Plant part-y
This is the part of a plant which gets water and nutrients for the stem.
What is a root?
These parts of the flower attract pollinators.
What are petals?
These tubes carry water up the stem of a plant.
What are xylem?
These three things are required for photosynthesis.
What are carbon dioxide, water, and sunlight?
From an agricultural perspective, a pest is any organism that causes plants to do one of these two things.
What is die, or produce less.
This part of the plant is responsible for reproduction.
What is a flower?
These parts of the flower protect it while it is developing.
What are sepals?
Sugars move through the plant in this.
What is phloem?
Plants that grow in nitrogen-rich soil will grow a lot of these.
What are leaves?
These are pests which remove water and nutrients from the soil.
What are weeds?
Plants such as tulips and onions grow from this type of stem.
What is a bulb?
This is the part of the flower that will become a fruit.
What is the ovary?
Xylem and phloem are grouped together in these.
What are vascular bundles?
This nutrient is important for providing strength to the cell walls of a plant.
What is calcium?
Sometimes plants are grown inside where there are fewer pests. To grow more plants, we grow them in water which has nutrients added to it. We call this process, this.
What is hydroponics?
Photosynthesis happens here, for most plants.
What are the leaves?
The pollen is found on this structure.
What is the anther?
This layer of a woody stem provides support to the tree.
What is heartwood?
When soil is carried away from an area by things like wind and water, it is called this.
What is erosion?
Using the enemy of a pest to control the pest's population is called this.
What is biological control?
A potato is this part of the potato plant.
What is a stem? (tuber is also acceptable)
This is the name of the whole female part of the flower.
What is the pistil?
This part of a stem is responsible for increasing the diameter of the stem.
What is the cambium?
This is the term for the nutrient-rich soil layer that is formed by the decomposition of organic material.
What is humus?
These cause plant diseases (like blight) which weaken the plants.
What are fungi?