Plants and the Environment
These organisms produce oxygen and serve as the base of most food chains.
What are plants?
This method involves altering temperature, light, and moisture to boost crop yields.
What is modifying the environment?
This type of structure is designed to support loads and is often made of steel or concrete.
What is a beam?
This method involves applying a load to a material to determine its breaking point.
What is a tensile test?
This television series, about an FBI agent and his mathematician brother, lasted for six seasons.
What is Numb3rs?
This plant-derived material is used to make paper and textiles.
What is cellulose?
This type of soil is rich in organic matter and is often dark in colour, making it ideal for farming.
What is loam?
This material, known for its flexibility and strength, is commonly used in modern construction for frames and supports.
These joints allow for movement and flexibility in a structure, often found in bridges.
What are flexible joints?
This series of role playing games, created by Hironobu Sakaguchi, often features bird steeds named Chocobos and engineers named Cid.
What is Final Fantasy?
This practice involves rotation crops to maintain soil health and productivity.
What is crop rotation?
Practices such as crop rotation and cover cropping can enhance soil health by preventing erosion and nutrient depletion.
What are sustainable agricultural practices?
This architectural style, characterized by pointed arches and ribbed vaults, was prominent in medieval Europe.
What is Gothic architecture?
This natural material, known for its strength and light weight, is often used in construction.
What is wood?
Known for a strange way of speaking, this Star Wars character is.
Who is Yoda?
This type of leaf structure helps plants in hot climates to minimize water loss.
What are needle-like leaves?
The use of these chemicals can lead to resistance in pests and affect non-target species in the ecosystem.
What are pesticides?
This term describes the ability of a structure to withstand forces without collapsing.
What is structural integrity?
This design technique involves altering the shape of a material to enhance its load-bearing capacity.
What is structural reinforcement?
This famous Marvel Comics superhero was inspired, in part, by The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.
Who is the Hulk?
This term describes the process of a seed developing into a mature plant.
What is germination?
This process involves selecting plants with desirable traits to breed new varieties, often addressing issues like disease resistance.
What is selective breeding?
This ancient structure, built by the Romans, is an example of an arch-based design that has stood the test of time.
What is the Colosseum?
Environmental factors such as wind and temperature can affect this aspect of a structure's integrity.
What is stability?
This artist, known for his parodies, has had a 47 year music career despite earning his degree in architecture.
Who is "Weird Al" Yankovic?