Structures & Adaptations
Plant Reproduction & Breeding
Meeting the Need for Food & Fibre
Sustaining the Soil
Pests and Control
100
The anchor of a plant, that also absorbs water and nutrients.
What are roots?
100
A process thati nvolves choosing specific plants with particular characteristics and encouraging these plants to reproduce.
What is selective breeding?
100
Farmers water their crops using a system of large pipes and sprinklers.
What is irrigate?
100

Three types of soil

What is sandy, loam, clay.

100
An organism that annoy us or affect our ability to produce food and fibre .
What is a pest?
200
The process by which molecules spread from areas of high concentratiion to areas of low concentration.
What is diffusion?
200

3 different ways to asexually reproduce plants?

What are runners, cutting, grafting, tubers.

200
Growing only one type of plant in the field.
What is monoculture?
200
The condition in which a salt crust that has collected on the surface of the soil.
What is salinization?
200
A substance used to control insects or other organisms that are harmful to plants or animals.
What is a pesticide?
300

A process that converts carbon dioxide into organic compounds, especially sugars, using the energy from sunlight.

What is photosynthesis?

300

The part of a a plant that is sticky to capture pollen.

What is the stigma

300

Three examples of plants used as medicine.

What are: Poppy, ginger, garlic, sage, aloe vera, ginkgo, echinacea

300

Irrigation, Fertilization, Forestry, Construction, Mining

What are human impacts on soil?

300
Using a pest's natural enemy to control it.
What is biological control?
400

Single prominent root with numerous small roots coming out.

What are taproots ?

400

The female parts of a flower (or pistil)? Four parts

What are ovules, ovary, style, stigma

400
Hemp, cotton, and flax.
What are the 3 most common materials for making clothing?
400
A technique for growing plants without soil.
What is hydroponics?
400

A weed with powerful roots, super seeds, and broad leaves, making it easy to spread and hard to control. 

What is a dandelion?

500

Process where plants release carbon dioxide and take in oxygen.

What is cellular respiration?

500
The development of a seed into a new plant.
What is germination?
500

The six main trees harvested in Alberta.

What are Lodgepole pine, black spruce, aspen, white spruce, white birch, larch

500

Nutrients in fertilizer 

What are Nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium.

500

When chemicals make their way through the food chain.

What is Bioaccumulation.

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