The bottom part that looks like leaves. They protect the flower bud before it opens. Inside this are colored petals.
What is the Sepal.
100
Dandelion's use this form of transportation mostly. It is used to carry the wind to far away destinations.
What is Wind.
100
This gas has no taste or smell. All living things need this to survive. Plants make this for you and me.
What is oxygen.
100
This part is tough and rigid, it only surrounds the cell membrane of plant cells.
What is the cell wall.
100
When you pack a bunch of genes together you make a ____________. In the end it is these genes that make up who you are.
What are chromosomes.
200
This is known as the seed-producing part of a flower. It's a single stalk in the center of the flower.
What is the Pistil/Carpel.
200
These plants suddenly break open. They pop to push their seeds as far away as the plant
What is seed bursting.
200
A gas plants use to make food. You make this gas every time you talk and every time calm your lungs.
What is carbon dioxide.
200
This part acts like the brain of your body. It is the control center of the cell.
What is the Nucleus.
200
How many genes do you get from each parent?
23 for a total of 46.
300
Stalks around the pistil/carpel, this is know as the male organ part of the flower. This part produces pollen.
What is the stamen/filament.
300
These plants move when it's windy. Like poppy seeds they are pushed out of the plant as the wind flows through.
What are shakers.
300
The green on every plant that helps it make sugar to help it grow. It is the same green that gets stuck on your jeans when you slide in the grass.
What is chlorophyl
300
It looks like a twisted extension ladder. It is found in the nucleus and controls everything inside the cell. It is the building blocks of life, and is what Mr. Maldonado wants me to remember as "life."
What is DNA.
300
How many Cells do you have in your body?
~about ten thousand trillion.
400
The sweet substance that attracts insects or birds that pollinate the flower.
What is Nectar
400
Some fruits have little tiny hooks on them. This causes for the seed or fruit to stick when you or other animals brush against the plant. This is know as____________.
What is catching a lift.
400
What does "photosynthesis" mean? What is the definition?
What is making from sunlight.
400
DNA stands for ____________________
What is deoxyribonucleic acid.
400
What do we call when we alter peoples and other living things genes.
What is genetic engineering.
500
The tip of the female part of the flower, which receives the male pollen grains.
What is the Stigma.
500
The casing from the seed splits as it hits the ground causing the seed to move away from from the tree.
What is drop and roll.
500
Can Photosynthesis occur without the sun?
Can plants grow without enough water or sun?
No.
Yes, but plants adapt to the conditions they are put under.
500
This animal was discovered by the eastern sea coast. It eats once and never has to eat again. It steals the genes of plants that help plants grow.
What is the sea-slug, Elysia Chlorotica.
500
BONUS BONUS BONUS!!!!!!!
Double Points!!!!!!
The reason we have changing season of weather is because of:
a. the tilt of the earth which is 23 degrees.
or
b. the planet gets cooler because it travels further away from the sun.