final, bio Flashcards
Fruit of grass family
grain
flower parts in grasses
spikelet
Top 4 grass crops
sugar cane
maize
rice
wheat
roots, stems, and leaves in grasses
Parallel venation
leaves alternate
fibrous roots
Purpose of rhizomes and stolons
Both involved in asexual reproduction, adaptation to disturbance, grazing
bran
fiber
Aleurone layer
Protein
Refined
Flour: longer shelf life
Germ
Vitamins, minerals, some oils
Allows bread to rise
Yeast: Sugar + enzymes -> Co2 + alcohol + 2 ATP (anaerobic)
Mutation of corn -> teosinte
Teosinte produces 2 rows of grains, each grain surrounded by a woody fruit coat- hard to eat or grind
Botanically, corn silks are
husks
Grasses with highest protein content
brown rice
Barley
Contains betaglucan
Oats
Action of betaglucan
Soluble of fiber
Not truly a grain, but very nutritious
Quinoa
A sugar substitute
Sorghum
looks like corn but has perfect flowers
Sorghum
Grass with 2nd highest protein content
Amaranth
first pasta
Millet
Most nutritious grain
Whole grain wheat Quinoa
Definition of Legume
are members of the bean family,(fabaceae) which includes all types of beans and peas as well as soy beans, peanuts, alfalfa, and clover.
Characteristics of legume flower
The five- petalled flower is irregular, with bilateral symmetry described as either butterfly-shaped or boat-shaped.
Leaves of legumes
Although the leaves of some legumes are simple. most are pinnately or palmately compound
legume seeds store food in—
Cotyledons
Why legumes are good food staples
Easy to store because they are rich in both oil and protein. easy to grow/ harvest
Why legumes are high in protein
The high protein content of legumes is correlated with the presence of root nodules which contain nitrogen- fixing bacteria
Nitrification
Bacteria perform nitrification: Bacteria convert N in air into a form (ammonium or nitrate) that can be used by plants
Kinds of N compounds legumes like
Nitrogen Fixation converts the unusable N2 gas into ammonium (NH4+) which the plants incorporate into the synthesizing of proteins
Legume with highest protein content
Soybeans
30%- 50%
protein
plant containing phytoestrogen
phytoestrogen—- plant estrogens
N cycle consists of?
Nitrogen- fixing organisms
Decomposition- of dead plants and animals
Volcanic activity and lightening- rain washes into soil
Denitrification- ammonium and nitrates converted to N2 by bacteria in wet soils, fire
Liverworts, Hornworts, Mosses
Bryophytes
No vascular tissue
Liverworts, Hornworts, Mosses
Bryophytes