Chapter 1.3

Question 1

What is the scientific term for flowering seed plants that produce seeds covered by fruit?

Answer 1

Angiosperms

Question 2

What angiosperm family is known for its two types of flower in each flower head?

Answer 2

Composite family

Question 3

What are the two types of flowers within each composite flower head?

Answer 3

Disk flowers and ray flowers

Question 4

What is the scientific term for plants that live through two growing seasons to complete their life cycles, such as onions, beets, carrots, etc.?

Answer 4

Biennials

Question 5

What angiosperm family is one of the largest families, includes beans, peanuts, and lentils, and has members commonly referred to as legumes?

Answer 5

Pea family

Question 6

What type of bacteria converts the nitrogen from the air into ammonia and nitrates?

Answer 6

Nitrogen-fixing bacteria

Question 7

What is the movement of nitrogen from the air, into the soil, and back into the air?

Answer 7

Nitrogen cycle

Question 8

What is used to convert unused nitrates back into atmospheric nitrogen in order to complete the nitrogen cycle?

Answer 8

Denitrifying bacteria

Question 9

What family contains the three most common poisonous plants: poison ivy, poison sumac, and poison oak?

Answer 9

Cashew

Question 10

Which type of seed category is characterized by broad, flat leaves with a branching vein pattern?

Answer 10

Dicots

Question 11

What is considered the most important group of plants on Earth on which we and animals depend for the majority of our food?

Answer 11

Grass family

Question 12

What is the scientific term for the creeping stem of a grass plant that grows above the ground?

Answer 12

Stolon