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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| According to the textbook, all of the following plants are used for their medicinal value EXCEPT | coconut |
| Legumes are valuable crops because they have protein rich seeds and because | they improve the nitrogen content of the soil |
| Cultivars are selected by ______________________. | people |
| Growing plants and animals for human use is called | agriculture |
| Grains can be fermented into alcohol and mixed with gasoline to make | gasohol |
| Grasses that contain grains are called. | cereals |
| Black pepper is the ground up seed of a pepper plant, which makes pepper | a spice |
| A crop that would be an example of a tuber would be | a yam |
| The artificial fabric rayon is made from | processed wood fiber |
| Why are redwoods resistant to fire? | barks are THICCCC |
| Which of the following is not likely to cause hay fever? | large flowers |
| This plant has become a weed that clogs waterways in the southeastern United States. | water hyacinth |
| What step has been taken to reduce the introduction of plant pests and diseases into the U.S from other locations? | Government inspectors screen incoming plant materials |
| Plants that are harmful when eaten or touched include | all of the above |
| Mycorrhizal fungi | infect plant roots without harming the roots. |
| Some bacteria can take what atmospheric gas and convert it into a form plants can use? | nitrogen |
| One of the inorganic nutrients recycled by plants is | phosphorus |
| About half of the world’s species of plants and animals live in | tropical rain forests |
| Giant ragweed is pollinated by | wind |
| The latin word for "fine flour" is what ? | pollen |
| _______________ are also known as flowering plants. | Angiosperms |
| There are ______ phyla, or divisions, of kingdom Plantae | 12 |
| Which of the following is NOT an advantage plants received by moving to land.. | less susceptibility to drying out from evaporation |
| What process occurs where the red rectangle is? | meiosis |
| The gametophyte phase of a plant is _____________. | haploid |
| Tissue that provides nourishment for a developing plant is known as | endosperm |
| What helps the seeds of maple trees disperse away from the parent plant? | winged fruit |
| What is one role of stomata on plants? | allow exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide |
| Spores are more effective at dispersal than seeds are. | true |
| Tissue that carries absorbed water and dissolved nutrients in one direction from root stems and leaves is called. | xylem |
| Pine trees are in what group of plants | gymnosperms |
| How are sporophytes of hornworts different than those of mosses and liverworts? | they conduct photosynthesis |
| The gametophyte of a hornwort are anchored by rhizoids. | true |
| How are rhizoids different from roots | the do not contain vascular tissue |
| A flat body with upper and lower surfaces is known a ______________ form. | thalloid |
| How many chloroplasts does a hornwort cell have? | 1 |
| Mosses are often the first species to inhabit a barren area. They are therefore refered to as what? | pioneer plants |
| Which group of bryophytes are most closely related to vascular plants based on their structures? | hornworts |
| There are 3 phyla of nonvascular plants collectively called _. | bryophytes |
| Bryophytes require water to produce haploid spores. | false |
| The Phylum Hepatophyta includes the _______ , unusual-looking plants that grow in moist shady areas. | liverworts |
| The first three phyla of seedless vascular plants are called _______, while members of the last phylum are ferns. | fern allies |
| The mature leaves of ferns are called _. | fronds |
| ________________ are gymnosperms that look like a palm or a fern. | cycads |
| A plant that grows on other plants is called a(n) ________________. | epiphyte |
| ___________________ have jointed photosynthetic stems that contain silica and scalelike leaves at each joint. | horsetails |
| One of the adaptive advantages of seeds is that seeds | contain a nutrient supply. |
| One of the differences between angiosperms and gymnosperms is that | angiosperms have a more efficient vascular system. |
| These plants resemble miniature pine trees and therefore are sometimes called ground pines. | club mosses |
| The mobile sexual reproductive parts of all seedless plants are | spores |
| Most monocots | have parallel venation |
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