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What are plants

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Basic parts of the food chain.

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What is the primary function of roots?

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To get water and nutrients from the ground.

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What are the basics that plants needs in order to survive?

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Light, water, air, and minerals

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Why do plans need sunlight?

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It gives them food/energy through photosynthesis.

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What part of the plant take in water?

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Roots

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_____ is used during plant ______ where as carbon dioxide is required for_____

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Oxygen
Respiration
Photosynthesis

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What is oleculture?

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The study of vegetables

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What is a plant lifecycle?

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From the time a seed is planted until the time that a seed is produced.

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What is an adventitious root?

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Roots other than the primary roots or a branch of a primary roots .

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What is an annual?

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A plant with a lifecycle that is completed in one growing season.

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What is a Biennial?

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A plan that takes to growing seasons or two years from seed to complete its lifecycle

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What is a perennial?

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Plants that live more than two seasons or years

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What is a seed?

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Package contains an embryo (miniature plant) and food

They are alive and need air

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What is germination?

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A process for the eymbro changes into seedling

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What conditions are necessary for germination?

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Moisture, correct temperature, air, some seeds need light

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How is food stored in plants?

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Carbohydrates/sugar

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What are the female parts of the flower?

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Ovule
Ovary
Stigma
Style

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What do you call the female parts of the flower as a whole?

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Pistil

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Does annual plant have a woody stem?

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No

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What is a herbaceous plant?

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Plant with stem that are not woody

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What are deciduous trees?

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Loses all of its leaves at the end of its growing season.

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What is a taproot?

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Main route of a plant and generally grow straight down from the stem.

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What are ornamental plant?

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Used to improve the appearance of a structure or an area

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Why can taproots plant systems survive droughts?

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Because they go deep in the soil and have secondary roots

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What are fibrous roots?
Fine hair like creates cheerily thin hair like and
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What are the three examples of fibrous roots?
Grasses Corn Begonia ( orimental)
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Why do you fibrous roots dry more easily?
They cannot tolerate drought conditions
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What is a root cap?
Outermost part of the routes that protects the tender tip of a growing roots as it penetrates the soil
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What are the two most important cells in roots?
Xylem and phylum
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What are xylem cells?
Cells that are responsible for carrying the water and nutrients in the soil to the upper portion of the plant
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What are the functions of phylum cells?
The pipeline to carry manufacture foods down the leaves to the other parts of the plants
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What is the function of a stem?
Supports the leaves and conducts the flow of water and nutrients
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What are woody stems?
A sin that is tough and winter hardy
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What does a leaf do?
It manufactures food for the plant through light Energy
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Why do leaves adjust their angles/positions?
. To adjust their exposure to the sun with out it plant growth would reduce
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What is a simple leaf?
A single leaf arising from a stem cell
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What are compound leaves?
Two or more leaves arising from a common point on the stem
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What is a petiole?
Stem of the leaf. It may also be about or very long. | Supports the leaf
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What is the waxy layer of the leaves?
Cuticle
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What does the epidermis do?
Protects The inner plant in many ways
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What are chloroplast?
The part of the cell that contains chlorophyll
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What gives the plant it's green color?
Chlorophyll
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What is the outer coat of the seed?
Seed coat
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What is the function of a flower?
Helps with Production of seeds
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What is the function of a filament?
Supports the anther
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What is the function of the anther?
Manufactures the pollen
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What is the function of the stigma?
Receives the pollen
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Where does the pollen travel down?
Style and the ovary
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Where are the ovules located?
Ovary
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What is pollination?
The union of the pollen with the stigma
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What is the purpose of petals?
Attract pollinators
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What do the sepals do?
Functions together as a protective device for the developed flower
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Who wrote the FFA creed?
E. M. Tiffany
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What is the FFA motto?
Learning to do, doing to learn, earning to live, living to serve
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When did FFA and NFA merge?
1965
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What happened in 1917?
Smith Huges act was established
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What year was FFA officially established?
1928
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What was the purpose of smith Hughes actually?
To have vocational agriculture for students
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What does NFA stand for?
New farmers of America
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What is the agriculture three ring model?
FFA SAE Classroom laboratory
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What year were women allowed to join FFA?
1969
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How much for FFA dues in 1930?
$.10
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What is the main attraction of the FFA Official dress?
FFA jacket
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Who designed the FFA jackets?
Gus Linther
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What is the name of the FFA magazine?
New horizon
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What does the owl stand for in the FFA emblem?
Knowledge

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