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Rachael Carson
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broke glass ceiling. DDT. Silent Spring.
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Who wrote Silent Spring
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Rachel Carson
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What was Silent Spring about
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dangers of insecticides - DDT- in humans.
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What did Silent Spring do
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make dangers of pesticides on natural world known
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Who led to the creation of the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
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Rachael Carson
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Was Rachael Carson Applied or Basic
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Basic
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Who invented the national park system
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John Muir, Roosevelt, Fredrick Law Olmstead, Alexander Von Humboldt,
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Who made Yosemite a national park
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John Muir
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Who founded the Sierra Club
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John Muir
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Who was the Father of Evolution
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Charles Darwin
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What was the name of the boat Charles Darwin traveled on
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The Beagle
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What part of a animal did Charles Darwin study the evolution of
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bird beaks to access nectar
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How long was Charles Darwin’s voyage on The Beagle
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5 years
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Who helped Charles Darwin with the idea that everything came from a common origin
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his grandfather Erasimus Darwin
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Where did Charles Darwin go during his voyage on The Beagle
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Galapagos Islands, South Pacific, South America
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Who distinguished the negative effects of inbreeding
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Charles Darwin
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What book did Charles Darwin publish after his voyage on The Beagle
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On the Origin of Species which argued evolution through natural selection
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what did On the Origin of Species by Charles Darwin argue
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evolution through natural selection
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Who argued that humans evolved from apes
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Charles Darwin
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What book that Darwin published argued that humans evolved from apes
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The Descent of Man
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Where does “Survival of the fittest”
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Charles Darwin’s book On the Origin of Species
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Charles Darwin main concepts
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Natural Selection, Evolution, Sex selection
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What is Darwinism
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the idea that all issues call back to natural selection
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Father of Genetics
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Gregor Mendel
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Who discovered the basic principles of heredity
Gregor Mendel
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What did Gregor Mendel use to conduct his research on genetics
Pea Plants
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What does the Punnett Square demonstrate
genotypes/hereditary traits
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Who is the Peanut Man
George Washington Carver
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Who held together the farming community in the south
George Washington Carver
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Why did Carver recommend planting soybeans and peanuts in the south
tobacco and cotton depleted nitrogen in soil
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what did George Washington Carver recommend for the south to plant
soybeans and peanuts
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How did farmers in the south benefit form Carvers accomplishments
improved diet and differentiated crops they had
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What was Luther Burbank known for
Plant breeding
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What crop is Luther Burbank known for
Burbank Potato -> Russet Potato
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Whose work led to the Plant Patent Act of 1930
Luther Burbank
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Who made Central Park
Fredrick Law Olmstead
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Who is the father of American landscape architecture
Fredrick Law Olmstead
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Who advocated for the creation of public parks and green spaces for social reform & community wellbeing
Fredrick law Olmstead
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Who benefitted from City Park
Residents benefitted because it created community
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How did Central park help the economy
tourism
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Who continued Fredrick Law Olmstead's legacy
his sons, they created Olmstead Brothers Firm
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Who created the overpass & underpass
Fredrick Law Olmstead
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Who made Burms
Fredrick law olmstead
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Who is the father of Modern Taxonomy
Carolus Linnaeus
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Who made Taxonomy
Carolus Linneaus
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Taxonomy memorization thing
Dear King Phillip Came Over For Good Soup
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What is binomial nomenclature
taxonomy
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What is Norman Borlaug known for
breeding wheat to be shorter, not topple over, and be disease resistant
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Who made the Green Revolution
Norman Bourlag
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What did the Green Revolution do
Increased area under farming
double-cropping
adoption of HYV seeds
highly increased use of inorganic fertalizers and pesticides
improved irrigation facilities
improved farm impliments adn crop protection measures and modifications in farm equipment
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What is Asa Grey know for
Classifying Flora
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Who made religious and scientific defenses for Evolution
