Mycology
Name the three kinds of fungi
mold, mushrooms, yeast
Name one solution for getting rid of diseases or pests on plants
Apple cider vinegar, baking soda, hot sauce & soap, milk, oil & soap, garden fabric
Biologist who studies plants
What is a botanist?
Word that means "asleep," from the Latin word "dormire"
What is dormant?
Name the three materials we used as potting soil when we planted seeds.
What are peat, vermiculite, and compost?
penicillin
Which side of the garden should you plant tall-growing plants?
north or west
What is a biologist?
What vascular plants have that nonvascular plants do not have
What is tubes inside the plant to transport water?
Name the carnivorous plant that attracts bugs and small animals and drowns them.
What is a pitcher plant?
Name the two products that yeast releases to make bread rise and to make wine and beer?
Carbon dioxide and alcohol
Why is pruning important?
Allows more sunlight and airflow, gives energy to plants for flowers and fruit
Name of seed-producing plants and spore-producing plants
What is a spermatophyte and a sporophyte?
What is the coat, the protective covering?
Name the two main categories of fruits.
What are fleshy and dry fruits?
Name three forms of mushroom spore dispersal
mechanical, animal, water
Which growing zone do we live in, and what is the growing season?
4 or 5, April/May - Sept/Oct
Name three helpful things that botanists do
What are helping crops grow faster and stronger, improving the food we eat, study plants in outer space to see how gravity affects them, making medicines and curing diseases?
What is the difference between producers and consumers?
A producer is a living thing that makes or produces its own food; a consumer is a living thing that eats or consumes other living things for food
Name the process by which plants release excess water through their leaves into the air.
What is transpiration?
What are mycorrhizal mushrooms?
They have a symbiotic relationship with plants.
Name three good reasons for growing your own food
Saving money, less chemicals, more nutritious fruits and vegetables
Language that scientists use and why
Latin, words and meanings never change
Name what ovules become after they are pollinated
What are seeds?
Name three of the kingdoms of living things, as classified by biologists.
What are Kingdom Plantae, Kingdom Fungi, Kingdom Animalia, Kingdom Monera, Kingdom Protista