Break time：Root vegetables
【明報專訊】Down
1. To determine whether a solution is acidic (酸性的) or alkanine (鹼性的), simply drop some beetroot (紅菜頭) juice on it. Beetroot juice is a _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (天然的) indicator that becomes violet in alkalis and remains red in acidic environments.
3. Japanese _ _ _ _ _ _ (蘿蔔) is called "daikon" (大根) in Japanese. It has become netizens' favourite because many of them come to have humanoid forms.
4. The _ _ _ _ _ of burdocks (牛蒡) have a lot of small hooks so that they can disperse by getting onto animals that walk past the plants. The use of those small hooks has led to the invention of the hook and loop fastener (魔術貼).
Across
2. The proverbial "_ _ _ _ _ _ and stick" refers to a method of motivating others by giving them at the same time something attractive and something threatening.
5. Although vegetables like potatoes and gingers are grown _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _, they are stems rather than roots. Their anatomies are different from those of roots.
■Glossary
humanoid (adj) 人形的
disperse (v) 散播
anatomy (n) (動植物的)結構
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