Plant Detectives
From the Farm
Meet the Pollinators
Pizza Garden
Herb Helpers
100
Plants need sunlight, water, and this from the soil to grow.
Nutrients or Food!
100
Farmers grow food on a ______.
Farm!
100
This black and yellow insect is one of the most important pollinators on farms.
Bees!
100
This red fruit is used to make pizza sauce.
Tomatoes!
100
This herb starts with a B and is often sprinkled on pizza.
Basil!
200
This part of the plant takes in water from the soil.
Roots!
200
Wheat is used to make this part of a pizza.
Crust!
200
This colorful insect drinks nectar from flowers and helps move pollen.
Butterflies
200
This vegetable can be green, yellow, orange, or red and is often added to pizza.
Bell Peppers!
200
What type of plants are used to add flavor to our food?
Herbs!
300
This part of the plant attracts pollinators and makes seeds.
Flowers!
300
Farmers use this to harvest their crops.
A tractor or combine!
300
This tiny bird can hover like a helicopter while drinking nectar.
Hummingbirds!
300
This vegetable grows underground and starts with the letter O.
Onions!
300
This herb starts with an O and is often mixed into pizza sauce.
Oregano!
400
Seeds grow into these.
Plants!
400
What order do these go in: farm, pizza shop, table.
Farm -> Pizza -> Table
400
This furry animal sleeps during the day and can pollinate flowers at night.
Bats!
400
This leafy vegetable can be assed to pizza and starts with an S.
Spinach!
400
True or False: Herbs can be grown in a small pot at home.
True!
500
True or False: Most pizza ingredients started as plants frown on farms.
True!
500
Indiana ranks 3rd in the nation in growing this plant, used in pizza sauce.
Tomatoes!
500
Name two different kinds of pollinators
Bees, bats, butterflies, moths, hummingbirds, beetles, flies, wasps, etc.!
500
Name two vegetables that can be used as pizza toppings.
Peppers, onions, spinach, mushrooms, olives, etc.
What about fruit? Tomatoes, pineapple...
500
Name one herb that can be used on pizza.
Basil, oregano, parsley, thyme, rosemary, etc.!