bio quiz 2

Question 1

Composite Family

Answer 1

Disk and ray

Question 2

Minty family

Answer 2

aromatic, oregano, basil, sage, lavender. flavors produced by oils of the plants Decorative members: coleus and salvia

Question 3

Parsley family

Answer 3

Many used as foods or seasonings - carrots, celery, parsley, dill
Poisonous members include: poison hemlock, water hemlock

Question 4

Rose family

Answer 4

Wild roses with open, 5-petal design
Blackberries, raspberries, and strawberries
Fruit trees such as apple,, cherry, peach, pear, and almond

Question 5

Pea family

Answer 5

One of largest families of flowering plants
Food - English peas, beans (all kinds), peanuts, lentils

Question 6

Forage

Answer 6

for animals and prevents soil erosion

Question 7

Decorative

Answer 7

wisteria vine, redbud, locust, laburnum, and mimosa trees

Question 8

Kudzu

Answer 8

to enrich the soil and prevent erosion

Question 9

Mustard family

Answer 9

cabbage, collards, kale, and turnips

Question 9

Lily family

Answer 9

Aloe vera, yucca, tulip, trillium, and hyacinth

Question 10

Nightshade family

Answer 10

tomatoes, Irish potatoes, peppers, eggplants Poisonous - deadly nightshade (belladonna), woody nightshade, tobacco Ornamental - petunia

Question 11

Cashew Family

Answer 11

Three most common poisonous plants: poison sumac, poison ivy, poison oak

Question 12

Bienniel

Answer 12

through 2 growing seasons

Question 12

Annual

Answer 12

produce new seeds all in a single growing season.

Question 13

perennials

Answer 13

that live from year to year

Question 14

Moncots description

Answer 14

one cotyledon fiberous root, scattered stem, parallel veins, 3 flowers.

Question 15

Dicot descriptions

Answer 15

Two contyledon, taproot, scattered stem, net like viens, 4-5 flowers.

Question 16

Nitrogen cycle

Answer 16

The movement of nitrogen from the atmosphere, into soil and back to the atmosphere is called

Question 17

Denitrifying bacteria

Answer 17

release nitrogen back into the atmosphere.

Question 18

Decomposers

Answer 18

in the soil break down organic matter releasing nitrogen in the form of ammonia.

Question 19

3 most important Cereal crops

Answer 19

Rice, corn, wheat

Question 20

Crabgrass

Answer 20

2-3 ft tall stems topped by spike of grain like fruits that is 3-8 in long

Question 21

Quackgrass

Answer 21

leaves are 3-6 in long and hairy at the base, flowers are in spikes clustered in a whorl at the end of the stem, kind of like the ribs of an umbrella on the handle - sometimes called umbrella grass