Domesticated from teosinte
Which of these statements about corn is correct?
Dehiscent fruit
Which of these statements is not true for peanuts?
larger fruit size, larger plant size, mature seeds that remained attached longer
Domestication of plants has led to changes in crop plants that are different from their wild ancestors such as:
Rice
Crop grown in flooded fields
Eukaryotic cell with a cell wall
What type of cell is a plant cell?
Ribosomes
consist of proteins and ribosomal RNA, are free in the cytoplasm, lack membranes, and assist in protein synthesis.
The plasma membrane
regulates the movement of molecules into and out of the cell, is composed of proteins and phospholipids, consists of a phospholipid bilayer, and is selectively permeable.
Vacuole
Is generally the largest structure in a plant cell
Photosynthesis
What is the function of the chloroplasts?
Uracil
Which nucleotide is not part of DNA?
Phloem
The ______ conducts sugars from the leaves to other organs
Domain
The highest level in the hierarchical classification is:
Humans
Which of these are heterotrophic organisms?
Kilogram
Which is the correct unit to report mass under the System International?
Gymnosperms
Pine trees belong to which plant group?
The term development (refers to)
growth and differentiation of cells that begins with a fertilized egg
Dependent
When graphing data, which variable is displayed on the vertical (y) axis
Stevia
Which of these plant parts has a much greater sweetness than sugar?
Quinoa
What is not one of the five major crops that provide calories in the human diet?
Potatoes, corn, chili peppers, and squash
What type of indigenous crops did early agrarian societies in central and South America cultivate thousands of years ago?
Cereals and sugar crops
Which crops have the highest production in tons:
Bourbon Whiskey
Which of these beverages is made from corn?
Pineapple
Which of these fruits does not belong to the rose family?
Vascular
The ________ tissue system has its function conduction of water, nutrients, sugars, and hormones throughout the plant
Collenchyma
_________ tissue gives support to young stems, petioles, and the veins of leaves
Amyloplast
The scientific name for the cell structure used to store starches is:
dermal
the ________ tissue system has its function protection from the environment and water loss
Photosynthesis
what is the function of the chloroplasts?
xylem and phloem
The vascular tissue system consists of:
conifer
A species that belongs to the major plant group of gymnosperms is:
liverwort
A species that belongs to the major plant group of nonvascular plants is:
curiosity, formulate a hypothesis, test hypothesis, communicate
the correct order for steps in the scientific method are:
Meter
Which is the correct unit to report length under the System international?
Maize, wheat, and barley are available as GMO crops with higher yields
Which of the following statements about cereals is not correct?
Sorghum
Which of these crops is a grain?
floating water ferns
A natural way to add nitrogen to rice paddy soils is through the use of
Sclerenchyma
The shell of a peach pit consists of dead cells that have thick, lignified secondary cell walls that are an example of
parenchyma and collenchyma tissue
The ground tissue system includes:
Control center
What is the function of the nucleus?
Chloroplast
is the plastid most likely to be involved in photosynthesis.
Cytoplasm, DNA, plasma membrane, and ribosomes
Which four cell structures are common to both eukaryotic and prokaryotic cells?
Controlled experiment
What is the most certain way to get reliable scientific information?
magnolia
A species that belongs to the major plant group of angiosperms is:
absorb methane
Which of the following is not something plants do?
animal feed
corn in the United States is primarily grown for:
cashew
If you are highly allergic to poison ivy you should avoid _______ because they are in the same plant family.
they require heavy fertilization
Which is not a characteristic of legumes:
Palm
Which of these vegetable oils contains saturated fats?
vascular
The ________ tissue system has as its function conduction of water, nutrients, sugars, and hormones throughout the plant.
dermal, vascular, and ground
The tissue systems of a plant are:
Chromosomes
they are a condensed and visible form of DNA and the histone complex, the number of different chromosomes is not related to the size of an organism.
cows
which of these are not autotrophic organisms?
Degree Kelvin
Which is the correct unit to report temperature under the System international?
Cubic Meter
Which is the correct unit to report volume under the System international?
Fiber, wood, spices and herbs, fruits and vegetables
Which of the following are produced by plants?
Inductive reasoning
The use of specific results to construct a general theory is an example of?
Plants that interbreed
A population of plants consist of?
to prevent biasing their results
Why do scientists randomly assign their treatments?
Fertilizer application
A scientist designs an experiment to test the effect of fertilizer on the height of sugar cane. Two fields are fertilized and two other fields are not. What is the independent variable in this experiment?
Independent
When graphing scientific data, which variable is displayed on the horizontal (x) axis?
It is deep rooted
Which of the following statement is false for bamboo?
cereals and oil crops
Which crops take up the most area?
fern
A species that belongs to the major plant group of seedless vascular plants is:
inductive reasoning
A scientists observes many different plants and notices that all of them have green leaves. She concludes that all plants have green leaves. This is an example of:
have cell wall of chitin
Which of the following is not a characteristic green plants?
they are low in protein
Which statement is not true about soy beans:
Causes soil erosion, changes plant traits, changes natural ecosystems
What are some of the environmental impacts of plant domestication?
can be grown worldwide, contain protein, carbs, vitamin, and oil, contain the embryo with oils and a starchy endosperm, can easily be transported, stored, and milled
Cereal crops are important to human nutrition because they
parenchyma
tissue is made up of living thin-walled cells with large vacuoles and many flattened sides.
dermal, ground, and vascular
Stems contain the following tissues:
both parts of the name are italicized in print
Which of the following is true with regards to writing a scientific name?
Humans
Which of these are heterotrophic organisms?
humans selected grains with non-shattering heads and more seeds per head
How did crop cultivation start more than 10,000 years ago?
collenchyma
tissue is composed of thick-walled living cells that provide support to the plant.
ribosome
A _________ is a dense sphere involved in protein synthesis found in the cytoplasm and bound to the endoplasmic reticulum.
chromoplasts
The scientific name for a cell structure used to store pigments is:
respiration
What is the function of the mitochondria?
making an educated guess to explain how something works
Formulating a hypothesis means:
fermentation
The alcohol in wine and beer is formed through:
soybeans, peanuts, and chickpea
Which of the following plants have the highest protein content?
all living organisms are made up of cells, cells are the basic units of life, all cells come from pre-existing cells
The cell theory states that:
tissues
Large tracts of organized cells of similar structure that perform a collective function are called
organelle, cell, tissue, organ
Which is the correct order of increasing complexity in the living world?
cannot
living organisms _________ live without energy
domesticated from teosinte
corn is:
parenchyma, collenchyma, and sclerenchyma
ground tissue consists of
citrus fruits
lemons, oranges, kumquats, and grapefruit
Plants
___________ are autotrophs and have either determinate or indeterminate growth
Maize, rice, & wheat
___________________ provide more than half of the calories consumed by humans
tissues
____________ are made from specialized cells, can have a certain function and structure, can form organs when several tissues come together, are complex units such as the epidermis or the phloem
bread wheat
Which type of wheat is the most important food for humans?
leucoplast
The scientific name for the cell structure used to store starches is
soybean
What is not one of the five major crops that provide calories in the human diet?
domains
Bacteria, Eukarya, & Archaea
rice
______ is safe for gluten free people to eat
which crops were cultivated by early Egyptians
Wheat, barley, and legumes