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Structures & Adaptations
Plant Reproduction & Breeding
Meeting the Need for Food & Fibre
Sustaining the Soil
Pests and Control
100
The anchor of a plant, that also absorbs water and nutrients.
What are roots?
100

A process that involves choosing specific plants with particular characteristics and encouraging these plants to reproduce.

What is selective breeding?

100

Farmers water their crops using a system of large pipes and sprinklers.

What is irrigation?

100

type of soil which is ideal for growing plants

What is loam soil?

100
An organism that annoy us or affect our ability to produce food and fibre .
What is a pest?
200
The process by which molecules spread from areas of high concentratiion to areas of low concentration.
What is diffusion?
200

seed plants that reproduce from their STEMS, like a strawberry plant

what are runners

200
Growing only one type of plant in the field.
What is monoculture?
200

organic matter in soil that is partially decomposed

What is humus?

200
A substance used to control insects or other organisms that are harmful to plants or animals.
What is a pesticide?
300

A chemical process that converts carbon dioxide into organic compounds, especially sugars, using the energy from sunlight.

What is photosynthesis?

300

this stage a seed plant contains roots and stems, but no flowers

What is the seedling stage?

300

name one way indigenous culture used plants

-ceremonies

-food

-shelter

-cannoes (transportation)

300

this soil is slippery when wet, can form a tight ball, and its color can vary.  mainly made of mineral particles and contains very little humus

what is clay soil

300
Using a pest's natural enemy to control it.
What is biological control?
400

An adult seed plant has __________

flower/ reproductive parts
400

What is the female parts of a flower (or pistil)?

- Stigma - Style - Ovary - Ovules

400

Hemp, cotton, and flax.  these materials are used so that plants can meet this need

clothing

400
A technique for growing plants without soil.
What is hydroponics?
400
Organisms that produce their own energy.
What are producers?
500

what characteristics may plants have to adapts to a dry climate

-thick stems

-tiny spine leaves


500

cutting off a part of a plant and growing it in water

what is a cutting

500

Reseeding and replanting after harvesting trees to ensure that a forest is sustainable.

What is reforestation?

500

What are the three nutrients labelled as numbers on a bag of fertilizer?Nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium.

Nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium.

500
Organisms that have to eat other organisms to obtain energy.
What are consumers?