Soil
Get to the Root
Leaves
Showers
Don't Be Fooled
100
Soil is a non-renewable resource. Name two other non-renewable resources.
What are oil, natural gas, coal, and nuclear energy?
This is not an exhaustive list.
100
Name three root vegetables.
What are....
Potatoes.
Carrots.
Beets.
Turnips.
Parsnips.
Onions and shallots.
Radishes.
Ginger.
Sweet potatoes.
This is not an exhaustive list.
100
If a clover has this many leaves, you may be considered lucky.
What is four?
100
The poet Thomas Tusser said this. Fill in the blanks: April ________ brings May _________.
What is April showers brings May Flowers?
100
Play video. Start at 4:35. Stop at 5:00.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ugAUMbceVNU
Prompt: Solve Mystery. Don't be fooled.
Resume video at 5:10. Stop at 5:20.
200
Name two basic components of soil.
What is minerals, organic matter, water, and air?
This is not an exhaustive list.
200
The roots of a plant provides these two things.
What is providing water and minerals?
200
Florida's State Tree.
What is the palm tree (sabal palmetto)?
200
This continent has the lowest annual rainfall.
What is Antarctica?
200
Play video at 12:00. Stop video at 12:10.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ugAUMbceVNU
Prompt: Solve mystery. Don't be fooled.
The stylist gets paid twice as much for two hair cuts than he would for one.
300
This layer of soil has the highest concentration of organic matter and microorganisms and is where most of the Earth's biological soil activity occurs.
What is topsoil?
300
Roots are covered in these.
What are tiny hairs?
300
Leaves manufacture this for plants.
What is food?
300
This continent gets the most amount of rain.
What is South America?
300
Play video. Start at the 2 minute mark. Stop at 2 minutes and 30 seconds.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ugAUMbceVNU
Prompt: Solve the mystery. Don't be fooled.
Paul was standing on the bottom rung of the ladder.
400
The presence of this in soil promotes happiness in humans.
What is microorganisms (or more specifically, bacteria)?
Bonus Information: Mycobacterium vaccae, (a bacterium in soil), has been found to trigger the release of serotonin, which in turn improves mood and possibly even brain function.
400
There are a few root types. Name one.
What is taproots, fibrous roots, adventitious roots, prop roots, or breathing roots?
400
This is the natural compound present in green plants that gives them their color.
What is Chlorophyll?
400
Not all raindrops are made of water. Rain on Venus is made out of this. What is rain made of on Venus.
What is sulfuric acid?
400
Start at 13:30. Stop at 14:00.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ugAUMbceVNU
Prompt: Solve the mystery. Don't be fooled.
The boss told the truck driver to let some air out of the tires.
500
Turning over the first 6 – 10 inches of soil before planting new crops is referred to as this. The purpose of such process is to mix organic matter into your soil.
What is tilling?
Bonus information: The purpose of tilling is to mix organic matter into your soil, help control weeds, break up crusted soil, or loosen up a small area for planting. Tilling too often or deep can do more damage than good to your soil.
500
When water from the soil is absorbed by the roots of a plant it is known as this process.
What is osmosis?
500
This is a process by which green plants and some other organisms use sunlight to synthesize foods from carbon dioxide and water.
What is photosynthesis?
500
Not all rain drops that fall from the sky reach the ground. Under specific conditions, sometimes rain can fall but never touch Earth. This occurs when rain falling from a cloud evaporates or sublimes as it draws closer to Earth’s surface. When this happens it is called this.
What is phantom rain?
500
Start at 12:35. Stop at 13:05.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ugAUMbceVNU
Prompt: Solve the mystery. Don't be fooled.
The man has to wait till sunset and leave through the first door.