People Plant vocab test Flashcards
vocab test 1 (105 cards)
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Producer
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organisms that make their own food
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consumer
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organism that cannot produce its own food and must eat other plants and/or animals to get energy.
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decomposer
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An organism, often a bacterium, fungus, or invertebrate that feeds on and breaks down dead plant or animal matter, making organic nutrients available to the ecosystem.
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epiphytic
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any plant that grows upon another plant or object merely for physical support
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terrestrial
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living organisms that live and grow on land
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Class
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4th in taxonomic chart, under phylum & over order
Dear King Philip (C)ame Over For Good Soup
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Order
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5th in taxonomic chart, under class over family
Dear King Philip Came (O)ver For Good Soup
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Family
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6th in taxonomic chart, under order over genus
Dear King Philip Came Over (F)or Good Soup
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Genus
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7th in taxonomic chart, under family over species
Dear King Philip Came Over For (G)ood Soup
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species
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8th in taxonomic chart, under genus over sub-species
Dear King Phillip Came Over For Good (S)oup
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Variety
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Taxonomic rank under sub-species but above form
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Cultivar
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cultivated plant specifically bred for desired traits when propagated
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biotic
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living or once living components of a community
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abiotic
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all the non-living factors present in an ecosystem
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flaccid
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a cell lacking turgidity. They are not plump and swollen but floppy or loose
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turgid
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swollen, especially due to high fluid content
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xylem
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Zip up Xylem. transports water
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phloem
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Flow down Phloem. transports sugar
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Heartwood
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dead, central wood of tree
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Sapwood
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outer, living layers of the secondary wood of trees, which engage in transport of water and minerals to the crown of the tree
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Atmosphere
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mixture of gases that surrounds the Earth
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lithosphere
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solid, outer part of Earth
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hydrosphere
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total amount of water on a planet
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biosphere
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part of the earth where living things exist
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ecosystem
community of living organisms (plants, animals and microbes) in a particular
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hardiness zone
standard by which gardeners and growers can determine which perennial plants are most likely to thrive at a location. Englewood and Paramus are 7
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Scientific method
consisting in systematic observation, measurement, and experiment, and the formulation, testing, and modification of hypotheses.
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chlorosis
yellow leaves due to disease or defiency
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necrosis
black. Death.
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hypertrophy
the enlargement of an organ or tissue from the increase in size of its cells
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hypotrophy
Underdevelopment of a cell, tissue or plant due to abnormally reduced cell enlargement
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natality
birth rate
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mortality
death
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immigration
coming to a foreign country
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emigration
leaving home country
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horticulture
the science and art of growing fruits, vegetables, flowers, or ornamental plants
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pomology
study of fruit
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Olericulture
study of vegetables
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Viticulture
study of grapes
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Dendrology
study of trees
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Agronomy
study of soil management and crop production
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Entomology
study of insects
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Pathology
the study of the diseases and disorders
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Toxicology
a field of science that helps us understand the harmful effects that chemicals, substances, or situations, can have on people, animals, and the environment
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Photosynthesis
the process by which plants use sunlight, water, and carbon dioxide to create oxygen and energy in the form of sugar.
CO2 + 6H2O → C6H12O6 + 6O2
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Respiration
using the sugars produced during photosynthesis plus oxygen to produce energy for plant growth
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Transpiration
the process of water movement through a plant and its evaporation from aerial parts, such as leaves, stems and flowers
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Translocation Osmosis
the process of moving sucrose through the plant from where sugars are made to where they are stored.
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Chlorophyll
a pigment that gives plants their green color
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Glucose
sugar produced in plants by carbon dioxide during photosynthesis used in respiration
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Fructose
fruit sugar found in plants often bonded to glucose to form sucrose
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Sucrose
end product of photosynthesis and the primary sugar transported in the phloem of most plants
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Science
The systematic study of the structure and behavior of the physical and natural world through observation, experimentation, and the testing. of theories against the evidence obtained. Applied Measure techniques
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Applied Research
Applied research applies the findings of basic research or other existing knowledge toward discovering new scientific knowledge that has specific commercial objectives with respect to new products, services, processes, or methods.
