SOIL
True or False: soil is the same all over Earth
FALSE
A common garden bug that can roll itself into a ball.
What is a roly-poly or pill bug?
The part of the plant responsible for keeping the plant in place and collecting water.
What are the roots?
The name of California's official state flower, known for it's orange, cup shaped blooms
What is a California Poppy?
True or False: soil is ALIVE
true : )
The sweet, sticky substance that bees make by regurgitating nectar.
What is honey?
What is a flower?
The largest tree in the world is one of these.
A GIANT SEQUOIA!
The process of soil being removed by water or air.
What is soil erosion?
This is the number of legs that an insect must have.
What is 6 legs?
The truck of a tree is actually this part.
What is the stem?
The root vegetable that Gilroy, California is most known for producing.
What is garlic?
The name for a soil texture and type that is ideal for gardening. It is usually a balanced mixture of roughly 40% sand, 40% silt, and 20% clay.
What are aphids?
The part of the plant often compared to a "kitchen". This is the part where photosynthesis takes place.
The ancient Japanese practice of sculpting trees into artistic, often small shapes.
What is bonsai?
What is soil, clay, and sand?
This is the percentage of the world's species that are a type of insect.
A. 25%
B. 60%
C. 80%
What is 80%?
The often edible part of a plant that protects the seeds. Hint: not all plants have this.
What is the fruit?
This is Miss Molly's favorite plant smell, despite not liking the taste of the fruit it bears.
What is a tomato plant?