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21 Cards in this Set
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About ______ (number) North American
plants are poisonous. |
700
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Do any poisonous plants grow in our yards and our homes?
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yes
many houseplants and garden plants are poisonous |
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Do any plants that produce food for
us also have parts that are poisonous? |
yes
many foods that we eat have plant parts that are poisonous. |
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Asparagus is poisonous if eaten ____.
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raw
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Rhubard ________ are poisonous.
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leaves
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Name the part of an apple that can be
poisonous if eaten in lagre quantities. |
seeds
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What parts of the tomato
plant are poisonous? |
leaves
stem |
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What parts of the white potato are poisonous?
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leaves
sprouts |
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There are about 38,000 kinds of mushrooms.
Only about ______ (number) kinds are edible. The rest are poisonous. |
1000
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Mushrooms cannot produce their own ______
because they do not contain __________. |
food
chlorophyll |
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If someone has swallowed a poisonous
part of a plant , you should dial _____ (number). |
911
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To identify poison ivy or poison oak
remember the rhyme, "Leaves of _____, let it be!". |
three
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What is the poison produced
by the tobacco plant? |
nicotine
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True/False ________ The poison found
in POISON IVY is used as a natural insecticide (insect killer). |
False
TOBACCO should replace the words POISON IVY. |
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Which poisonous plants give off an oil that should not be
transferred to other parts of the body by using a washcloth? |
poison ivy
poison oak |
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What medicine did scientists discover
by examing the bark of willow trees? |
aspirin
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What antibiotic did Alexander Fleming
discover from a green mold? |
penicillin
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What is the plural of fungus?
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fungi
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Fungi are plants that do not contain __________
and cannot make their own _____. |
chlorophyll
food |
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Mushrooms are one kind of _______.
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fungus
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Name several important benefits
we get from plants. |
medicine
shelter healthy food beauty |
