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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 thati nvolves 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 irrigate?

100

The mineral (non-organic) matter (rock, soil, clay) from which soil is developed.

What is parent material?

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 layering.

What are 3 different ways to asexually reproduce plants?

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

Rich organic matter that comes from decomposers 

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
A plant is a clone of its parent 

What is asexual reproduction?

300

A fuel derived from sugar.

What is ethanol?

300

Rotating crops to let soil regenerate

What are crop rotation?

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

xylem & phloem 

What are the ways that water and nutrients are transported through the plant?

400
- Stigma - Style - Ovary - Ovules
What is the female part of a flower (or pistil)?
400
Hemp, cotton, and flax.
What are the 3 most common materials for making clothing?
400
A technique for growing plants without soil.
What is hydroponics?
400

An organism that dies or is harmed unintentionally by using a pest control

What is a non-target organism?
500
Sunlight + CO₂ + H₂0 = C₆H₁₂O₆ (sugar) + O₂
What is the formula for photosynthesis?
500
The development of a seed into a new plant.
What is germination?
500

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

What is reforestation?

500
Nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium.
What are the three nutrients labelled as numbers on a bag of fertilizer?
500

Non-native species that is introduced to an ecosystem and creates an imbalance

What is an invasive species?