Biology 106 Test Review

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Radicle

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becomes the primary root of the plant

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Lateblight

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Caused a fungus that destroyed Ireland's potato crops

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Five grasses produce __% of the world's food supply.

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75%

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How many of the top 11 plants are grasses? Name them.

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Five: wheat, rice, corn, sugar cane, sorghum

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__% of plants supply 95% of the world's food supply.

Back 5

.00314

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Of the 300 widely cultivated plants, __ produce __% of the world's food supply.

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11, 95%

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How many plants are widely cultivated?

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300

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Of all the plants in the world, how many are used for food?

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3,000

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How many species of insects are there?

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800,000-1 million

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How many species of plants are known?

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350,000

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Seed plants give us __% of the total direct food from plants.

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99%

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The No. 1 source of food in the world:

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seed plants

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Armour potted meat contains ...

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mechanically separated chicken
beef tripe (stomach wall)
partially defatted cooked beef fatty tissue
beef hearts
partially defatted cooked pork fatty tissue

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Swift premium potted meats

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beef tripe, pork stomachs, rendered (boiled) beef fat, lard, beef hearts, tissue solids

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Unhealthy foods on the Top 33 Most Consumed Foods list:

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refined sugar
oil and edible fats
ice cream
shortening
margarine
butter
lard

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The fourth most consumed food in the United States

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refined sugar

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The most consumed food in the United States

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Milk (fluid and cream)
291 lbs a year per person

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About how many kids nowadays are overweight?

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50%

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The biggest health problems in America

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heart disease and diabetes

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__ cause the most allergies. In the United States, __ million people are allergic to them

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Peanuts
1.5 million

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Filth level of canned mushrooms

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20 maggots in a 3.5 oz can

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Filth level of chocolate

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1 rodent hair per 100 g
or
1 sample: 60 microscopic insect fragments or an average of 1.5 rodent hairs

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How many children died last year from starvation and malnutrition?

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6 million

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Most Americans eat __-__ lbs of insects every year. That's like eating __ bees.

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1-2 lbs
7,000 bees

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The number of new mouths to feed every year is equal to:

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the entire population of Mexico

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Three parts of a pistil

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ovary
stigma
style (supports stigma)

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Stigma

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enlarged part of petal
("the usually apical part of the pistil of a flower which receives the pollen grains and on which they germinate")

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gymnoecium

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female household
("the aggregate of carpels or pistils in a flower")

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stamens

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make up the androecium
("the pollen-producing male organ of a flower that consists of an anther and a filament")

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corolla

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whorl made of petals
("the part of a flower that consists of the separate or fused petals and constitutes the inner whorl of the perianth")

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calyx

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outer whorl, made of sepals
("the usually green outer whorl of a flower consisting of sepals")

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whorl

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Circular arrangement of parts. There are four whorls: calyx, corolla, stamens, and gynoecium
("an arrangement of similar anatomical parts (as leaves) in a circle around a point on an axis")

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androecium

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all of the stamens of the plant ("the aggregate of stamens in the flower of a seed plant")

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diecious

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"ecious" means "household"
Word refers to the plant, not the flower
having staminate and pistillate flowers borne on different individuals

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receptacle

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the part of the plant that the flower rests upon
("the end of the flower stalk upon which the floral organs are borne")

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monecious

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having pistillate and staminate flowers on the same plant

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hypogenous flower

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the flower parts (sepals, petals, stamen) are connected below the ovary

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epogynous flower

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flower parts are connected above the ovary and go around the flower

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carpel

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a lobe of a compound ovary

("one of the ovule-bearing structures in an angiosperm that comprises the innermost whorl of a flower")

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germination

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resumption of growth

starts when the radicle breaks through the seed coat and grows down

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perianth

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made of sepals and petals
("the floral structure comprised of the calyx and corolla especially when the two whorls are fused")

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emergence

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when they hypocotyl breaks through the ground

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Pests consume or destroy __%-__% of our foods, even using pesticides.

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25%-40%

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__% of the total agricultural effort is to feed __.

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80%
humans

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What are the 11 plants that produce 95% of the world's food supply?

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wheat
rice
corn
Irish potatoes
sweet potatoes
sugar cane
cassava
beans
coconuts
bananas
sorghum

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Testa

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Seed coat

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Tepals

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When sepals and petals are identical (ex: gladiola)
Sepals are on the outside; petals are on the inside.

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Seed

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a ripened ovule

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Fruit

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a ripened ovary

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Ovule

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Structures inside the ovary that develop into seeds. Each ovule can produce only one seed.

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Embryo

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a young plant that develops from a zygote

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Zygote

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Single 2n cell formed by fertilization. When it divides, it becomes an embryo. A fertilized egg.

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Fertilization

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Union of the egg and sperm

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Egg

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female gamete (1n)

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Sperm

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male gamete (1n)

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Pollination

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the process whereby pollen transfers from stamens to the pistil

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Accessory fruit

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fruit that develops from the ovary and some other associated part (apples)

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Inferior ovary

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when the pistil is embedded in the receptacle

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True fruit

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develops only from the ovary (plums, cherries)

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Superior ovary

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when the pistil is resting on top of the receptacle

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Complete flower

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Has all four whorls

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Perfect flower

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One with stamens and pistils

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Imbibition

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the passive intake of water that allows seeds to enlarge

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Imperfect flower

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one that lacks either male or female parts; has a whorl missing (has either stamens or pistils)

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Hypocotyl

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transition zone
("the part of the axis of a plant embryo or seedling below the cotyledon")

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Plumule

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(epicotyl) first bud or shoot of plant
("the primary bud of a plant embryo usually situated at the apex of the hypocotyl and consisting of leaves and an epicotyl")

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Filth level of chocolate

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1 rodent hair on average

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Filth level of whole pepper

Back 68

1% mammalian excreta per pound on average