Plant parts
What is the part of the plant that anchors it to the ground?
This is the process by which plants make their own food.
Photosynthesis
What is the process called when a seed becomes a plant?
germination
Define annual
lives for one year
What unit are we in?
Plants
What is the part of the plant that absorbs nutrients and water?
Roots
What side are the inputs on of the equation?
The left side
define biennial
lives for 2 years
What are the four plant needs?
nutrients, water, c02, Sunlight
This part of the plant is responsible for moving water and nutrients throughout the plant.
Stem
What must be present to make photosynthesis happen? (not an ingredient)
Sunlight
What is the thing that starts the germination process?
Watering the seed
Define perennial
lives for 2+ years
Why should you replenish the soil after harvest?
So that next year's crops can have the nutrients that they need to survive
This part of the plant is where photosynthesis takes place. (the solar panels of the plant)
Leaves
What are the inputs of photosynthesis?
water and carbon dioxide
What is the first part of the plant that emerges from the seed?
stem
Define function
Job or role
If there is a hail storm that damages your crops, what can you do next year to prevent that?
Greenhouse
or
nothing, it was an unforeseen thing.
This is where new plants are made. This part of the plants also eventually becomes the fruit.
Flower
What are the outputs of photosynthesis?
Glucose and Oxygen
plant seed
water seed
stem emerges from seed
plant sprouts from soil
Define Photosynthesis
the process by which plants make their own food
If a farmer needs more nutrients in their soil what can they do?
Use fertilizer, leave other organic materials out