Matter & Energy in Plants (STEMScopes)

How do green plants make their own food?

• By absorbing sunlight and using carbon dioxide and water

• By eating other plants

• By drinking water only

• By breathing oxygen

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What is the process called when plants make their own food?

• Photosynthesis

• Respiration

• Digestion

• Fermentation

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What is produced as a waste product when plants make their own food?

• Oxygen

• Carbon dioxide

• Nitrogen

• Hydrogen

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What are plants called because they can make their own food?

• Producers

• Consumers

• Decomposers

• Predators

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What do you call an organism that eats food (plants, animals, or both) because it cannot make its own food?

• Consumer

• Producer

• Decomposer

• Herbivore

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What is hydroponics?

• Growing plants in soil

• Growing plants without soil

• Growing plants in sand

• Growing plants in air

What do plants need to grow in hydroponics?

• Nutrient-rich water

• Regular soil

• Only sunlight

• Just air

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What is aquaponics?

• A method of growing plants in soil

• A system that combines raising fish and growing plants without soil

• A type of plant that grows on other plants

• A process of cleaning soil using plants

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What are epiphytes?

• Plants that grow in water

• Plants that grow on other plants or surfaces and gather nutrition from air and rain

• Plants that grow on rocky surfaces and only need sunlight

• Plants that are used in aquaponics and sit on the surface of the water

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What is phytoremediation?

• A method of growing plants in water

• A process of using plants to remove toxic materials from soil and water

• A type of plant that grows on trees

• A system that combines fish and plant farming

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