Why Plants are Better than Humans
To Spread or Not To Spread...that is the Question
A Job Where You Ask "My Schedule or Yours?"
Eh...it's Just Miscellaneous
100

Autotroph or Heterotroph? 

Plants are considered these.

Autotroph

100

Give one example of a pollinator.

Birds, rodents, humans, bees, butterflies, hummingbirds, etc.

100
Agriculture is the cultivation of crops and livestock. Give one example of a crop and one example of a livestock that would be cultivated.

Crops - rice, beans, fruits, vegetables, wheat, etc.

Livestock - cattle (cows), sheep, goats, pigs, horses, donkeys, llamas, etc.

100

Which of the following is a seed dispersal by water?

Maple Leaf (also known as "helicopters"), Coconut, Raspberry, Dandelion

Coconut

200

What organelle does photosynthesis take place?

Chloroplast

200

Which would a hummingbird be more attracted to?

Banksia, Orchid, Hibiscus, or Urn?

Hibiscus

200

Other than food, give one example that we might use daily that involves crops that were grown.

Tables, chairs, paper, cotton in clothes, medicine, toothpaste, shampoo, lotion, etc.

200

What organism did agriculture start with?

Ants

300

What are the tiny pores in leaves of a plant that takes in carbon dioxide?

Stomata

300

List the two natural pollen carriers.

Wind and water

300

From the 1950s-1970s, there was a worldwide effort to combat hunger that led to farming improvements, harvesting crop techniques, and research. What was that effort called?

The Green Revolution

300

Which of the following are fruit?

strawberries, apples, cucumbers, peanuts, tomatoes, string beans, pomegranates. 

All of these are fruits.

400
What are the two types of reactions in photosynthesis?

Light Dependent Reaction and Light Independent Reaction

400

Some orchids have adapted to having a shiny surface, hair on its petals, and smells of decay to attract what pollinator?

A fly

400

What is a downside or "con" in using artificial fertilizers for large farmlands?

They can get into nearby streams and rivers and contaminate it with the large amounts of nitrogen.

400

What is the name of the simple sugar/carbohydrate in photosynthesis?

Glucose

500

On a dry-erase board, write the chemical equation for photosynthesis.

6 CO2 + 6 H2O + LE -> C6H12O6 + 6 O2

500

Bees and flowers have a great relationship; a bee feeds on the nectar from the flower and in return, the flower's pollen grains are rubbed off onto the bee so it can spread to the next flower to be pollinated. What relationship is this an example of?

Mutualism

500

List ALL four of the most popular crops grown worldwide. 

Rice, Corn, Wheat, and Soybeans

500
Chlorophyll is the pigment in chloroplasts. It reflects the green color, but what two colors does it absorb?

Red and Blue

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