1. How are roots and leaves adapted to their functions
Crop Farming
How are roots and leaves adapted to their functions

2. Learning Objectives
Describe how farmers use scientific advantages to produces as much biomass as possible
Biomass
Overall weight of produced biological substances
E.g. how much grain produced

3. Increasing your yield
Ways to go from this to this

4. This to this

6. Main Point We need to make more glucose and starch
This happens from photosynthesis
So anything which slows this down has to be removed.

7. Testing for Glucose
We can test for starch using iodine. Use this sheet in your packs to complete the experiment.

8. Results: Copy into your book
Leaf Type
Observation
Kept in dark
Kept in light
Explain why this happened in your books too.

9. What things could stop photosynthesis. (e. g
What things could stop photosynthesis? (e.g. plants from growing so large?)
Reason
Why it stops plant growing?
How could you help this situation?

10. We can add thing to Crops
We can add fertilisers
These help crops grow
We can add pesticides
These kill bugs which may eat the plant
We can add herbicides
These kill weeds that would compete with our plant

11. Plant Varieties
We could also breed together plants so their seeds are more successful
E.g. They could have bigger seeds.

12. Homework: Debate Preparation 2 Finding arguments
Look at the research you did in week 1
Swap ideas for someone else
What counter arguments could you give for their research
(E.g. argument: We need more food
Counter argument : No we just need to share it properly as a lot is wasted)

13. Learning Objectives
Describe how farmers use scientific advantages to produces as much biomass as possible
Biomass
Overall weight of produced biological substances
E.g. how much grain produced

14. Complete the Crossword