Title: Evaluate types and components of greenhouses and other indoor plant-growing facilities.
Course: Introduction to Plant Systems (18051) > Section: Evaluating the Environmental Stimuli that Affect Plant Growth and Development

Evaluation should include

- comparing greenhouse styles, including Quonset, gutter-connected, and retractable-roof
- contrasting glazing, including glass, polyethylene, acrylic, and polycarbonate
- describing benches and beds, including benching arrangements, bench materials, roll-out beds, and floor production
- describing developments in emerging indoor plant growing facilities (e.g., urban structures, warehouses, shipping containers, repurposed structures).

Process/Skill Questions:

- What are the different styles of greenhouses?
- What are the advantages and disadvantages of the different styles of greenhouses?
- What is the difference between a high tunnel and a greenhouse?
- What are other examples of environmental control systems that can be used for plant production?
- What are the advantages and disadvantages of the following: cold frames, attached greenhouses, detached greenhouses, hotbeds, and lath houses?
- What are the primary plants grown in a greenhouse setting? Why?
- What is the economic importance of the greenhouse industry?