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32 Cards in this Set
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What does every seed contain? |
A living plant |
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Dormant seeds are alive. TRUE OR FALSE |
True
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What does a seed do when it germinates? |
It sprouts |
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Most seeds ripen and are carried away by, who? |
the parent plant in the fall
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Green plants make their own food because they contain, what? |
Chlorophyll |
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What is the process called when the plant make its own food? |
Photosynthesis |
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What would happen if there were not any green plants on the earth? |
People and animals would not survive. |
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What do plants put in the air for man to breathe? |
Oxygen |
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What are plants called that do not make their own food? |
Fungi |
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What part of the plant is a carrot? |
Stem |
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What part of the plant is broccoli? |
Flower |
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Can tomatoes be eaten raw? YES OR NO |
Yes |
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The leaves of rhubarb are poisonous? TRUE OR FALSE |
True |
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The leaves of a poinsettia plant are poisonous? TRUE OR FALSE |
True |
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Are the leaves of a tobacco plant poisonous? YES OR NO |
Yes |
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What is the plant's name whose seeds are spread by the wind and has yellow ray flowers and no disk flowers? |
Dandelion
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The black-eyed Susan is sometimes called, what? |
Yellow daisy |
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What is the plant's name who turns its face toward the sun and stands tall? |
Sunflower |
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What is Chicory? |
A blue flower whose roots can be ground to make a beverage. |
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What is a plant that grows where it is not wanted called? |
A weed |
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What do annual rings of a tree tell us? |
The age of a tree
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What is another name for a tree's stem? |
Trunk |
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What does the crown of the tree, do? |
The part of the tree that makes food and bears fruit. |
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What is an oak's tree fruit? |
Acorn |
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What are trees called that lose their leaves in the fall? |
Deciduous |
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What are the 4 parts of a flower? |
Sepal, petal, stamen and pistil |
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What are three parts of a seed? |
Embryo, stored food and seed coat |
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What is the embryo's job? |
It is the new plant |
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What is the stored food's job? |
Its job is to nourish the embryo or young plant until it is able to make its own food. |
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What is the seed coat's job? |
It covers the embryo to protect it from injury until it is time for the seed to sprout.
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Examples of broadleaf tree? |
Oaks, maples, ashes, elms, walnut and willows. |
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Examples of evergreen trees? |
Pines, firs, spruces, hemlocks, redwoods, cedars and junipers. |
