Pollination
This process occurs when pollen is transferred from the male part of a flower to the female part.
Answer: What is pollination?
Mushrooms belong to this kingdom.
Answer: What is the fungi kingdom?
This type of tree is tapped to collect sap for maple syrup.
Answer: What is a maple tree?
Food that is thrown away instead of eaten is called this.
Answer: What is food waste?
This plant structure absorbs water and minerals from the soil.
Answer: What are roots?
These insects are the most important pollinators for many crops.
Answer: What are bees?
Unlike plants, fungi do not make their own food through this process.
Answer: What is photosynthesis?
Most maple syrup is made from this species of maple.
Answer: What is the sugar maple?
Turning food scraps into nutrient-rich soil material is called this.
Answer: What is composting?
This plant part contains chlorophyll and captures sunlight.
Answer: What are leaves?
Bright petals, sweet smells, and nectar help attract these.
Answer: What are pollinators?
Fungi help ecosystems by performing this important job.
Answer: What is decomposition?
The sap collected from maple trees is mostly this substance.
Answer: What is water?
Food waste in landfills can produce this greenhouse gas.
Answer: What is methane?
Plants use sunlight, water, and carbon dioxide to make this sugar.
Answer: What is glucose?
When pollen moves from one flower to a different flower, it is called this type of pollination.
Answer: What is cross-pollination?
The thread-like structures that make up most fungi are called these.
Answer: What are hyphae?
Sap must be heated to remove water in a process called this.
Answer: What is evaporation?
One of the major reasons why reducing food waste important.
Answer: What is to save resources, reduces landfill waste, and decreases greenhouse gases?
The gas released during photosynthesis is this.
Answer: What is oxygen?
Without pollinators, many plants would struggle to produce these.
Answer: What are fruits and seeds?
This underground network of fungal threads absorbs nutrients and water.
Answer: What is mycelium?
It takes approximately this many gallons of sap to make one gallon of maple syrup.
Answer: What is about 40 gallons?
This documentary we watched focused on food waste in America.
Answer: What is Just Eat It?
This green pigment absorbs sunlight for photosynthesis.
Answer: What is chlorophyll?