Structures & Adaptations
A process that involves choosing specific plants with particular characteristics and encouraging these plants to reproduce.
What is selective breeding?
Farmers water their crops using a system of large tubes that carry nutrient rich water.
What is hydroponics?
This soil is high in minerals and low in humus.
What is sandy soil?
An organism that annoy us or affect our ability to produce food and fibre .
What is a pest?
Grafting, cutting, and suckers.
What are 3 different ways to asexually reproduce plants?
Alternating crops to different fields each year.
What is crop rotation?
The perfect soil to grow most crops or plants.
What is loam?
The part of a cell that controls the organism's characteristics. Think of it like the blueprints.
What are plant genes or DNA?
What are some common fibers we get from plants?
What is cotton, wood, etc? (teacher to check)
The process of soil being moved from one location to another via wind or water.
What is erosion?
The structure that is primarily responsible for photosynthesis
What are the leaves?
Common ways to increase yield.
What are fertilizer, crop rotation, etc? (teacher to check)
The spaces between soil particles.
What are pores?
A farmer would spray this on his field to deal with weeds.
What is herbicide?
(sugar) + O₂ = Sunlight + CO₂ + H₂0
What is the formula for cellular respiration?
The male parts of a plant.
What are the another and pollen?
These artificial source of _________ that can enable you to grow plants indoors.
You may make a mug or bowl out of this type of soil.
What is clay soil?
How do you spell Mr. K's last name?