Biology Exam 3 Flashcards

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1
Q

Has an entirely fleshy mesocarp with numerous seeds

A

Berry

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2
Q

Has a fleshy mesocarp and exocarp with a hard single seed

A

Drupe

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3
Q

Splits along two seems and dry at maturity

A

Legume

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4
Q

Multiple seems and produces a dry fruit

A

Capsule

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5
Q

Seed coat and fruit wall are fused produces a dry fruit

A

Grain

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6
Q

Separate ovary wall and seed coat

A

Nut

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7
Q

What is a fruit?

A

The mature ovary used to disperse seeds

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8
Q

Single ovary on a single flower

A

Simple Fruit

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9
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Has one flower with multiple ovaries

A

Aggregate Fruit

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10
Q

Multiple fruit fused together

A

Multiple Fruit

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11
Q

Structure used for seed dispersal but is not from the ovary

A

Accessory Fruit

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12
Q

Wheat

A

Near East

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13
Q

Maize

A

Meso America

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14
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Rice

A

Far East

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15
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Beans

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Meso America

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16
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Peas

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Near East

17
Q

Soy Beans

A

Far East

18
Q

Potato

A

Meso America and stores its starches in the stem or tubers

19
Q

Sweet Potato

A

Meso America and stores starches in the roots

20
Q

Cassava

A

Meso America

21
Q

Group of grasses

A

Wheat, Maize, Rice

22
Q

Group of legumes

A

Beans, Peas, Soybeans

23
Q

Half of the calories that are consumed by humans are

A

Grassess

24
Q

Culm

A

Vertical stem where flowers are attached where fruits and seeds where sexual reproduction happens

25
Q

Stolon

A

Horizontal stem above ground

26
Q

Rhizome

A

Horizontal stem below ground that allows the grasses to clone itself

27
Q

The adaption in grasses that allows it to be grazed?

A

The meristem being at the base so it wont be eaten and the plant wont die

28
Q

Alkaloids

A

End in “-ine”
Crosses the blood brain barrier because they are shaped like the nucleotides in DNA
Direct impact on the central nervous system

29
Q

Glycoloids

A

Sugar attached to nonsugar molecule

Usually large

30
Q

Why do we use both Alkaloids and Glycoloids in medicine?

A

Because it has a psychological affect on the human body.

31
Q

Why does it have such a strong psychological affect?

A

Produces chemicals to stop herbivory