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Chap. 1 Flashcards

1
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Biology

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Study of life

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2
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Major fields of biology

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Botany
Zoology
Human anatomy and physiology
Cell and molecular

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3
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What is the importance of botany

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Diet
Industry
Medicine

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4
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Aspirin

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Common white willow

Pain reliever

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5
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Quinine

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Yellow cinchona

Anti- malarial (inhibits Plasmodium)

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6
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Common white willow is the plant source for…

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Aspirin

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7
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The rosy periwinkle is the plant source for…

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Vinblastine

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8
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The yellow cinchona is the plant source for…

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Quinine

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9
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Aspirin is used as a

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Pain reliever

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10
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Quinine is used as a

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Anti-malarial (inhibits plasmodium)

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11
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Vinblastine

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Anti-cancer: Hodgkin’s disease

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12
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What plant can be used as a pain reliever

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Common white willow

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13
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What plant can be used against cancer (Hodgkins disease)

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Rosy periwinkle

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14
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What plant fights malaria (inhibits plasmodium)

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Yellow cinchona

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15
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Four parts of a plant

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Flowers
Leaves
Stems
Roots

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16
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Reproductive plant organ

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Flowers

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17
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Photosynthesis

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Leaves

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18
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Woody, herbaceous, vines

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Stems

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19
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Absorption and transportation

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Roots

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20
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Leaves

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Photosynthesis

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21
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Roots

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Absorption and transportation

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22
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Flowers

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Reproductive organ

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23
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Stems

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Woody, herbaceous, vines

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24
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Methods of categorizing plants

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Looking for similarities and differences,
Classification of flowering plant families,
Classification by structure,
Classification by growth cycle,
Trees

25
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Which flowering plant family is made of multiple things

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Composite family

26
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Head-disk and ray flowers

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Composite family

27
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Sunflower and dandelion

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Composite family

28
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Square stem, aromatic

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Mint family

29
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Basil, lavender

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Mint family

30
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Leaves, bark, seeds, and/or sees pots contain poison

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Rose family

31
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Apple, cherry

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Rose family

32
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Podlike fruits

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Pea family

33
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Kudzu

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Pea family

34
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Peanuts

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Pea family

35
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Nitrogen cycle
Nitrogen fixing bacteria…
Which family?

A

Legumes–pea family

36
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All initially thought to be poisonous

A

Nightshade family

37
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Tomatoes, potatoes, tobacco

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Nightshade family

38
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The three most common poison plants are in which family?

A

Cashew family

39
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Poison oak, poison ivy, poison sumac

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Cashew family

40
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What is the oily substance that produces a rash in poison oak, ivey, and sumac?

A

Urushiol

41
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Graminoids is another name for

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Grass family

42
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Most important group of plants

A

Grass family (graminoids)

43
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Cereal crops

A

Wheat, rice, corn

44
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Which grasses are used by livestock?

A

Forage grasses

45
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Which grasses are used for lawns and athletic fields

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Turf grasses

46
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Pampas

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Ornamental

47
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Bamboo and sugar cane

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Woody grasses

48
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What to notice about grass plants?

A

Stolen-vegetative reproduction
Leaf: blade and sheath
Flower cluster

49
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One catyledon

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Monocot

50
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2 cotyledons

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Dicot

51
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1 year growing cycle

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Annual

52
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1st year stores up nutrients, 2nd year uses up nutrients to grow flowers

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Biennial

53
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Never have to replant

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Perennial

54
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Study of trees

A

Dendrology

55
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Leaves change color

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Deciduous

56
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What are the two types of tree crowns?

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Deliquescent

Excurrent

57
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Wide, branches outward

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Deliquescent

58
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Slide-like, branches upward

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Excurrent

59
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What device calculates the age of a tree without damaging it?

A

Increment borer

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