Plant Needs
Plants need this to make their own food.
What is sunlight?
These structures help control temperature and protect plants
What are greenhouses?
The process of supplying water to crops is called this.
What is irrigation?
Indigenous peoples used plants for food, medicine, clothing, and this.
What is shelter?
Land with good soil that is suitable for growing crops is called this.
What is arable land?
This plant need helps move nutrients from the roots to the leaves.
What is water?
Greenhouses are especially useful during this season in Canada.
What is winter?
Too much irrigation can cause this problem in soil.
What is flooding / waterlogging?
This method involves growing corn, beans, and squash together.
What is the Three Sisters?
This helps improve soil by adding nutrients
What is manure?
This gas enters plant leaves through tiny openings called stomata.
What is carbon dioxide?
This plant need can be controlled inside a greenhouse.
What is temperature?
Irrigation is most useful when there is little of this
What is rainfall?
Pine needles were often used to make this
What is medicine or tea?
Farmers grow crops mainly for food and this
What is fibre?
This plant need prevents overcrowding and allows roots to grow.
What is space?
Greenhouses help protect plants from this type of weather.
What is frost or cold temperatures?
This irrigation method sprays water over plants like rain.
What are sprinklers?
Indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest used this type of tree to build longhouses.
What is cedar?
This part of the plant absorbs water and nutrients from the soil
What are roots?
Farmers use irrigation to provide this when rainfall is low.
What is water?
This happens inside a greenhouse when heat is trapped.
What is the greenhouse effect?
This plant part makes food using sunlight.
What are leaves?
This natural material from trees was used by many cultures to build log houses.
What is wood?
This plant part carries water and nutrients to the rest of the plant.
What is the stem?