Food made in space - 6 Minute English สาธารณะ

You are used to having your vegetables coming from agricultural land, but how about space? Listen to the programme to find out how growing plants in space might help develop crops which are more productive and more resistant to climate change here on Earth. Neil and Georgina discuss how plants can grow in environments with little or no natural light and teach you some related vocabulary along the way.

To download a transcript and audio, got to our website: https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/features/6-minute-english/ep-200723

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Vocabulary
LED light
electronic device that lights up when electricity is passed through it - abbreviation of ‘light emitting diode’

wavelength
the distance between two waves of light which makes things appear to us in the different colours of the rainbow

photon
single unit of light

microgravity
weaker pull of gravity in space, making things float and seem weightless

plasticity
ability of a plant to adapt to and cope with changes in the environment by changing its biological structure

genes
chemicals and DNA in the cells of plants and animals which control their development and behaviour

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