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