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22 Cards in this Set
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What are bulbs and how do they differ from roots?
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Bulbs are not roots, all bulbs are modified stems
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Why do most bulbs, when cut, make your eyes water?
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High in volatile sulfur compounds
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Why did people in the past consider bulbs medicinal?
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contains sugar and prevented dysentery
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Why did the Dutch spend vast amounts of wealth for tulips in the 1630s?
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Really expensive
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How is the tulip and bulb craze used today as an example in economics?
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Because people buy things just because they are expensive.
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Annual
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Lives 1 year
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Perennial
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lives more than 3 years
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Why are most stem and leaf crops annual?
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perennial stems are woody
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margin
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determines the species
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lateral veins
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branch off of main vein
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petiole
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leaf stem
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cuticle
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protective waxy covering produced by epidermal cues
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epidermis
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the outer multi-layered group of cells covering the leaf
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mesophyll
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tissue on the interior of the leaf between the upper and lower layers of epidermis
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vascular bundles
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long, discrete strands of vasular tissue
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stomata
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pores used for gas exchange
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What is the connection between a lettuce relative (chicory) and coffee?
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Cheaper way to make coffee
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Why did people consider spinach an energy vegetable to explain popeyes behavior?
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Oxilate.Large amounts of folic acid
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What is oxalateand why does it have to do with calcium? Why is this important to understand?
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Binds calcium, prevents people from absorbing calcium from foods
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6 vegetable crops that are all brassica oleracea
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1) Cabbage
2) Collard Greens 3) Brussel Sprouts 4) kale 5) Broccoli 6) Cauliflower |
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what was the purpose of fermenting cabbage?
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source of vitamin c in the winter
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what does fermentation do to cabbage?
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lactic acid bacteria
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