Listening - A plant scientist talks about water/Suggested Questions
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Questions - Discussion prompts
With water shortages and hosepipe bans in the news, Nicola Terry asked plant scientist Helen Holmes about the importance of water and how plants respond to a lack of it. Helen is based at the University of Cambridge Department of Plant Science and works on projects with Rothamstead Research in Hertfordshire
- For what reasons do plants need water?
- Why does water improve a floppy piece of celery?
- How are plants adapted to living where there’s little water around?
- What’s unusual about the way that mosses take in water?
- What can you say about the value of watering the leaves of a plant?
- What is the role of mulch? (What is mulch?)
- How is a terracotta pot used to help supply water to plants?
- Explain why deep and shallow soil vary in their water content.
- How do different kinds of soil differ in their retention of water?
- How can you improve sandy soil?
- What is a plant’s first reaction to a shortage of water?
- What do they mean when they talk about a plant bolting to seed?
- How do the two mentioned ‘types’ of plant react to water drought?
