Exploring Biology Chapters 4-7 Flashcards
Circular muscle layer
The chemical digestion of fats begins in the
small intestine
Most farmers plant potatoes by
planting a piece of a potato with an eye in it
Pyloric sphincter
To what state did Luther Burbank move after leaving New England?
California
Most plants produce seeds in
the Fall
In Carver’s day, the important crops of the South were corn and _______________.
cotton
The white potato is what part of the plant?
stem
The reason cattle can digest grass is because they have _______________ in their digestive system.
bacteria
Longitudinal muscle layer
Why did George Washington Carver do laundry, ironing, and gardening rather than farm work?
He was too small and frail for heavy work.
esophagus
The sugar found in mother’s milk is
lactose
To speed up the development of prune trees, Luther Burbank first grew _________ in a greenhouse in a hotbed.
almond tree
The simple sugar ready for use by cells is ________________.
glucose
Starch is a type of
carbohydrate
Oblique muscle layer
The stomach digests food by
chemically changing the food
The process by which plants can grow from a part of the parent plant such as a cutting from the stem or root is called _______________ reproduction.
vegetative
The three elements found in both carbohydrates and fats are ______________, _______________, and ________________ (any order).
carbon, hydrogen, oxygen
Prunes are partially dried fruit from a special type of _________________ tree.
plum
Spores are produced by plants that
do not flower
were carried along the Silk Road from China to Spain and then to California.
almonds
Rugae
