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Adaptations
Random Science
100
The ability to do work or cause change
Energy
100
The organelle in plants where chlorophyll is found.
Chloroplast
100
The organelle where chlorophyll is stored.
Chloroplasts
100
Why do venus flytraps eat insects?
Poor nutrients in soil requires them to supplement
100
She did the mathematics for the Apollo space missions
Katherine Johnson
200
Conversion of light energy from the sun into chemical energy
Photosynthesis
200
What is the purpose of a flower?
To attract pollinators and spread pollen
200
Take in or soak up
Absorb
200
How is a cactus adapted to its environment?
(various answers)
200
She was a pioneer in the study of Dark Matter.
Vera Rubin
300
An organism that makes its own food (and therefore doesn't need to eat other organisms)
Autotroph
300
What are root hairs for?
Root hairs are what they sound like: little hairs on the root; they collect water
300
Combine or put together to create something more complex.
Synthesize.
300
How is a blade of grass adapted to its enviroment?
(various answers)
300
He was an agricultural scientist who encouraged the farming of peanuts.
George Washington Carver
400
An organism that cannot make its own food (and therefore must eat other living things)
Heterotroph
400
Why is fruit often sweet and delicious?
So that animals will eat it and spread the seeds
400
Plants that have tissues that allow water to be transported to the different parts of the plant.
Vascular plants
400
How is a pine tree adapted to its environment?
(various)
400
She was the scientist who named the 84th element on the periodic table Polonium, after her home country of Poland.
Marie Curie
500
A green chemical that plants and algae use in photosynthesis
Chlorophyll
500
Besides pollinators like bees and butterflies, what is another way pollen gets spread?
Wind
500
The tiny holes on the back of a leaf that oxygen and carbon dioxide can pass through.
Stomata
500
Name three ways plants spread their seeds
wind, animals, water, burrs, gravity
500
He developed the theory of evolution by means of natural selection
Charles Darwin