FALL
What is the main reason plants shed their leaves?
What is to conserve energy?
The ability of water molecules to stick to each other.
What is Cohesion?
Ice can float on water because it is less _______ than water
What is dense?
What is the root?
A plant needs these things to survive.
To conserve energy in the winter, many plants enter a state of dormancy, this is similar to when animals...
What is Hibernate?
These are the three states that water can exist.
What is solid, liquid, and gas?
This is the term that describes water changing from a liquid to a gas.
What is evaporation?
The place where sunlight is absorbed and C02 and H20 are converted into glucose.
What is the leaf?
The ability of water molecules to stick to other surfaces.
What is Adhesion
In the fall, leaves change color due to the breakdown of this green pigment.
What is Chlorophyll?
Some insects can walk on water because of this property.
What is surface tension?
Water is made up of two hydrogen atoms and one....
What is oxygen?
The place that transports water and nutrients up and down while also giving the plant its height.
What is stem?
If I mix water, a universal solvent, with sugar, a sweet solute, what do I have?
What is a solution?
A shortened day length paired with this change is what signals a tree: it’s time to get ready for winter.
What is colder temperature?
This is the main cause for surface tension on water.
What is cohesion?
The name of the bonds that connect water molecules.
What is hydrogen?
The first thing to grow from a seed.
What is a root?
The world's surface is almost 3/4s of it and our bodies are 2/3s of it.
What is water?
This chemical signals to fruit and leaves alike that it's time to start ripening.
What is ethylene?
The movement of water up a plant stem is an example of _________ action.
What is Capillary?
When water changes from a gas to a liquid.
What is condensation or precipitation?
Pollinators travel here thousands of times in their lifetime.
What is a flower?
The most recent kind of structure to evolve on a plant.
What is a flower?