ENVS exam 1 Jim Foret

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