| Question |
Answer |
| nutrients that plants absorb through their roots that assist in growth and development |
mineral |
| a mixture of substances containing minerls that are added to soil to help keep plants healthy |
fertilizer |
| The three minerals in fertilizers found in the largest amounts are known as |
macronutrients |
| The ten minerals in fertilizers in small amounts (also called trace elements) are called |
micronutrients |
| A mixture of two or more substances |
solution |
| A word describing a solution that has been "watered down" and would be considered "weaker" |
dilute |
| A word describing a solution that contains less water and would be considered "stronger" |
concentrated |
| The genus of plants in the mustard family that the Wisconsin Fast Plants belong to |
Brassica |
| The process of breeding plants and animals for specific traits |
selective breeding |
| What are the three macronutrients? |
nitrogen, phosphorous and potassium |
| The process by which a seed becomes a plant |
germination |
| Inactive, as in a seed |
dormant |
| protective covering on a seed |
seed coat |
| tiny beginnings in a seed of root, stem and leaves |
embryo |
| food storing tissue in a seed |
endosperm |
| seed leaves, which in dicots also contains the food storing tissue |
cotyledon |
| plants whose seeds have one seed leaf (also parallel veins, fibrous roots and flower parts in multiples of 3) |
monocot |
| plants whose seeds have two seed leaves (also branching veins, taproots and flower parts in multiples of fours and fives) |
dicot |
| the first root that emerges from a seed |
primary root |
| microscopic, fingerlike extensions of the outer root cells that increase surface area for the absorption of water and minerals |
root hairs |
| roots that branch off of the primary root |
secondary roots |
| process by which true leaves use energy from the sun to manufacture glucose |
photosynthesis |
| What can cause some seeds to NOT germinate? |
not enough oxygen, too cold, not enough water, fungus |
| Who helped develop the Wisconsin Fast Plant? |
Dr. Williams |
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