Ecosystems
Vocabulary
Save the Water
Plants & Agriculture
Name that Fruit or Veggie
100

What is an area of land that sees all living and nonliving things interact within it?

What is an Ecosystem

100

Materials or substances such as minerals, forests, water, and fertile land that occur in nature and can be used for economic gain.

What are Natural Resources

100

The Atlantic, Pacific, Indian, Arctic and Southern 

What are Oceans

100

This plant is known for producing this highly popular red fruit, with its seeds on the outside of the flesh

What are Strawberries

100

Mangifera indica; Known for its South Asian origins, this fruit belongs to the same botanical family as cashews

What is a Mango

200

This term describes a single group of the same plant or animal (in the quantitative sense) 

What is Population

200

Gases in the Earth's atmosphere—such as carbon dioxide and methane—that trap heat.

What are Greenhouse Gasses

200

This river runs through the majority of New York State, and we can see it from the classroom windows

What is the Hudson River

200

These are the two things that all plants need for sustainability and the process known as Photosynthesis 

What is Sunlight and Water

200

These plants have a variety of variations including Birds eye, Shishito, Poblano, and Scotch Bonnet

What are Peppers

300

Temperature, Rocks, and Water are all classified in this ecosystem group 

What are abiotic factors

300

The variety of life across all levels, including genetic, species, and ecosystem diversity

What is Biodiversity

300

This geographical feature helps us classify places like Florida, Arabia, Baja California and Italy.

What is a Peninsula.

300

This aromatic herb is being grown in our courtyard garden RIGHT NOW

What is Mint

300

Classified botanically as a berry, this former vegetable is finding its way in the world

What is a Tomato 

400

These are the living factors within an Ecosystem

What are biotic factors

400

Using natural resources in a way that meets current needs without compromising the ability of future generations to meet theirs

What is Sustainability

400

This 2010 oil spill, known as one of the worst environmental disasters to date took place in this body of water 

What is the Gulf of Mexico

400

What type of irrigation method is most efficient, delivering water directly to the plant's roots at lower water pressure?

What is Drip Irrigation.

400

Lactuca sativa; others types of this plant include iceberg, butterleaf, and green or red leaf.

What is Lettuce
500

What is the area of Earth between the highest mountains and deepest oceans where life can exist?

What is the Biosphere

500

Combustible hydrocarbon materials, such as coal, oil, and natural gas, formed from the remains of ancient organisms.

What are Fossil Fuels

500

This 2014-2015 crisis saw the majority of this towns drinking water get contaminated with lead and possibly the Legionella bacteria

What is Flint, Michigan

500

This agriculturist is famous for the development of over 300 products and promotion of crop rotation.

Who is George Washington Carver

500

Malus Domestica; a perennial flowering tree belonging to the rose family. Botanically known as pome. 

What is an Apple