Air Filtering Plants
What is their main function?
To remove pollutants from the air by absorbing gases through their leaves and roots
What is their main function?
Act as a filter to protect the quality of water, air and other resources
Which is regarded as the most efficient soil filtering plant?
Spider plants
Does phytoremediation also help to reduce costs?
- Yes
Will air and soil filtering plants work anywhere? Why?
- No, because of their humidity and climate needs.
Name two types of air filtering plants?
Barberton Daisy. …
English Ivy. …
Snake Plant or Mother-in-Law's Tongue. ..
Chrysanthemum. …
Spider Plant. ..
Aloe Vera. …
Broad Lady Palm. ..
Red-edged Dracaena or Dragon Tree.
Name two types of soil filtering plants?
Alfalfa
Sunflower
Corn
Date palms
Mustards
Willow trees
Poplar trees
Highland Bent Grass
Barley
Hortensia
In what category do these plants fall(air filtering) in the realm of taxonomy?
Clade:Monocots
Order:Alismatales
Family:Araceae
Genus:Epipremnum
Why are these systems preferred by the public?
-They’re are generally aesthetically pleasant.
What is one risk of having indoor air filtering plants?
- They may develop molds or bacterial infections that can kill it.
How do air filtering plants promote improvement of the air humidity?
- by regulative evaporation
In what biomes do we find such plants?
Forest,Lakes,Rivers and streams,Great Plains,Coastal wetlands,Deserts
Which is regarded as the most efficient air filtering plant?
chrysanthemums, according to nasa
How can air filtering plants help in the workplace?
- They improve productivity by up to 15%
Could you really filter all the air in a room with a single air filtering plant?
- No, you would need thousands.
Air filtering plants can also eliminate
Dangerous gasses such as
Which part of the plants prevent movement of pollutants via runoff?
- The roots
What category does a sun flower fall under?
Soil filtering plants
Why are air filtering plants better than air purifiers?
- Many gases are so small that they come out the air purifier untouched.
What is one disadvantage of soil filtering plants?
- The posible accumulation of pollutants in fruit and other edible parts of the plants.
What is a another term for air filtering plants?
Air purifiers
What is a another term for soil filtering plants?
Hyperaccumulators
What kind of plant is an Aloe Vera?
Air filtering plant
Aside from pollutants, what else can air filtering plants remove from the air?
- Toxins
Will soil filtering plants always be effective?
- No, it is a slow process and sometimes only seasonally effective.