The Plant Kingdom
What is a product that is made by plants?
Carbon Dioxide
The old lady who swallowed a dog to swallow the cat to swallow the bird to swallow the spider to swallow the fly.... this is also known as "The _ _ _ _ chain".
food
Do plants need soil to grow?
no
A middle school in Berkeley, California has a large _____________ garden where all students grow and harvest fruits and vegetables.
organic
In ________ , it is believed to have magical beginnings.
Papua
Why are plants able to receive food right where they are?
They use energy from the Sun.
Plants collect energy from the sun and save it inside their ________ for a cloudy day, and then, when they need it, they can use it up.
cells
Growing plants without soil is called __________.
hydroponics
This "edible schoolyard" is the brainchild of ________ _____________
Alice Waters
The ____________ palm (cocos nucifera) is one of the most amazing plants on the planet
coconut
What would be an effect of all plants going extinct?
All Living Things would be harmed because plants are primary provider.
"putting stuff together out of light" means _____.
photosynthesis
_________ already uses hydroponics to grow plants in space
NASA
The school has a (small/large) kitchen classroom.
large
The _________ of the tree can be used for making houses and fences.
trunk
_____________ of all kinds cover deserts, forests, seashores, plains and mountains.
plants
Sun energy powering little packets of a chemical inside the plant is called _____________.
chlorophyll
A hydroponics system can use far less water than _______ planting
soil
Some kids discover they love foods that they would never try at home. (True or False)
True
Some people use coconut __________ for stoves, sleep on coconut-palm mats, live in coconut-wood huts, decorate with coconut art and drive coconut cars
fuel
What is known as our primary provider?
Plants
Water combines with carbon dioxide to create _____ and ________.
sugar and oxygen
what is known as ________ _______ meaning they suggest that organic items are a smart option when buying apples, celery, cherry tomatoes, cucumbers, grapes, hot peppers, imported nectarines, peaches, potatoes, spinach, strawberries, sweet bell peppers, kale/collard greens and summer squash.
Dirty Dozen
Tree of Life or Tree of ___________
Abundance