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1
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Who recognized that flowers are organs intricately designed for plant reproduction and outlined many complex details of plant reproduction?

A

Christian Konrad Sprengel

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2
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What is the primary function of a flower in which all of the flower’s parts are involved?

A

Reproduction

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3
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What is the term for the plant’s future seeds?

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Ovules

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4
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What part of the flower produces pollen grains?

A

Anther

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5
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What part of the flower serves to attract insects or birds that pollinate the plant?

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Petals

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What are leaf-like structures that surround the base of the petals whose jobs are to enclose and protect the developing flower bud until it opens as a fully formed flower?

A

Sepals

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What is the transfer of pollen from he anther to the stigma?

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Pollination

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What begins growing once the pollen grain attaches to the stigma?

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Pollen tube

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9
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What are the three main parts of the seed?

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  1. Embryo
  2. Endosperm
  3. Seed Coat
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What is the tiny shoot that will become the stem and leaves?

A

Plumule

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11
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What is the small root that will become the root system?

A

Radicle

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12
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If a seed has 1 cotyledon, it is called a ___________.

A

Monocot

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13
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If a seed has 2 cotyledons, it is called a __________.

A

Dicot

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14
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What type of dispersal occurs when the ripened fruit bursts open and scatters seeds?

A

Mechanical dispersal

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15
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What type of dispersal occurs when birds, other animals, or the wind aids the plant in dispersal?

A

Agent dispersal

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16
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What is the first stage of germination?

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Swelling

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17
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What provides food for the plant until its roots and leaves have developed sufficiently to begin absorbing water, minerals, and food?

A

Cotyledons

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What is the plant called once it no longer depends on the cotyledons?

A

Seedling

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What are plants that live through two growing seasons to complete their life cycles?

A

Biennials

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20
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What is the scientific term for a flowering plant that produces covered seeds?

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Angiosperm

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21
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Which family of flower is actually many small flowers grouped together into a head?

A

Composite family

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22
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What are the two types of flowers within a composite flower?

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Disk and Ray

23
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What is a plant resembling the goldenrod whose pollen causes allergic reactions?

A

Ragweed

24
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What family (also called legumes) helps restore the nutrient nitrogen to the soil in the nitrogen cycle?

A

Pea family

25
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Which family has 5 white or pink petals in a cup-shaped blossom, woody stems, fleshy fruits, and flower parts in multiples of 5?

A

Rose family

26
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Which family gives the appearance of a bird’s foot, and is sometimes called the crowfoot family?

A

Buttercup family

27
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The stems of mint family flowers are square and stout, and their flower clusters frequently form ____________.

A

Spikes

28
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Which family contains sweet nectar and has trumpet-shaped flowers?

A

Honeysuckle family

29
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Which family is characterized by umbels?

A

Parsley family

30
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What are arrangements of flowers that have stems of nearly equal length emerging from a common point on the main stem?

A

Umbels

31
Q

What is another name for the Queen Anne’s Lace?

A

Wild Carrot (Parsley family)

32
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Which family has flowers with 5 nectar horns each?

A

Milkweed family

33
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Broad leaves with branching veins, petals in groups of 4 or 5, and a large taproot with secondary rootlets - Are these characteristics of monocots or dicots?

A

Dicots

34
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Long, slender leaves with parallel veins, petals in multiples of 3, and fibrous root systems - Are these characteristics of monocots or dicots?

A

Monocots

35
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What is a structure made of layers of thick, fleshy leaves surrounding a very short stem?

A

Bulb

36
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Which family is most commonly grown from bulbs?

A

Lily family

37
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Which family grows from bulbs, corms, or rhizomes?

A

Amaryllis family

38
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What are underground stems that grow horizontally?

A

Rhizomes

39
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What is the part of the grass plant where the leaf attaches to the stem?

A

Node

40
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What is the creeping stem that grows along the ground?

A

Stolon

41
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What are the fruits of the grass family called?

A

Grains

42
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What is the most important group of plants on earth?

A

Grasses

43
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What is the name of the stalk where most leaf blades attach to the node?

A

Petiole

44
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What is the term for plants that have no petioles, but attach directly to the stem by a sheath, such as grass?

A

Sessile

45
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What is the term for individual leaves that grow in an alternating pattern on the stem?

A

Alternate leaves

46
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What leaf pattern consists of 3 or more leaves growing from the same node on the stem?

A

Whorl

47
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What leaf pattern is a cluster of leaves growing around the base of the plant?

A

Rosette

48
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What type of leaves have only one blade attached to the petiole?

A

Simple leaves

49
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What type of leaf has more than one blade joined to the petiole?

A

Compound leaves

50
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What is the name for the edge of the leaf?

A

Leaf Margin

51
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What are leaves with small, sharp teeth or large, blunt teeth called?

A

Toothed

52
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What type of leaf has extensions of itself that can be blunt or end in a point?

A

Lobed

53
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What type of venation do most monocots have?

A

Parallel venation

54
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What is the term for small veins branching from one main vein?

A

Pinnate veins

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