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Structures & Adaptations
Plant Reproduction & Breeding
Meeting the Need for Food & Fibre
Sustaining the Soil
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
The process by which molecules spread from areas of high concentratiion to areas of low concentration.
What is diffusion?
100
Grafting, cutting, and layering.
What are 3 different ways to asexually reproduce plants?
100
Growing only one type of plant in the field.
What is monoculture?
100
The condition in which a salt crust that has collected on the surface of the soil.
What is salinization?
100
A chemical process that converts carbon dioxide into organic compounds, especially sugars, using the energy from sunlight.
What is photosynthesis?
100
The part of a cell that controls the organism's characteristics.
What are plant genes?
100
A fuel derived from sugar.
What is ethanol?
100
Planting a row of trees along the edge of a field to protect crops and reduce erosion.
What are shelterbelts?
100

Xylem and Phloem

What are the parts of the stem?

100
- Stigma - Style - Ovary - Ovules
What is the female part of a flower (or pistil)?
100
Hemp, cotton, and flax.
What are the 3 most common materials for making clothing?
100

The wearing down of soil and rock over time with wind and water.

What is erosion?

100
Sunlight + CO₂ + H₂0 = C₆H₁₂O₆ (sugar) + O₂
What is the formula for photosynthesis?
100
The development of a seed into a new plant.
What is germination?
100
Reseeding and replanting after harvesting trees to ensure that a forest is sustainable.
What is reforestation?
100
Nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium.
What are the three nutrients labelled as numbers on a bag of fertilizer?