Asa Grey
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name of collection of religious and scientific texts defending evolution by Asa Grey
Darwinia
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What was Alexander Von Humboldt
an explorer
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Who made the most (at the time) accurate map of America
Alexander Von Humboldt (with the help of Thomas Jefferson)
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Who discovered Casiquaire Canal
alexander Von Humboldt
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Who discovered the Franklinia
William Bartram (the son)
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Who made significant contributions in preserving native American medicinal botanical knowledge
William bartram
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Who established the first botanical garden in the United States
John Bartram
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Who was the first north American to hybridize flowering plants
John Bartram
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Who founded the American Philosophical society
John Bartram & Franklin Roosevelt
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Who established trade of seeds and plants with Europe
John Bartram
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Who did John and William Bartram work for
Kind George 3
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Who is the father and son between William and John Bartram
John (father) William (son)
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Who should have gotten credit for Watson and Crick's discoveries
lady Roslyn Russel
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What did Watson and crick discover
DNA
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Who was the father of Botany
Theophrastus
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Who wrote the frist books on plant systems in the middle ages
Theophrastus
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What did Theophrastus write about
the soul, phycology, plants being manipulated
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What did Fritz Went discover
Auxins
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what are auxins
they are a hormone that regulates growth and rooting
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Who is related to Air Pollution Biology
Fritz Went
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Phytotrons
an enclosed research greenhouse used for studying interactions between plants and the environment
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Who made the blue haze theory
Fritz Went
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What is the CEA
Controlled Environment Agriculture
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Who discovered ecosystem concept
Eugene Odom
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Who had a holistic understanding of the environment and bio-connected communities
Eugene Odom
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What did Eugene Odom emphasize
agriculture as the direct link btween humans and nature
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What book did Eugene Odom publish
Fundamentals of Ecology
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What is Eugine Odom known for
Ecology
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When did Christopher Columbus sail the ocean blue
1492
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Who is Connected to the Triangle Trade
Christopher Colombus
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How many major voyages did Christopher Columbus go on
4
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What boats were Christopher Columbus the navigator and coordinator for
The Nina, The Pinta, and the Santa Maria
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What ocean did Christopher Columbus sail
Atlantic Ocean
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Who lead to the colombian exchange
Christopher Colombus
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What did Christopher Columbus introduce to the between the old and new world
horses, wheat, barley, sugar cane, citrus, disease, coffee, maize, potatoes, tomatoes, peppers, cocoa, timber, fibers, medicinal plants
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Who "discovered" the Americas
Columbus- but people already lived there and he wasn't even the first visitor
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What did Thomas Jefferson have to say about the tomato
he called it the love apple and thought it was a aphrodisiac
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Who was the 3rd president of the USA
Thomas Jefferson
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Who loved small independant farms
Thomas Jefferson
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Who sponsored Lewis and Clark
Thomas Jefferson
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Who made the Louisiana Purchase
Thomas Jefferson
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Who identified over 1000 kinds of palms
Liberty Hyde Bailey Jr
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What did Thomas Jefferson invent
The Moldboard Plow
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Who implimented the crop rotation system
Thomas Jefferson
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Who extended agriculture
Liberty Hyde Bailey Jr.
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Who turned horticulture from a craft to a applied science
Liberty Hyde Bailey Jr.
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What did Meriwether Lewis and William Clark do
explore America and draw map so Jefferson could decide if he wanted to make Louisiana Purchase
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What did Meriwether Lewis do for the voyage
military man. politician. wilderness man.
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Who spoke about plant platicity before it was invented
Liberty Hyde Bailey Jr.
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What did William Clark do for the voyage
journaled and made maps
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What did Meriwether Lewis do AFTER the voyage
Governor of Louisiana
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What did William Clark do AFTER the voyage
oversaw relocation of indigenous people
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Who traveled with Meriwether Lewis and William Clark
Sacagawea of the Semi Shoshone
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What is David Attenborough do
cinematography. Brough nature into the home through his famous broadcasts
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What is the USDA for
Animal and Plant production
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What does the USDA do
Agriculture research, food safety, nutrition programs, conservation and environmental stewardship, rural development, trade and market development, disaster assistance
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Who established the US Forest Service
Franklin Roosevelt
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Who passed Meat Inspection Act and Pure Food & Drug Act
Franklin Roosevelt
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What does the UN do
Works on Food & Agriculture( globally) to help world
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Who created ornamental horticulture
Andre Le Notre
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Who did Andre le Notre work for
King Louis 14
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Who made the gardens of Versailles
Andre Le Notre
