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1
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What is the study of living things?

A

biology

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2
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What is any living thing?

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organism

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3
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What are regions where particular organisms normally live?

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habitat

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4
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What is the study of plants?

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botany

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5
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What is the study of animals?

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zoology

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What is the study of the physical structure and function of the human body?

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human anatomy and physiology

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What is the part of a plant that will produce fruits and seed?

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flowers

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What is the part of the plant that produces food through photosynthesis?

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leaves

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What part of the plant transports and stores food?

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stems

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What type of plant is a plant with a single, tall woody stem?

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woody plant

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11
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What is a plant with a woody stem that stand erect without support?

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tree

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12
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What type of plant has a soft stem?

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herbaceous plant

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13
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What is any plant with a long, thin stem that grows along the ground or has tendrils that branch off from it?

A

vine

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14
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What type of root system has the main root grow straight down and remains larger that the secondary roots that branch off from it?

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taproot system

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15
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What type of root system has the primary root remain small and many slender secondary roots that grow from it in all directions?

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fibrous root system

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16
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What is a flowering seed plant whose flowers produce seeds covered by fruit and comprise about half of all known plants?

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angiosperms

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17
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What is one of the largest families of angiosperms that is also called the sunflower family?

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composite family

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18
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What is the top portion of the flower?

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head

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What are flowers at the center of the head that usually produce the fruits and seeds?

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disk flowers

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20
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What are the flowers on the outer portion of the head that are mistaken for petals?

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ray flowers

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21
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What is the family of plants that have square stems and whose members are often very aromatic?

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mint family

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22
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What are some examples of members of the mint family?

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oregano, salvia, peppermint. sage, etc.

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23
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What is the plant family whose members are used as foods and seasonings and are known for their composite flowers?

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parsley family

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24
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What are some examples of the parsley family?

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Queen Anne’s lace, celery, dill, poison hemlock, etc.

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25
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What is a life cycle completed in a single growing season?

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annual

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26
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What is a life cycle completed in two growing seasons?

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biennial

27
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What is the life cycle that continues from year to year, blooming each season?

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perennial

28
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What is the plant family that includes plants with showy flowers and thorny stems?

A

rose family

29
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What are some characteristics of the members of the rose family?

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petals in groups of five, petals that open wide, thorny stems, showy flowers, etc.

30
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What are some members of the rose family?

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garden rose, wild rose, apples, pear, etc.

31
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What is the plant family that is one of the biggest families of flowering plants and are known for their pod-like fruits?

A

pea family

32
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What are some examples of members of the pea family?

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lentils, peanut, alfalfa, mimosa trees, clover, etc.

33
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What is a member of the pea family that is a rapidly growing vine that was imported from China and Japan to the southern United States?

A

kudzu

34
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What is the plant family that consists of nutritious plants that are characterized by many of the green, leafy vegetables that we eat?

A

mustard family

35
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What are some examples of the mustard family?

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cabbage, collards, radish, cauliflower, etc.

36
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What is a member of the pea family commonly referred to as?

A

a legume

37
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Which plant family’s members actually enrich the soil as they grow?

A

the pea family

38
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What type of nitrogen can plants?

A

nitrogen in the ground, not from the air

39
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What is the type of bacteria in the ground that converts atmospheric nitrogen into nitrates and ammonia?

A

nitrogen-fixing bacteria

40
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What type of bacteria in the ground converts decomposing matter into nitrates?

A

nitrifying bacteria

41
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What type of bacteria in the ground converts unused nitrates back into atmospheric nitrogen?

A

denitrifying bacteria

42
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Which plant family is a diverse family whose members include the Joshua tree, the tulip, etc.?

A

lily family

43
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Which plant family is most popular because of it’s delicious nuts but also consists of poison ivy, poison sumac, and poison oak?

A

cashew family

44
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Which plant family includes many important foods like tomatoes, peppers, eggplants, but also tobacco?

A

nightshade family

45
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What is the portion of an angiosperm embryo that contains stores food used to supply the energy for production?

A

cotyledon

46
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What are some characteristics of the monocot?

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-parallel veins
- petals in multiples of 3
- fibrous root system
- one cotyledon

47
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What are some characteristics of dicots?

A
  • broad, flat leaves
  • petals in multiples of 5
  • taproot system
  • two cotyledons
48
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What are among the most important of flowering seed plants?

A

grasses

49
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What is another name for grasses?

A

germanoids

50
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What type of grass is used for lawns, athletic fields, golf courses, and playgrounds?

A

turf grass

51
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What type of grass is used to beautify gardens, parks, and lawns?

A

pompas grass

52
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What type of grass can also sometimes be used in landscaping?

A

woody grass

53
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What is a creeping stem that grows above the ground?

A

stolon

54
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What is the area where the leaves of grass come from; it also seems to wrap around the stem at the base of the leaf?

A

sheath

55
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What are the flowers of fruits of grass?

A

grains

56
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What is the largest of all plants?

A

tree

57
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What are trees having broad, flat leaves?

A

broadleaf trees

58
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What are most broadleaf trees called if they lose their leaves in the fall and remain bare all winter?

A

deciduous trees

59
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What are trees that retains leaves throughout the winter?

A

evergreen

60
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What is the bushy head that the leaves of a tree form?

A

crown

61
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What is the main stem of a tree?

A

trunk

62
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What are long tassel-like clusters of tiny grayish-or yellowish-green flowers?

A

catkins

63
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What are fruits that have tiny wings to catch the breeze so that the seeds will be efficiently scattered?

A

samara

64
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What is America’s largest deciduous tree?

A

sycamore

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