How does the environment affect plant growth?
Plants have a _________ of environmental conditions within which they grow best.
range
Plants need what four things to grow?
Water
Carbon Dioxide
Sunlight/energy
Nutrients
As the number of plants searching for nutrients increased, the average number of nutrients gathered per plant ____________.
Decreases
Organisms can grow differently, even in the same environment, due to _______.
Their Breed
What are the reactants of photosynthesis?
Water
Carbon Dioxide
Light Energy
If conditions are outside of a plant's preferred range, the plants may ____________.
grow more slowly
grow smaller
even die
If a plant stops growing because it runs out of water, adding more fertilizer _________ help the plant grow.
will not
Competition happens when there are ______________ resources to share.
Not enough or Limited
A small breed of cow will never grow as large as a large breed no matter how good the conditions or ________________.
how many resources are provided.
What are the products of photosynthesis?
Glucose
Oxygen
Characteristics of an organism’s surroundings that could affect an organism’s growth or survival is what?
Environmental Conditions
The resource that is needed for growth that is in the lowest supply and controls how much an organism grows
Limited Resource
Organisms grow ________ when competing.
Less
A type of organism (cow, dog, corn, etc.) that typically has been purposefully developed to have certain traits determined by genetic factors (the genes passed down from the parents), like having big ears, growing fast, having purple coloring, etc. is called what?
Breed
What is the structure in which oxygen and carbon dioxide flow through?
Stomata/Stoma
How quickly an individual grows (in size) or
How quickly an individual moves through its life cycle is what?
Growth
What causes growth to slow/stop for plants?
Access to resources. The first resource to run out prevents the organism from growing more.
Changes in the availability of resources, like food, may affect _____________.
Growth
Where do different types of cows (breeds) get growth traits from?
Their Parents
What is the equation for photosynthesis?
6CO2 + 6H2O ---> C6H12O6 + 6O2
Changes like irrigation and fertilization can sometimes make the ___________ ______________ right for plants in places with conditions outside of their preferred range.
Environmental Conditions
What resources were set as controls for our plant experiment set up?
Amount of light
Amount of water
Amount of soil
Give the definition of competition.
An interaction between organisms that share a resource, which negatively affects the health, growth, or reproduction of each organism because there is not enough of the resource to provide each organism with the proper amount they need.
What are the two breeds included in Olivia's experiment?
Standard and Astro Type
Where does photosynthesis occur?
The Chloroplast