Plant basic needs
Plants get their energy from the ___
What is the sun?
A physical substance made up of atoms and molecules
It has three states.
What is matter?
Heart shaped leaves used for laulau, starchy corm used for poi
1x points: What is taro?
2x points: What is kalo?
We give plants one basic element they need to survive
(name of job)
What is watering?
Whole garlic --> chopped garlic
Physical (chopping)
Plants need this liquid to survive
What is water?
The basic building block of matter
What is an atom?
Tall tree, big leaves, green "fruit" can be steamed, baked, or fried
1x points: What is breadfruit?
2x points: What is ulu?
We clear away some plants to give other plants access to light, water, and nutrients
(name of job)
What is weeding?
Raw dough --> Loaf of bread
Chemical change (baking)
Plants need this gas to survive
What is air?
(Also correct: carbon dioxide gas)
Different atoms combine with each other to form a ___?
What is a molecule?
green-purple vines above ground can be sauteed, starchy roots below can be boiled or fried
1x points: What is sweet potato?
2x points: What is uala?
We move baby plants into larger beds when they are strong enough to withstand more heat, cold, wind, and rain
(name of job)
What is transplanting?
Dry ice --> nitrogen gas
Physical change (boiling)
Plants technically don't need this to survive, but we usually plant them in this anyway. Decomposers live in it.
What is soil?
(Dirt is an ok answer, but dirt is the dead version of soil)
We need this molecule every day to live. This molecule is in the air, the ocean, and our bodies. This molecule contains three atoms. Please draw the molecule.
Please draw a water molecule
Drawing must show one oxygen atom bonded to two hydrogen atoms
H-O-H
Leaves grow straight up and die back in winter, bright orange roots increase immunity, you all thought it tasted weird
1x points: What is turmeric?
2x points: What is olena?
Please name two tasks we do before adding plants to a bed
Possible answers include: build bed walls, fill bed with soil, shape soil (flat, steps, mounds), add missing nutrients to soil, aerate soil, remove nearby weeds
Propane in tank --> propane flame in grill
Chemical (combustion)
This process is caused by humans and can be managed by humans. This process decreases the livable space on earth due to droughts, floods, rising sea levels, and unstable climates.
Tricky question but you know it!
1x points: any contributing factor of climate change such as oil extraction, pollution, or habitat destruction.
2x points: What is climate change?
Which is matter, which is not matter?
Cheese, radio waves, ocean, sunlight
Matter: cheese, ocean
Not matter: radio waves, sunlight
Not in our garden. Parts of this tree can be made into food, drink, clothing, shelter, and cordage
1x points: What is coconut?
3x points: What is niu?
How do you know papayas are ready to harvest?
How do you know corn is ready to harvest?
Answer should be two parts and use specific, descriptive words. Not accepted: "it's ready". How does the plant change?
Answers may include:
fruit stops growing larger, fruit changes color, fruit becomes soft, fruit falls off tree, evidence of animals eating fruit
stops producing pollen, silk withers, stem or leaves dying back, stem or leaves turn brown, ear of corn stops growing larger, ear of corn becomes firm
A bowl of solid sugar, a bowl of liquid water --> A bowl of sugar dissolved in water
Physical change (dissolve)
This is tricky because sometimes adding items to water creates chemical changes too