Parts of a plant
The only part of a plant that is underground
What are the roots?
The trend that involves tractors and machines being used for growing and producing food.
What is mechanization?
Farmers using up too much water leads to this.
What is groundwater depletion?
The cardinal direction you want your garden to be facing for maximum sunlight.
What is the south?
A flower that has both male and female parts on ONE flower.
What is a perfect flower?
The part of the plant that does photosynthesis.
What is the leaf?
The trend that reduces the number of tasks/skills of farmers so the production is higher and more efficient.
What is specialization?
What farmers are using too much of to grow plants and is draining into groundwater and running off into nearby waterways
What is fertilizer?
The first two leaves that show up after planting.
What are cotyledons?
What is pollen?
The part of a plant that holds the xylem and the phloem.
What is the stem?
The trend where farmers are using synthetic substances and drugs to boost food production.
What is chemical and pharmaceutical inputs?
This resource is used in industrial agriculture to power machines and to create synthetic fertilizers.
What are fossil fuels?
A sign your seedling is dong photosynthesis and can be transplanted
What are true leaves?
The top of the female part of the flower.
The part of the plant that is responsible for reproduction.
What are the flowers?
The trend where large farms are getting larger and small farms are disappearing.
What is consolidation?
Of all the water on Earth, this percentage is freshwater.
What is 2.5%?
The kind of soil mixture you want for your garden.
What is a mixture of mostly topsoil with a little compost?
The entire female part of a flower.
What is the carpel/pistil?
Where the stomata is located.
What is the leaf?
The trend where a few small companies produce the majority of the food we consume.
What is market concentration?
This harmful condition, caused by excess nutrients like nitrogen and phosphorus in waterways, can create oxygen-depleted underwater regions where most life cannot survive.
What are dead zones?
The least number of hours a plant needing full sun requires to grow.
What is 6?
The entirety of a male part of a flower.
What is the stamen?
Transports water and other nutrients UPWARD within the stem.
What is the xylem?
The trend in industrial agriculture that can lead to soil erosion.
What is mechanization?
Over time, pests can develop this, leading farmers to use more or stronger pesticides.
What is resistance?
The cardinal direction you do not want your garden to be facing if the plants need full sun
What is north?
The male version of the style.
What is the filament?