Photosynthesis and Osmosis
What is photosynthesis?
What is the definition of sustainability?
Meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs
What is found at the top of a nutrition label?
Serving size
What is an observation?
An intake of the visual characteristics of something. Observations usually include the 5 senses
What does DECOMPOSE mean?
To separate or resolve into components or elements
What is the "food" that plants produce through photosynthesis?
Glucose (sugar)
What are basic needs?
The needs people need to have met to survive, ie. having food to eat
What are "good" fats?
Unsaturated fats
What are the "wh" questions you should record in your journals?
Who, what, when, where, why
What are GREENS?
Items that contain more nitrogen, you have less of these in your compost pile, they include fresh grass or fruit and vegetable remains
From a lower concentration of solutes to a higher concentration of solutes.
What are two ways you can reduce food waste?
Canning food, eating all your food, buying "ugly foods," composting, growing your own food
True or false: most packaged foods include sodium
True
To record information for the future, to keep information for another attempt of an experiment, to share information with others, to keep track of progress
What are BROWNS?
Items that contain more carbon, there are more of these in a compost bin, they include items like paper, coffee grounds, or dead leaves
What is osmosis?
The movement of water across a membrane
What are the two types of tomatoes we are growing?
Better Boy, Cherry
What do calories measure?
How much energy a food gives to a person
What are the 5 senses used for observations?
Taste, touch, smell, sight, sound
What are three things you need to do to take care of your compost bin?
Stir or turn it, keep it moist, have air holes for ventilation
Where does most water come from that is used in photosynthesis?
The soil
True or false: Tomatoes do not like the sun
What did the salt do to the ice when we made ice cream?
It lowered the freezing point of water, leading to the ice melting and the salt/ice mixture becoming colder
Anytime!
What does all the work in breaking down compost?
Microbes