Question | Answer |
The FDA must determine a dietary supplement to be safe & effective before it is on the shelf | False |
What herbal remedy has been used to treat depression? | St. John's Wort |
The burn plant is known better now by its scientific name... | Aloe Vera |
Was created by a German scientist, Bayer; Is derived from willow bark; Has been used to prevent heart attacks; AKA: acetylsalicylic acid | Asprin |
List from Most Caffeinated to least... | Coffee
Black tea
Soda
Oolong tea
Green tea
White tea |
What plant is used for an herbal cold remedy | Echinacea |
This product is made by soaking soybeans and then grinding them with H2O | Soy Milk |
In addition to soy, what other major ingredient is found in soy sauce | Wheat |
Sweet potatos are root tubers, what part of the plant is a white potoato | The tip of the rhyzome |
If no artificial colors are used, what spice could be used to make mustard yellow? | Tumeric |
Bark of tropical tree | Cinnamon |
Stigmas of crocus flower | Saffron |
Unopened flower buds | Cloves |
What is used as an herb from the leaves of this plant | Basil |
Fruit from an orchid is used for this spice | Vanilla |
What type of fungi increases the surface are of roots for better H2O absorption | Mycorrhizae |
Which meal would not provide a complete protein | Oatmeal w/dried fruit |
Square Stem | Mint |
Stamen 4 Long 2 Short | Mustard |
Umbel shaped inflorescence | Parsley |
Disk ray flowers | Daisy |
May contain solamine | Potato/Tomato |
Is Vitamin C a macronutrient | False |
What macronutrient do most humans consume most of their calories from | Carbohydrates |
Corn is an example of a monoecious plant | True |
A small underformed leaf that forms around a grass plant is called... | Bract |
Embryo | Wheat germ |
Fruit of grass plant | Grain |
Pericarp | Bran |
Endosperm | Corn Starch |
Cotyledons | Chocolate Nibs |
People on a Gluten Free diet can still eat rice | True |
What parts are removed from a "refined" grain | The BRAN (fiber) and the GERM : these components of the fruit contain lipids which can go rancid & decrease shelf life. Refined grains have less micronutrients then whole grains |
Enzymes are which type of macromolecule? | Protein: specialized enzyme that binds molecules or breaks them apart |
Primary cell walls are made up of what organic molecule | cellulose |
Secondary cell walls are woody this means they are made up of what organic molecule | Lingin |
When a stoma has turgor (lots of H2O), would it be open or closed | Open: when the stoma have lots of H2O in central vacuole, they are open. |
Why do plants have stoma | For gas exchange |
Which is NOT a site of mitosis | zone of differentiation: DNA coding tells what type of cell they become in this zone |
ATP has more energy than ADP | True: b/c phosphate bonds stores the energy in ATP |
A dioecious plant can self-fertilize | False |
Has male and female flowers on different plants and more evolutionary variations | Dioecious |
Male and female flowers on same plant: less evolutionary variations | Monoecious |
Where on the plant would you find the most stomata | The underside of the leaves: shade helps prevent H2O loss; stoma open and close for gas exchange |
What feature of the plant protects the root apical meristem | Root cap |
Most scientific names for plants are unique in every language | False |
Fungi, like animals, are heterotrophic | True |
What is a special feature of Legumes | They fix nitrogen: nitrogen fixing bacteria in the rood nodules help to make nitrogen bio available |
When 2 plants live in close proximity and have an influence on one another they may be called in what _________... | symbiosis: can be mutually beneficial or mutually negative. Or, it could be negative for one organism and positive for the other= parasite |
What is a Lichen | A mutualistic relationship b/w a fungi and algae |
Common fertilizer contains which macronutrients (plants need lots of these) | NPK: nitrogen, phosphorus, & potassium |
What basic plant part is modified (through evolution) to make petals | Leaf: All parts of the flower are modified leaves |
Gas exchange is the primary function of this layer of the leaf | spongy mesophyll |
The process responsible for H2O uptake into roots is active transport | False |
What is it called when there is more solute than H2O in a solution | Hypertonic |
What is it called when there is more H2O than solute in a solution | Hypotonic |
What is it called when there are an equal amounts of solute to H2O | Isotonic |
What direction does the H2O flow through a membrane | Hypotonic----->Hypertonic: the H2O tries to dilute the solution, to equal itself out |
Which organell is the power plant of the cell, the site of aerobic respiration | Mitochondria |
What are the primary features unique to plant cells and not found in animal cells | Cell wall
Large central vacuole
Chloroplasts for photosynthesis |
Complete flowers are usually wind pollinated | False: petals are away of attracting pollinators |
Which flower parts are usually missing from wind pollinated flowers | Petals & Sepals---->they can block the wind |
Which is positive geotrophic (working w/gravity): Roots or Stems | Roots |
Most plants are heterotrophic | False: Autotrophic |
Looks for its own food | Heterotrophic |
Produces its own food | Autotrophic |
Plants that complete their life cycle twice a year are called.... | Biannual |
Plants that complete their life cycle every two years are called.... | Biennual |
A flower has 6 petals, parallel leaf veins, & a fibrous root system is... | A monocot |
Tap roots, multiples of 2 or 5 petals, branch veins, and 2 cotelydons | A dicot |
Where does secondary growth occur in woody dicots | Lateral meristem |
What is the function of primary growth | lengthening |
Has flowers | Angiosperms |
Have seeds but no flowers | gymnosperms |
Vascular tissue no seeds | Ferns |
No vascular tissue, no xylem or phlome | Mosses |
What is the hierarchial system to classify organisms | Kingdom
Division (phylum, angiosperm)
Class (monocot)
Order
Family
Genus
Species |
Plants that are in the same order are also in the same.... | Class |
Which type of reproduction process is usually more rapid | A sexual reproduction |
Which type of macronutrient do we require the least in our daily diet and are made up of long chains of amino acids called polypeptides | Protein |
Composed of a glycerol backbone of 3 fatty acids chains | Triglycerides |
What are 2 types of plant protein that we eat | Soy and Quinoa |
The entire flowering part | Inflorescence (cluster of flowers) |
Botanically speaking, a grass is... | The fruit of a grass plant |
The germ is which part of a grain... | The embryo |
Leaves, stems, or sometimes seeds | Herbs |
Fruits, flowers, bark, roots, etc... | Spices |
What is a placenta in a fruit | The tissue that connects an ovary to the seed |
Taste buds detect... | Bitter=Alkaloid
Sweet=Carbohydrate
Salty=Minerals
Sour= |