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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 tubes that carry nutrient rich water.

What is hydroponics?

100

This soil is high in minerals and low in humus.

What is sandy 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

Grafting, cutting, and suckers.

What are 3 different ways to asexually reproduce plants?

200

Alternating crops to different fields each year. 

What is crop rotation?

200

The perfect soil to grow most crops or plants. 

What is loam?

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

The part of a cell that controls the organism's characteristics. Think of it like the blueprints. 

What are plant genes or DNA?

300

What are some common fibers we get from plants?

What is cotton, wood, etc? (teacher to check)

300

The process of soil being moved from one location to another via wind or water.

What is erosion?

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

The structure that is primarily responsible for photosynthesis 

What are the leaves?

400
- Stigma - Style - Ovary - Ovules
What is the female part of a flower (or pistil)?
400

Common ways to increase yield.

What are fertilizer, crop rotation, etc? (teacher to check)

400

The spaces between soil particles. 

What are pores?

400

A farmer would spray this on his field to deal with weeds.

What is herbicide?

500

(sugar) + O₂ = Sunlight + CO₂ + H₂0 

What is the formula for cellular respiration?

500

The male parts of a plant. 

What are the another and pollen?

500

These artificial source of _________ that can enable you to grow plants indoors. 

What are UV lights or grow lights?
500

You may make a mug or bowl out of this type of soil.

What is clay soil?

500

How do you spell Mr. K's last name?

What is Mr. Kowalchuk