biology quiz 1

Question 1

the study of living things

Answer 1

biology

Question 2

“bios”

Answer 2

life

Question 3

“logy”

Answer 3

“study of”

Question 4

living things

Answer 4

organism

Question 5

regions where organisms usually live

Answer 5

habitat

Question 6

study of plants

Answer 6

botany

Question 7

study of animals

Answer 7

zoology

Question 8

structure of living things

Answer 8

human anatomy

Question 9

function of living things

Answer 9

human physiology

Question 10

the four parts of plants and their functions

Answer 10

flower: will usually produce fruit and seeds

leaves: the plants source of food

stem: either woody or herbaceous

root: taproot system
fibrous root system

Question 11

example of woody plant, herbaceous plant, and plant that can be both

Answer 11

woody: tree
herbaceous: herb
both: vines

Question 12

Flowering seeds plants

Answer 12

Angiosperms

Question 13

Flowers produce seeds covered by fruit

Answer 13

Angiosperms

Question 14

The Composite Family

Answer 14

Has many flowers that all look like one flower

ex: sunflower

two parts of head
-disk flowers (inside of sunflower)
-ray flowers (outside of sunflower)

Question 15

The mint family

Answer 15

used in cooking and landscaping
ex: basil, peppermint

Question 16

The parsley family

Answer 16

Used as foods or seasonings
ex: parsley, carrot, dill

Question 17

The rose family

Answer 17

Open, five petal design
ex: garden rose, strawberry

Question 18

The pea family

Answer 18

Used as food and forage

Used to prevent soil erosion

Kudzu

ex: English pea, bean, peanut

Question 19

The mustard family

Answer 19

Commercial mustard
ex: mustard plant, cabbage, kale

Question 20

The lily family

Answer 20

Daylily, tulip, aloe vera

Question 21

The cashew family

Answer 21

Contains the three most common poisonous plants
Urushiol
ex: Cashew tree, poison ivy, poison oak

Question 22

The nightshade family

Answer 22

most are poisoness
ex: deadly nightshade, tomato

Question 23

Plants that grow in one year

Answer 23

Annuel

Question 24

Plants that grow in two years

Answer 24

Biennuel

Question 25

Grow year after year

Answer 25

Perennial

Question 26

Cotyledons

Answer 26

used to store food until the seed begins to grow

Question 27

monocots

Answer 27

1 cotyledon; parallel veins; petals in multiples of 3; fibrous root system

Question 28

dicots

Answer 28

2 cotyledons; broad, flat leaves with branching veins; petals in multiples of 4 or 5; taproot system

Question 29

look up nitrogen cycle (this is the parts)

Answer 29

-Legumes
-Nitrates
-Nitrogen-fixing bacteria
-Nitrifying bacteria
-Denitrifying bacteria