Gardening
Can you name 3 of the 6 tools the book names that you need to garden?
gardening gloves, trowel, watering can, pruning shears, empty spray bottles, and plant markers
Stems that grow sideways along the ground.
Runners
What is a plants root system?
A network of tubes?
A special substance that gives leave their green color.
chlorophyll
Why is a carrot a vegetable?
Because it does not have seeds.
Little leaves growing from the crook where two branches form a Y. They suck up nutrients from the plant.
suckers
Tubes that send water up from the roots to the rest of the plant.
Xylem
A special sense that is always telling the roots to turn towards the Earth.
geotropism
The process of plants making their own food using sunlight.
Photosynthesis
Can you name all 5 types of seed dispersal?
human, wind, water, animal, mechanical
Pinching off these extra stems growing off the main stalk helps the plant to focus on growing fruit. what are these extra stems called?
shoots
Tubes that send the sugary food down from the leaves to the rest of the plant.
Phloem
True or False:
Roots hold soil in place to prevent erosion?
True
God designed many trees and plants to shed their leaves for the winter, helping it to stay alive until spring. What is this process called?
Deciduous
Can you name 2 out of the 7 Dry Fruit categories?
Grain, Pod or Legume, Capsule, Follicle, Achene, Samara, Nut
Name the two types that are mainly found spoiling your garden.
aphids and mites
Biologists typically classify a plant as either _____ or _____ based on its stems.
woody or herbaceous
A plant that has the same DNA as the plant from which the stem or root came from is called what?
a clone.
Plants and trees use ____ and release ____.
carbon dioxide and oxygen
Name the 5 categories fleshy fruits are put in.
Berry, Pepo, Hesperidium, Pome, Drupe
Name the three types of disease problems your plants can run into while gardening?
mildew, rust, and leaf spots
What are two types of flowers are the most phototropic?
sunflowers and daisies
What are the two main kinds of roots systems?
Taproot systems and fibrous root systems
Draw me a diagram of the anatomy of a leaf and label all 6 parts.
Pg 103 in text book.
Are sunflower seeds fruits or vegetables?
Fruits, When the ovary forms a container to house the seeds we call these containers fruits.