Parts of a Flower/Plant
This part of the flower helps attract the attention of pollinators & is usually brightly colored.
What are the petals
This pollinator is one of the most common and hard-working pollinators known for being attracted to a wide diversity of plants.
What is the bee
This is one of the disadvantages to hydroponics.
What is expensive, affected by power outages, requires daily monitoring/maintenance, and waterborne diseases have a faster affect.
This is one type of green matter that you can place within a worm bin.
What is types of lettuce.
What is food waste called that can be turned into fertilizer?
What is compost
Many flowers produce this sweet liquid that many pollinators like to consume.
What is nectar
These are the 3 jobs of bees within a hive.
What are queen, worker, and drone
What is the optimal pH for the hydroponics system?
What is between 5.5 and 6.5.
Please provide me with 2 "bad bugs" that can be found in the garden.
What are aphids, whiteflies, mealy bugs, leaf eating caterpillars, grasshoppers, and snails.
Mushrooms don't have seeds, they have these...
These are the 2 types of roots.
What are tap and fibrous
These pollinators see ultraviolet light so they see flowers differently than humans.
What are butterflies.
Why is using rockwool beneficial?
It retains oxygen and absorbs nutrient solution.
What is the term used for plants that grow for many growing seasons.
What is perennial.
How does a stomata differ on a succulent versus on a regular plant?
On a succulent, it opens at night instead of during the day.
This part is the plant's food factories.
What are the leaves.
This pollinator's population is rapidly decreasing, mainly due to human impact reasons.
What are birds.
This is the type of hydroponics system we have.
What is an active system.
List 3 of the 5 exterior anatomy parts of a carrot.
What are the stem, hypocotyl, storage root, tap root, and lateral root scars.
Give me 1 of the 3 benefits of seed bombs.
What are protect the seeds from birds, can throw out to plant anywhere, and requires no machines/chemicals for planting.
This part of the flower makes the pollen.
What is the stamen
What is the lifespan of a queen bee versus the lifespan of a worker bee during peak honey production time?
A queen bee is 3-5 years while a worker bee is about 6 weeks.
This is one of the benefits of hydroponics that we discussed in class.
What are faster growth, less place needed, roots have direct access to nutrients in water, don't need soil, less pests, less water use and can reuse.
Give me 1 of the 4 reasons why plants develop scent producing chemicals.
What are to communicate, when under stress, to protect themselves, and fruit.
What are the 2 key vocabulary terms in grafting?
What are scion and rootstock.