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Illustration of a man wearing a waistcoat, hands on hips, standing next to a tree. Caption: The father of Arbor Day was J. Sterling Morton,

A person wearing a green shirt and an orange vest carrying a measuring stick works in a forest. Caption: I'm not stuck at a desk. My job changes.

Side closeup view of a flower with yellow petals, magenta veins, and yellow stamens. Text on image reads, "Core Biology. Plant Sciences."

Closeup of a huge pile of kernels of dried corn. Caption: making corn the number-one crop by weight.

Illustration of a rabbit eating a carrot, wearing pants and a shirt, sitting in a field of carrots.

Two people with a box full of plants in pots. One plant is removed, and the woman is touching a leaf. Caption: There are insects that don't move.

Mostly red cranberries coming out of a chute into a large bin. Caption: They're red, ready to come off the vine,

Two men surrounded by plants. Both wear gloves and cowboy hats, one holds a plastic crate. Caption: Is it true about you waking up before the sun rises?

Two people pick oranges off an orange tree. Caption: Four or five hundred oranges per tree.

Carton insect with multiple legs and antennae. Caption: Du Iz Tak?

Waffles topped with sliced bananas and blackberries. Caption: Or mix fruit in with your waffles or pancakes.

Person handling tubes of materials stacked in metal shelves. Caption: We study endangered plants and how to conserve them.

Closeup of vibrant green leaves. Caption: that form a network throughout the plant structure.

Close up of small, black insects on foliage with holes eaten out of it. A human finger is touching the edge of the leaf and is giant in comparison to the insects. Caption: They're tiny in size but have a huge appetite.

Magnified view of an orangish-red irregular shape. Caption: and seems to be feeding on microorganisms.

Microscopic view of spherical green objects. Caption: we call the process photosynthesis.

Illustration of a person digging in a garden with a shovel. Caption: My mother has a garden.

Illustration of two trees talking to each other. Caption: Well, you're in the forest, of course.

Illustration of a tree with a face looking upset. Caption: I don't want to become a plank of wood!

Illustration of a spider. Caption: We breathe in oxygen and breathe out carbon dioxide.

Illustration of a person reaching to take something from a tree's hand. Caption: Take them and find a pretty spot to plant them.

Cartoon of a person pulling a plant out of the ground. Caption: Hey, be careful! Don't take it all.

A woman seated at a desk in a suit jacket surrounded by books and preserved specimens. Inset picture: Bear-like creature - Caption: Beardogs! … They're a thing. As named, they resemble a mash-up for a bear and a dog.

A stream flows through a mountainous region. Caption: Canada Coastal Forest. Latitude, 50 degrees North. Longitude, 125 degrees West. Rainfall, 3000 to 5000 millimeters. Winter Temperature, minus 2 degrees Celsius.

A diagram of an infected tree treated with a pesticide is labeled, protection strategies.

Rolling hillside spotted with evergreen trees. Caption: lodgepole pine, that was introduced from North America

Closeup of terraced moss on a hillside with water dripping from it. Caption: early land plants most likely lived in moist environments.

Illustration of a stalk of corn showing roots below ground and foliage above ground. Sun Light, CO2, and Sugar are above ground and Water is below ground. Caption: What vital gas is also given off in photosynthesis?

Photosynthesis, it's a crazy, complicated process.

Seed catalog with seed packets of Zinna, Aster, Morning Glory, Cornflower, and Daisy. Caption: We order seeds from catalogs--

Person hiking up a rock trail with mountains behind and tropical flowers along the path. Caption: That's because ecosystems are all around us.

Blue tropical fish eating something from a rock covered in plants. Caption: Consumers cannot produce their own food.

Hands planting a seedling in the dirt. Caption: Plants grow just about everywhere.

Microscopic image showing web-like structures and C shaped tubular organisms. Caption: (narrator) The soil itself is home to a vast number of tiny microbes,

Underwater view of billowing plume of pollutant. Caption: cleaning up oil spills and purifying water.

Two small seedlings with their roots in the soil. Caption: optimally suited to survive and thrive.

Two people moving a flat of plants. Caption: are reimagining the future of farming --

Man walking and looking at trees. Caption: (narrator) Compared to many crops, trees are slow growers.

