Future Food Lesson 1 Vocabulary

A method of growing plants by suspending their roots in the air and spraying them with nutrient solutions.

• glucose

• aeroponics

• agriculture

• photosynthesis

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The process by which plant cells use light to convert carbon dioxide and water into sugar, which is food for the plant.

• glucose

• aeroponics

• agriculture

• photosynthesis

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

A simple sugar, often in the form of a carbohydrate, produced through photosynthesis.

• glucose

• food chain

• agriculture

• photosynthesis

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS1-7

The cultivating of the soil, producing of crops, and raising of livestock.

• carbohydrates

• food chain

• agriculture

• carbon dioxide

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NGSS.MS-LS2-1

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4

A gas found in the Earth's atmosphere, its molecules have one carbon atom and two oxygen atoms—it is a waste product of respiration in living things and also acts as a greenhouse gas, trapping energy from the Sun in the Earth's atmosphere.

• carbohydrate

• food chain

• chloroplast

• carbon dioxide

A way of describing how animals gain energy and matter from other organisms.

• carbohydrate

• food chain

• chloroplast

• hydroponics

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

A substance, like starch or sugar, that is rich in energy and made up of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen.

• carbohydrate

• matter

• chloroplast

• hydroponics

A tiny part in a plant containing chlorophyll—chloroplasts are where photosynthesis occurs.

• carbohydrate

• matter

• chloroplast

• hydroponics

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS1-7

A method of growing plants in a nutrient solution, with or without the support of soil, sand, or gravel.

• nutrient

• matter

• chloroplast

• hydroponics

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NGSS.MS-LS1-5

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

A substance needed for healthy growth, development, and functioning.

• nutrient

• stomata

• hydrogen

• oxygen

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NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-3