part of the supply chain but instead a supporting role?
Service
What is the seed leaf called?
Cotyledon
Dicots have what type of root system?
Tap root
When producing ethanol, what ingredient did the yeast consume best?
Sugar
Starch is converted to sugar
What part of the wheat seed is used in making white flour?
What is a raw material or primary agriculture product that can be bought and sold called?
Commodity
Transporting the product to where it needs to go is called?
Distribution
Dicots have what type of vein system in the leaves?
Netted
What controls the price of something?
Supply and demand
a plant that has been grown for many years and produces seeds that breed true to type.
Heirloom
Making something new and usable is called?
Processing
What is the difference between conventional and organic farming?
The method in which the farmer grows the crops. Conventional is a type of farming that grows for uniformity and quantity. Organic is a method that excludes the use of synthetic substances and no GMOs. Conventional can use synthetic substances as well as GMOs.
Fibrous (all spread out)
How do products get from the farm to the consumer?
The supply chain
Why does the arctic apple not brown?
It has been genetically modified
The enzyme has been shut off that causes browing
Marketing
What is it called when we have the chemical breakdown of a substance by bacteria, yeasts, or other microorganisms, typically involving effervescence and the giving off of heat.
Fermentation
Why does knowing if plants are a monocot or dicot help gardeners/farmers?
We know a lot of characteristics about a plant just by knowing if it is a monocot/dicot. What type of leaves, roots, flowers, and stems they will have. We also know how they will germinate. Monocots and dicots have certain characteristics.
How do you measure a crop yield?
Bushels per acre