UNIT #2, Plants for Food & Fibre
Science notes rubric:
Unit Vocabulary |
Topic #1
The following concepts are important from the topic, make sure that you have them in your notes!
1. How are plants playing an important role in ecosystems
2. How are plants used for food
3. How are plants used for fibre
4. How are plants used for medicine
5. How are plants used for transportation and construction
6. How are plants used for fuel
1. How are plants playing an important role in ecosystems
2. How are plants used for food
3. How are plants used for fibre
4. How are plants used for medicine
5. How are plants used for transportation and construction
6. How are plants used for fuel
Topic #2
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7. What are the roots of a plant, how do they work and what are their parts
8. What is diffusion and how does it work within plants
9. What is osmosis and how does it work within plants
10. What are the stems roles within a plant
11. What are the leaves roles within a plant, how does photosynthesis work
12. What is respiration and transpiration and how do they contribute to the survival of a plant
13. How does water travel through a plant
7. What are the roots of a plant, how do they work and what are their parts
8. What is diffusion and how does it work within plants
9. What is osmosis and how does it work within plants
10. What are the stems roles within a plant
11. What are the leaves roles within a plant, how does photosynthesis work
12. What is respiration and transpiration and how do they contribute to the survival of a plant
13. How does water travel through a plant
Topic #3
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- What is selective breeding or artifical selection and how does it work. How is it different than natural selection
- What are a plants genes and how can we use them to create new varaitions of plants
- What is sexual and asexual reproduction, how are they similar and how are they different
- How does vegetative reproduction work and what are some of the different types, how do they work
- How do plants reproduce using cones
- How do plants reproduce using flowers
- What are the parts of a flower, what does each part of the flower do and how do they contribute to reproduction
- What is pollination and how does it work to contribute to plant reproduction
- How does a seed grow into a plant or fruit, how are seeds dispersed or spread out
- How does the process of germination work
Topic #4
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- What is sustainability and how does it impact how we use plants for food and fibre
- How does agriculture use plants within Alberta
- What plant varieties are mostly grown in Alberta, How are they used and why are they chosen
- How can greenhouses be sued to grow certain types of plants
- What is irrigation and what is a monoculture. How has farming changed over the past 100 years
- How does the forestry industry use and rely on plants, what types of plants are used within our province, how and why
- How does the forestry industry work to replace what they have taken and how is erosion affected
Topic #5
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- How does soil develop
- How do living organisms contribute to healthy soil
- What do plants need from the soil
- What is soil salinization, what is it's impact and why is it a concern
- How does organic matter impact erosion
- What are strategies to reduce erosion
- What are hydroponics and how do they work
Topic #6
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- What is a pest and how do they impact our ecosystems
- Why are dandelions such successful pests
- What is an introduced species and how can they become dangerous pests
- How do we try to control pests
- What is bioaccumulation and how do strategiesto control pests affect other aspects of ecosystems like soil and non targeted organisms
- What is a resistant species and what are the impacts
- What is organic food, how is it produced and why is it a good or bad thing
- What is biological control