Soil
Q: Soil is made up of tiny pieces of these particles, which comes from broken-down rocks & compost.
A: What is mineral or rock particles?
Q: This green pigment found in chloroplasts captures sunlight for photosynthesis.
A: What is chlorophyll?
Q: This part of the cell makes energy.
A: What is the mitochondria?
Q: These structures grow underground and absorb water and minerals.
A: What are roots?
Q: This method grows plants without soil, using water and nutrients instead.
A: What is hydroponics?
Q: This part of soil is made from dead plants and animals and helps plants grow.
A: What is organic matter or humus?
Q: These two things are required, along with sunlight, for photosynthesis to happen.
A: What are water and carbon dioxide?
Q: We get energy when this sugar is broken down.
A: What is glucose?
Q: This part of the plant supports the plant and carries water from roots to leaves.
A: What is the stem?
Q: This breeding method improves plants by selecting parents with certain traits but can reduce the variety of genes.
A: What is selective breeding?
Q: Why is soil important for plants besides just holding water?
A: What is because soil provides nutrients and air that plants need to grow?
Q: This part of the plant is mainly responsible for photosynthesis.
A: What is the leaf?
Q: This gas helps cells turn sugar into energy.
A: What is oxygen?
Q: What are the tiny openings on leaves called, and what do they do?
A: What are stomata? They let gases like oxygen and carbon dioxide move in and out of the leaf.
Q: When farmers pick parents with good traits, what can happen to the variety in plants or animals?
A: What is it can become smaller, making them more alike?
Q: What are some characteristics of clay soil, and how does it affect plant growth?
the brain of the cell. (detail)
A: What is clay soil holds water well but has very tiny particles that can make it hard for roots to grow and can drain slowly?
Q: This gas is a waste product of photosynthesis and is released into the air.
A: What is oxygen?
Q: The energy made by cells is called this.
A: What is ATP?
Q: What are the two main parts of the flower involved in reproduction, and what does each do?
A: What are the stamen (makes pollen) and the pistil (receives pollen and grows seeds)?
Q: How is genetic engineering different from selective breeding when making new plant traits?
A: What is it changes genes directly and faster, while selective breeding takes longer?
Q: Explain how the different components of soil work together to support plant growth and why healthy soil is important for the environment.
A: What is soil provides nutrients, water, air, and support that plants need to grow, and healthy soil helps keep the environment balanced?
Q: This chemical equation represents photosynthesis: 6CO₂ + 6H₂O → C₆H₁₂O₆ + 6O₂. What does C₆H₁₂O₆ stand for?
A: What is glucose?
Q: What are the three things our cells need to do cellular respiration?
A: What are glucose, oxygen, and water?
Q: Name the 4 main parts of a flower involved in reproduction.
A: What are the stamen, pistil, petals, and ovary/ovule?
Q: Explain two major problems caused by farming only one crop repeatedly, and why these problems make farming harder over time. WORTH 700 IF DONE PROPERLY
A: What is growing one crop again and again uses up specific nutrients in the soil and makes pests or diseases that attack that crop easier to spread, which can reduce crop growth and soil health?