Plants For Food and Fibre
We use _______ for clothing and shelter.
What is fibre?
What is the difference between biotic and abiotic?
Biotic is living and Abiotic is non-living.
What are the three types of structures?
What are Solid/Mass, Frame and Shell?
What needs to be taken into account when building a structure (3 things)?
What is function, safety and aesthetics?
Definition: A variable whose value depends on that of another.
What is a dependant variable?
What is not a way seedless plants reproduce?
What is a seed?
What is the difference between a decomposer and a scavenger?
A decomposer breaks things down and a scavenger eats dead matter.
What is the role of an Architect and an Engineer?
An architect designs a structure. An engineer is in charge of picking the materials, building the structure and considering safety.
What are the three parts of a seed?
Definition: A push or pull on an object.
What is force?
What does a plant require in order to go through Photosynthesis?
What is Sun (energy), Carbon Dioxide (CO2), and Water (H2O)?
What are the four basic needs of any organism?
What is Food, Shelter, Water and exchanges of gases (breathing)?
What would be an example of a bending force?
What are all the stages of the water cycle?
What is evaporation, condensation, precipitation, run-off and transpiration?
Definition: The gradual accumulation of substances, such as pesticides or other chemicals, in an organism
What is bioaccumulation?
What are the main components of soil?
What is Air, Water, Minerals and Organic Matter?
Definition: When an ecosystem is created with no soil.
What is primary succession?
What is the difference between Mass and Weight?
Mass is the amount of matter something has. Weight is based on gravity.
Definition: The impact of a person or community on the environment, expressed as the amount of land required to sustain their use of natural resources.
What is an ecological footprint?
Definition: A change or the process of change by which an organism or species becomes better suited to its environment.
What is an adaptation?
What are the female reproductive parts of a flower (4)?
What are the Stigma, Style, Ovary, and Ovule?
If a wolf population were to die off, what would happen to the rabbit population?
The rabbit population would overpopulate and then eventually die off as the wolf population increases.
What is the difference between a dead/static force VS a live/dynamic force?
Dead/static is not moving, live/dynamic is moving.
Name three examples a man-made Solid/Mass, Frame and Shell.
Name three examples of naturally made Solid/Mass, Frame and Shell.
Man-Made: Mass: Gold Bar, Frame: Bike, Shell: Car
Natural: Mass: Rock, Frame: Spider Web, Shell: Turtle Shell.
The gradual growth or organisms in an area that previously had a number of organisms is know as ________________ (two words).
What is secondary succession?