NEO 62

Question 1

annuals

Answer 1

a plant that grows, produces seeds, and dies within one year
example: Annuals are plants that go through their entire life cycle within a single year.

Question 2

photosynthates

Answer 2

a product of photosynthesis
example: an annual has to distribute its photosynthates (energy-rich molecules) first to leaves

Question 3

replenish

Answer 3

to return, or make something return, to an earlier level or size
example: which replenishes the supply of photosynthates and
increases overall plant biomass.

Question 4

biomass

Answer 4

the amount of living matter (as in a unit area or volume of habitat)
example: increases overall plant biomass

Question 5

Perennial

Answer 5

a plant that lives for several years:
example: Perennial plants maintain a vegetative structure over several years.

Question 6

vegetative

Answer 6

of, relating to, or engaged in nutritive and growth functions as contrasted with reproductive functions
example: Perennial plants maintain a vegetative structure over several years

Question 7

allotments

Answer 7

the process of sharing something, or the amount that you get:
example: Reproduction and vegetative growth compete for energy allotments

Question 8

net production

Answer 8

rate at which energy is stored as biomass by plants or other primary producers and made available to the consumers in the ecosystem.
example: The proportionate distribution of net production to above-ground and below-ground biomass tells much
about different ecosystems

Question 9

colonize

Answer 9

to migrate to and settle in (an inhabited or uninhabited area):to establish a colony in
example: In the sixteenth century, settlers from England, a part of Britain, began to colonize

Question 10

mercantilism

Answer 10

an economic theory developed in the 16th to 18th centuries that says that a government should control the economy and that a nation should increase its wealth by selling more than it buys from other nations
example: The economic theory of mercantilism that was dominant from the sixteenth to the eighteenth century, held that colonies should benefit the mother country

Question 11

evade

Answer 11

to avoid or escape from someone or something:

Question 12

vigorous

Answer 12

very forceful or energetic:
example: English economic energy and strength maintained a vigorous resale trade in American commodities

Question 13

inducement

Answer 13

an act or thing that is intended to persuade someone or something:
example: some commodities received the
inducement of a cash subsidy,

Question 14

infrastructure

Answer 14

the basic structure of an organization or system which is necessary for its operation, esp. public water, energy, and systems for communication and transport
example: British commercial and financial infrastructure and from the physical protection provided by the powerful British navy, which controlled the North Atlantic

Question 15

in the aggregate

Answer 15

considered as a whole : COLLECTIVELY
example: The problem with discussing broad trends in economies or the economic behavior of people in the aggregate is that it leads us to lose sight of important qualifications and distinctions. T