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| What trees have softwood? |
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| List three different uses for plants |
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Chocolate
Oil
Chocolate
Oil
Seaweed
Sugar
Clothes
Jeans
Cloth
Paper |
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| What are 5 plants used for food and 3 plants used for fibre |
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Carrot Apple Orange Potatoes Wheat Lettuce Corn Kale Rice Broccoli
Flax Cotton Hemp Linen Ramie Jute Sisal Bamboo Coir Soybean |
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| What is a plant used for transportation? |
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Wood for canoes
(Not currently) Rubber tree for tires |
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| Some kind of material made from natural plant items like stems, leaves etc. |
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| What is a taproot and what is an example of one? |
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One large root with root hairs covering it.
Example: carrot, beet, radish |
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| What is a fibrous root and what is an example of one? |
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small, thin, branching roots opposite of a taproot.
Example: grass |
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| What is osmosis and diffusion? |
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A membrane that only lets water in / out
A gas or liquid being spread evenly thought a space. |
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| The pigment which makes the leaves green. |
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| What is photosynthesis and plant respiration?? |
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| Photosynthesis is the process in which plants take in carbon dioxide and produce oxegen and nutrients. Respiration is where the plants take in a small amount of oxegen and breath out co2. This is much less than they use with photosynthesis so it isnt that big of a deal. |
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| Explain the functions of the different parts of the plant.[image] |
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Root: Absorb water and minerals from the soil, they support and anchor the plant so that it is not blown over by the wind or washed away by water, and they store food to help the plant survive during times of scarcity.
Stem: Transport water and nutrients between the leaves and roots.
Leaves: Use the energy of sunlight and change it to a kind of chemical energy. |
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| What are plants harvested for their roots, stems, leaves, seeds, and fruit? |
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roots: carrots beets
stems: trees Celery
leaves: Basil Mint
seeds: Sunflower Pumpkin
fruit: OrangeApple |
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| Little holes that carbon enters through. |
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| What is selective breeding and why is it useful? |
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| Taking two different variations of a plant and breeding them. This is quite useful because they can take good traits from one variation and one from another then make another variation which has both good qualities. |
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| What is vegetative reproduction and what is a plant that uses it? |
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| It is when the young plants which were vegetatively reproduced are identical to the parent. If farmers have a plant with characteristics they like, they can reproduce it knowing that each young plant it produces will have the same characteristics. The trembling aspen vegetatively reproduces from its roots |
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| complete this diagram with the names of the parts of the flower.[image] |
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| What percentage of forest products are made into pulp and paper and what are some Alberta trees used for lumber and paper? |
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45%
White & Black Spruce, Aspen |
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| What is monoculture and what are the Advantages and Disadvantages? |
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Monoculture is a crop of only one type. It is more energy and equipment efficient but it offers no variety.
because it is only one kind of crop so you won’t havemany different pest per kind of crop so you wouldn't need lots of types of pesticides and chemicals. |
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| Define top soil and humus. |
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| Humus is the nutrient rich part of the soil found in the top soil. |
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| plants grown without soil |
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| Salt that has collected on the surface of the soil. |
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| Why are earthworms so important? |
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| Earthworms make soil healthy. As they eat it, they grind, digest, and mix it. They produce nutrients and bacteria richer than the soil they took in! Their tunnels help air and water move through the soil. The mucus that worms add helps stick soil particles together. Nutrients from lower is also brought up when they move through it. |
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| What are 6 nutrients that are required by healthy plants? Put a star beside the three that are usually added in fertilizer? |
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Definition
☆nitrogen (N),
☆phosphorus (P),
☆potassium (K),
sulphur (S),
calcium (Ca),
and magnesium (Mg). |
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| Soil that has left over chemicals on it that have been washed off of plants |
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| Soil that has left over chemicals on it that have been washed off of plants |
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| What is selective breeding and why is it useful? |
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Definition
| Taking two different variations of a plant and breeding them. This is quite useful because they can take good traits from one variation and one from another then make another variation which has both good qualities. |
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| Soil that has left over chemicals on it that have been washed off of plants |
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| Chemical pesticide and fertilizer free food. |
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| What do weeds do to crops? insects? fungi? |
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Definition
Weeds take away moisture, nutrients, space or light.
Insects eat parts of the crop.
Fungi destroy parts or all of the plant and they cause infections |
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| Why are dandelions so successful? |
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Definition
| Powerful roots, broad leaves, super seeds, adaptable, chemical weapons. |
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| Why are non-native pests sometimes so difficult to control? |
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Definition
| Well, because non-native pests are brought in, they do not have any natural enemies. |
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| Soil that has left over chemicals on it that have been washed off of plants |
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| Chemical pesticide and fertilizer free food. |
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| What do weeds do to crops? insects? fungi? |
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Definition
Weeds take away moisture, nutrients, space or light.
Insects eat parts of the crop.
Fungi destroy parts or all of the plant and they cause infections |
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| Why are dandelions so successful? |
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Definition
| Powerful roots, broad leaves, super seeds, adaptable, chemical weapons. |
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| Why are non-native pests sometimes so difficult to control? |
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Definition
| Well, because non-native pests are brought in, they do not have any natural enemies. |
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