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basic research
a systematic study directed toward greater knowledge or understanding of the fundamental aspects of phenomena and of observable facts without specific applications towards processes or products in mind
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gymnosperm
any vascular plant that reproduces by means of an exposed seed, or ovule
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angiosperm
plants that produce flowers and bear their seeds in fruits.
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deciduous
those that lose all of their leaves for part of the year
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evergreen
any plant that retains its leaves through the year and into the following growing season
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GMO
plant, animal or microbe in which one or more changes have been made to the genome, typically using high-tech genetic engineering, in an attempt to alter the characteristics of an organism
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Vascular plant
advanced plants with a transporting function that occurred through xylem and phloem.
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Annual
any plant that completes its life cycle in a single growing season.
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Bieannual
any herbaceous flowering plant that completes its life cycle in two growing seasons.
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Perennial
a plant that lives more than two years and regrows each spring
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Juvenile Phase
the stage early in a plant's life cycle during which it is unable to respond to flower inductive signals
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Phytochrome
a plant pigment that is associated with the absorption of light in the photoperiodic response and that may regulate various types of growth and development.
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Apical Meristem (primodia)
specialized zones of growth found at the tips of plants
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Photoperiod
the period of time in a day that an organism is exposed to light
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Monocot
flowering plants with one seed leaf or a cotyledon emerging from their embryo
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Dicot
any member of the flowering plants, or angiosperms, that has a pair of leaves, or cotyledons, in the embryo of the seed
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Phototropism
the period of time in a day that an organism is exposed to light.
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Vernalization
the induction of the flowering process of the plant by exposure to the long periods of cold winter or such conditions.
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Herbivory
the feeding on living plant parts by animals
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Omnivory
an organism that regularly consumes a variety of material, including plants, animals, algae, and fungi
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Carnivory
eating meat
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Haploid
the presence of a single set of chromosomes in an organism's cell
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Diploid
the presence of two complete sets of chromosomes in an organism's cells, with each parent contributing a chromosome to each pair
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Genotype
the genetic makeup of an organism
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Phenotype
the observable physical properties of an organism
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Meiosis
a type of cell division that reduces the number of chromosomes in the parent cell by half and produces four gamete cells
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Mitosis
a process of nuclear division in eukaryotic cells that occurs when a parent cell divides to produce two identical daughter cells.
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C
carbon
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H
Hydrogen
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O
Oxygen
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N
Nitrogen
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P
Phosphorus
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K
Potassium
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H2O
Water
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CO2
Carbon dioxide
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CO
Carbon monoxide
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Epidermis
Outermost layer of skin
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Terrestrial
on earth
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Biosphere
Made up of parts of earth where life exists
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Ecosystem
a community or group of living organisms that live in and interact with each other in a specific environment.
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community
an interacting group of various species in a common location
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Non Vascular
There is no vascular system. No xylem or phloem transporting water or nutrients. They absorb nutrients through cells
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Basic sciences involved with plants
chemistry, botany, physiology, pathology, entomology, genetics, nutrition, climatology, soils, ecology
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Applied studies or professions involved with plants and plant culture
Ecology, park lands and all kinds of preserves, landscapes, resource managers, farmers, tree and fruit growers, nursery men, green house crop producers edibles and ornamentals, turf grass and artificial field managers, botanical gardens and zoological parks, arborists, plant breeders, nutritionist and food scientists.
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What soil temp does spring begin
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Humans are Sponch. what is sponch?
Sulfur, phosphorus, oxygen, Carbon, hydrogen
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humans fight over
soil
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do plants have cholesterol
no
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how much food loss after production
40%
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raw product of photosynthesis
carbon dioxide
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6 letters fill in the blank
Energy
