Hydroponics Mid-Year Review

Hydroponics is

• a hydraulic robot.

• growing plants using systems that pump water and nutrients.

• growing plants in space.

• the only way to grow plants indoors.

The first step to growing hydroponic plants is

• harvesting cucumbers.

• identifying pests.

• filling out a crop calendar.

• planting seeds in rock wool.

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True or False:

Hydroponic vegetables are less nutritious than plants grown in soil.

• TRUE

• FALSE

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What do we add to the water tanks to keep our hydroponic plants healthy?

• soil

• salt

• nutrients

• compost

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True or False:

Hydro means water.

• TRUE

• FALSE

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The growing mediums that we use in the hydroponics lab are:

• rock wool and clay pebbles

• soil

• gravel

• sand

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What is compost?

• A material used to measure ecological footprints

• A mixture of living and nonliving animals

• A mixture of decomposing organic matter made to fertilize soil.

• Normal dirt from the ground

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Eggshells can be composted

• True

• False

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Should I put it in my compost: cheese?

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Should I put it in my compost: fruit scraps?

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