Soil Leaves

Stem Life Cycles

Little bit ofEverything

100 100 100 100 100

200 200 200 200 200

300 300 300 300 300

400 400 400 400 400

500 500 500 500 500

Jeopardy

Propagation Prefix words

Descriptions Little bit ofEverything

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400 400 400 400

600 600 600 600

800 800 800 800

1000 1000 1000 1000

Jeopardy

100

Anothername for soil

100 Answer

Medium

Used in soil mixtures to aerate the soil.Looks like small white balls.

Perlite

Potting soil allows for

drainage and good root growth.

Aerated

Used in soil mixture to aerate the

soil.Looks like

sand

vermiculite

Yet another Name

for Soil….

Media

Sub-division of a leaf

Lobes

Are leaf like

parts

Foliage

The leaf of a fern

Frond

Two or more

colors on the leaf (or

flower)

Variegated

Stalk of the Leaf

Petiole

Portion of the stem

which has a leaf, leaves,

or bud

Node

Stem section

between two nodes

Internode

Leaf and stem angle

Axil

Portions of the plant have

grown longer internodes that other

portions of the plant.

Leggy

Stems from old plants that run

along the ground and grow new

plants

runners

Has a life cycle of one year

annual

Plants with a life cycle of three or more years

Perennial

Life cycle that is

complete in two years.

biennial

This term means sexless

Asexual

Young baby

plants

Seedlings

The period necessary for

a plant to adjust to a

new environment.

Acclimation

The growth period for

seeds.

Germination

Time frame between the

last killing frost in the spring to the first killing

frost in the fall.

Growing

Season

New growth

on a plant

Shoot

The inactive period in the life cycle of

a plant

Dormancy

Method used to get a new plant from the mother

plant

Propagation

Propagation by

separation the plant at its roots.

division

Used to propagate

plants; section of stem is cut at node.

Cutting

Small plant that may be taken from the mother

plant for propagation purposes.

Offset

Reproductive system in

non flowering plants.

Spore

Process by which plants

use sunlight to manufacture

food from carbon dioxide

and water

Photosynthesis

Materials not derived from plants and animals

inorganic

Period of daylight

needed to induce

flowering.

Photoperiod

Plant growth

toward the light source

phototropism

Both sexes; a stamen

and a pistil.

Bisexual

Plants that store water

in stems and leaves

succulent

Ability of a plant to

survive the winter outside.

Hardy

Part of the plant

containing seeds

Fruit

Plant that loses its

leaves for a portion of the year

Deciduous

Storage organ; usually

underground

bulb

An undevelope

d flower

Bud

Technique use to bring plants into

bloom before normal cycle.

Forcing

The male portion of the plant

Stamen

Major root of some plants

taproot

The edge of the leaf

margin