Plant Science
The name for how plants turn light into food.
What is photosynthesis?
How many major growing seasons are there in Texas?
What is 3? (Spring, Summer, Fall)
The name of plants that come back every year
What is a perennial?
State flower of Texas
What is blue bonnets?
3 major organs
Roots, Stem, Leaves
What is pollination needed for in flowering plants?
A. To bloom
B. To make seed and fruit
C. To live
B. To make seed and fruit
The process of creating new plants from a parent plant
What is propagation?
A famous black educator who developed hundreds of uses and ways to cultivate soybeans and peanuts
Who is George Washington Carver?
What is botany?
What does NPK stand for?
Nitrogen, Phosphorus, Potassium
The name of the process of a seed growing into a seedling
What is germination?
Which era and region does the modern lawn take inspiration from?
What is 17th-century Europe?
Around how many plant families are there for flowering plants?
A. 800
B. 200
C. 600
D. 400
A. 400
Name one sign of an overwatered plant and one of an underwatered plant
Over- Moist Yellow, droopy leaves
Root rot
Overly moist soil
Under-Dry, droopy or curling leaves
Crispy texture
Dry, hydrophobic soil
What is phototropism?
What is the movement of plants toward light?
Who was Marie Clark Taylor?
The first African-American woman to earn a PhD in botany.
Focused on photomorphogenesis, or the growth patterns of plants as they use and respond to light