Person picking up wood chips and putting them into a plastic bag. Caption: (Huber) Cellulose is basically stored solar energy

Rocky shoreline with green algae coating some of the rocks. Caption: how the blooms affect fish stocks and oyster beds,

Closeup cross-section of a large tree with many rings. Caption: This is a cross-section of a redwood tree.

Two scientists examining a plant. Caption: (narrator) Plant virologist Steven Lommel is in charge.

A large tree with bright green leaves as seen from below. Caption: The forests are working overtime.

A cultivated vegetable garden with inmates and razor-wire-topped chain-link fencing in the background. Caption: science and scientists behind bars as well.

Two young girls looking at plants. Caption: teaching students hydroponic farming

A large brown bird perched on a dead branch. Caption: Some birds are carnivores too.

Forested mountain side. Caption: Forests grow all over the world and are very important

Field of sunflowers. Glucose. Caption: The food they produce is called glucose.

Pine Reproduction 101. Pine tree, a male pinecone, and a female pinecone. Female pinecones have a long protrusion from the center and pine needles around the edges. Caption: Each tree has female pine cones and male pine cones.

Illustration of a Venus flytrap with a fly caught in one of the traps. Caption: and the predatory carnivorous Venus flytrap, of course.

Person shaking seeds out of the head of a plant into their hand. Caption: Even the smallest seed contains everything needed to grow

Long grasses and shrubs. Caption: More than 100,000 natural compounds occur in plants,

Apples hang from an apple tree. Caption: This, scientists say, is the apple's genetic home.

A poster for Washington state apples displays apples with a caption apple a day. Only the finest. Caption: an apple a day keeps the doctor away.

Red earthworms. Caption: are more likely to develop resistance.

A vast agricultural land with varieties of plants laid in strips. Caption: It's a botanical version of Noah's Ark.

A sketch of a man with a hat holding a plant. Caption: Narrator, John Chapman was born in 1774 in massachusetts.

A farmer carries a small pouch in his field. Caption: Heath farms without using toxic chemicals.

A hamlet in a Peruvian Valley. Caption: the potato plant around 8,000 years ago.

Litchens are found on a rusty car door. Caption: What caught their attention was the abundance of lichens,

Green leafy foliage partially covering the ground. Caption: was this carpet of baby Kankakee mallows.

The Kankakee Mallow flowers have bloomed at the apex of the plant. Caption: From extinction to several feet tall.

Dried red-leafed plant with a cluster of long, pointed leaves. Caption: Poinsettias are another delightful botanical accent

Illustration of a boy pouring a bucket of water onto a small tree. Caption: Liam began to feel like a real gardener,

Leaves and branches on a tree. Photosynthesis. Caption: In photosynthesis, trees take in carbon dioxide,

Brown lizard with red spots wearing a collar, standing on a rock. Caption: (Ms. Frizzle) Why, that's a collared lizard!

Cartoon of a plant with a face in a yard. Caption: I am hungry but not for people food.

Students on the magic school bus. Caption: Two things make me sneeze -- pollen and pepper.

Students and their teacher from the magic school bus in standing in a jungle in front of a tree with white puffy blooms on the trunk. Caption: It's your cocoa tree, all right, Ms. Frizzle.

Closeup of white blossoms on a tree. Caption: Fruit tree blossoms are very similar to each other,

A photo of the rose garden in the backyard of Buckingham palace.

An aerial view of Buckingham palace.

A beekeeper and a scientist fully geared in protective suits move toward a bee rearing station.

A meerkat sitting in the sand. Caption: As part of the attempt to understand our world,

Artwork of a seed planted in the ground. Caption: The tiny seed hasn't begun to grow yet.

Plant sprouting from the ground. Caption: They sprout in less than a week.

Two trees, their branches creating human faces. Caption: I'm just a green-collar guy trying to get his job done.

A sunflower is labeled, Dormancy, to sleep, and, Tropism, to turn.

Illustration of a woman riding the bow of a ship and holding tulips while a throng of people stand beneath her. Caption: Some call this the first bubble economy.

A photograph of plant soil. On screen text, germinating. Caption: Germination is the beginning of the growth of a plant embryo.

Closeup of pink flowers with water dripping from them. Caption: Plants also need water to survive.

Image of the chest of a person wearing a black tuxedo jacket over a white textured matching necktie and vest being projected across a grid of screens in a dark room with blue laser lights. Caption. No special occasion would be complete without a tuxedo.

Closeup of the spines on a plant. Caption: that they develop to deter predators.