© NTScience.co.uk 2005KS3 Unit 9d – Plants for Food1 Plants for Food
© NTScience.co.uk 2005KS3 Unit 9d – Plants for Food2 Q1. What is a large molecule made from a string of simple sugar molecules called?
© NTScience.co.uk 2005KS3 Unit 9d – Plants for Food3 A1. Starch
© NTScience.co.uk 2005KS3 Unit 9d – Plants for Food4 Q2. Name a carbohydrate that is easily soluble in water
© NTScience.co.uk 2005KS3 Unit 9d – Plants for Food5 A2. Sugar
© NTScience.co.uk 2005KS3 Unit 9d – Plants for Food6 Q3. Name a very easily digested simple sugar
© NTScience.co.uk 2005KS3 Unit 9d – Plants for Food7 A3. Glucose
© NTScience.co.uk 2005KS3 Unit 9d – Plants for Food8 Q4. What form of energy is used by green plants to produce chemical energy (food)?
© NTScience.co.uk 2005KS3 Unit 9d – Plants for Food9 A4. Light
© NTScience.co.uk 2005KS3 Unit 9d – Plants for Food10 Q5. Name the most common solvent, needed for life processes to take place
© NTScience.co.uk 2005KS3 Unit 9d – Plants for Food11 A5. Water
© NTScience.co.uk 2005KS3 Unit 9d – Plants for Food12 Q6. Name the process used by green plants to convert light energy into chemical energy
© NTScience.co.uk 2005KS3 Unit 9d – Plants for Food13 A6. Photosynthesis
© NTScience.co.uk 2005KS3 Unit 9d – Plants for Food14 Q7. Name a large molecule made from a string of amino acids. Used for body growth and repair
© NTScience.co.uk 2005KS3 Unit 9d – Plants for Food15 A7. Protein
© NTScience.co.uk 2005KS3 Unit 9d – Plants for Food16 Q8. What do we call a quantity of plant or animal material?
© NTScience.co.uk 2005KS3 Unit 9d – Plants for Food17 A8. Biomass
© NTScience.co.uk 2005KS3 Unit 9d – Plants for Food18 Q9. What is a chemical sprayed on crops to kill weeds called?
© NTScience.co.uk 2005KS3 Unit 9d – Plants for Food19 A9. Herbicide
© NTScience.co.uk 2005KS3 Unit 9d – Plants for Food20 Q10. What is a chemical sprayed on crops to kill unwanted insects called?
© NTScience.co.uk 2005KS3 Unit 9d – Plants for Food21 A10. Pesticide
© NTScience.co.uk 2005KS3 Unit 9d – Plants for Food22 Q11. What is an unwanted plant growing in between crops called?
© NTScience.co.uk 2005KS3 Unit 9d – Plants for Food23 A11. A weed
© NTScience.co.uk 2005KS3 Unit 9d – Plants for Food24 Q12. What is the process of choosing particular animals or plants to breed together to produce the next generation called?
© NTScience.co.uk 2005KS3 Unit 9d – Plants for Food25 A12. Selection
© NTScience.co.uk 2005KS3 Unit 9d – Plants for Food26 Q13. What are trees that lose their leaves in Winter called?
© NTScience.co.uk 2005KS3 Unit 9d – Plants for Food27 A13. Deciduous
© NTScience.co.uk 2005KS3 Unit 9d – Plants for Food28 Q14. What is the evaporation of water from plant surfaces, usually from stomata on leaves, called?
© NTScience.co.uk 2005KS3 Unit 9d – Plants for Food29 A14. Transpiration
© NTScience.co.uk 2005KS3 Unit 9d – Plants for Food30 Q15. Name a cereal crop used to make flour for bread and pasta
© NTScience.co.uk 2005KS3 Unit 9d – Plants for Food31 A15. Wheat
© NTScience.co.uk 2005KS3 Unit 9d – Plants for Food32 Q16. Name a food crop that produces thin white grains
© NTScience.co.uk 2005KS3 Unit 9d – Plants for Food33 A16. Rice
© NTScience.co.uk 2005KS3 Unit 9d – Plants for Food34 Q17. What do we call a chemical found in vegetables, fruit and cereals that help your body to work efficiently?
© NTScience.co.uk 2005KS3 Unit 9d – Plants for Food35 A17. A Vitamin
© NTScience.co.uk 2005KS3 Unit 9d – Plants for Food36 Q18. Name the process of breaking down foods for energy within an organism
© NTScience.co.uk 2005KS3 Unit 9d – Plants for Food37 A18. Respiration
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