How does the environment affect plant growth?
How do resources affect plant growth?
How does the number of organisms in a space affect growth?
What causes an organism to grow differently given the same environment?
Photosynthesis Quick Facts
100

Plants have a _________ of environmental conditions within which they grow best.

range

100

Plants need what four things to grow?

Water

Carbon Dioxide

Sunlight/energy

Nutrients

100

As the number of plants searching for nutrients increased, the average number of nutrients gathered per plant ____________.

Decreases

100

Organisms can grow differently, even in the same environment, due to _______.

Their Breed

100

What are the reactants of photosynthesis?

Water

Carbon Dioxide

Light Energy

200

If conditions are outside of a plant's preferred range, the plants may ____________.

grow more slowly

grow smaller

even die 

200

If a plant stops growing because it runs out of water, adding more fertilizer _________ help the plant grow. 

will not 

200

Competition happens when there are ______________ resources to share.

Not enough or Limited

200

A small breed of cow will never grow as large as a large breed no matter how good the conditions or ________________.

how many resources are provided. 

200

What are the products of photosynthesis?

Glucose

Oxygen

300

Characteristics of an organism’s surroundings that could affect an organism’s growth or survival is what?

Environmental Conditions

300

The resource that is needed for growth that is in the lowest supply and controls how much an organism grows

Limited Resource

300

Organisms grow ________ when competing. 

Less

300

A type of organism (cow, dog, corn, etc.) that typically has been purposefully developed to have certain traits determined by genetic factors (the genes passed down from the parents), like having big ears, growing fast, having purple coloring, etc. is called what?

Breed

300

What is the structure in which oxygen and carbon dioxide flow through?

Stomata/Stoma 

400
  • How quickly an individual grows (in size) or

  • How quickly an individual moves through its life cycle is what?

Growth

400

What causes growth to slow/stop for plants?

Access to resources. The first resource to run out prevents the organism from growing more.



400

Changes in the availability of resources, like food, may affect _____________.

Growth

400

Where do different types of cows (breeds) get growth traits from?

Their Parents

400

What is the equation for photosynthesis?

6CO2 + 6H2O ---> C6H12O6 + 6O2

500

Changes like irrigation and fertilization can sometimes make the ___________ ______________ right for plants in places with conditions outside of their preferred range.

Environmental Conditions

500

What resources were set as controls for our plant experiment set up?


Amount of light

Amount of water

Amount of soil 

500

Give the definition of competition. 

An interaction between organisms that share a resource, which negatively affects the health, growth, or reproduction of each organism because there is not enough of the resource to provide each organism with the proper amount they need.

500

What are the two breeds included in Olivia's experiment?

Standard and Astro Type

500

Where does photosynthesis occur?

The Chloroplast