UNIT B: Plants for Food and Fibre

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  Unit B: Key Ideas

Focus On: Plants for Food and Fibre

This unit has four sections dedicated to helping you understand the basics of plants for food and fibre. Each section has a key idea indicated by its title and is divided into lessons. Click each key idea tab below to view the lesson titles and some key questions you will investigate.

Section 1 Key Idea: Plant structures have specific roles to help plants grow and thrive.

Lesson B1: Plant Structures
Key Question – What are the main parts of the bodies of plants?

Lesson B2: How Water Flows in Plants
Key Question – How does water move to all parts of a plant?

Lesson B3: Photosynthesis, Cellular Respiration, and Gas Exchange
Key Question – How do plants make their own food?

Lesson B4: Plant Cells: Osmosis, Diffusion, and Active Transport
Key Question – How do nutrients move throughout a plant?

Lesson B5: Plant Growth and Life Cycle
Key Question – How do plants grow from seeds to mature plants?

Lesson B6: Plant Reproduction and Propagation
Key Question – What are the various ways in which plants can reproduce?
Section 2 Key Idea: Humans use plants and plant products in many ways.

Lesson B7:  Plant Adaptations
Key Question – What features of plants help them survive in various environments?

Lesson B8:  The Role and Use of Plants
Key Question – In what ways do people rely upon plants?

Lesson B9:  Forestry: An Important Alberta Industry
Key Question – Why is caring for Alberta’s forests important?

Section 3 Key Idea: Plants rely on healthy, rich soil to grow.

Lesson D10: Types of Soil
Key Question – How does soil help plants to grow?

Lesson D11: Human Use of Soil
Key Question – How can humans keep soil healthy and usable?

Section 4 Key Idea: Technology has important roles in growing crops for humans.

Lesson D12: Plant Growth Technologies
Key Question – How can humans grow larger amounts of plants?

Lesson D13:  Selective Breeding and Genetically Modified Organisms
Key Question – How can humans produce better types of plants?

Lesson D14:  Crops, Pests, and Sustainability
Key Question – How do humans safely prevent pests from destroying crops?