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1
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What is the study of God’s order and reasonableness in His physical universe?

A

Science

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2
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What is the study of living things?

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Biology

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3
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What are the four fields of Biology?

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Botany
Zoology
Anatomy and Physiology
Cellular and Molecular

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4
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Who is the “Father of Evolution”?

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Charles Darwin

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5
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Who wrote Origin of Species and when did he write it?

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Charles Darwin in 1859

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6
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When was Scope’s Trial?

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1925

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7
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What is the magic factor of evolution?

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Time

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8
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Days of Creation

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Day 1: earth, space, time, and light
Day 2: firmament
Day 3: dry land and plants
Day 4: sun, moon, and stars
Day 5: fish and fowl
Day 6: land animals and man
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9
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What means created from nothing?

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“Ex Nihilo”

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10
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What is something that is so complex that it had to be made fully functional?

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Irreducible complexity

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11
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What helps with upset stomach?

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Ginger

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12
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What helps with stress?

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Lavender

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13
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What helps to induce child labor?

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Dates

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14
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What is an ointment for burns?

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Aloe Vera

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15
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What is an itch relief?

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Oats

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16
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What medicine comes from the Common White Willow and is a pain reliever?

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Aspirin

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What medicine is from the Yellow Cinchona and is an anti-malaria vaccine?

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Quinine

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18
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What medicine is from the Rosy Periwinkle and is used to treat cancer such as Hodgkins Disease?

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Vinblastine

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19
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What part of the plant is the reproductive organ?

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Flower

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20
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What part of the plant performs photosynthesis/manufacturers food?

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Leaves

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21
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What part of the plant catches sunlight and stores food?

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Stem

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22
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What part of the plant absorbs and transports water and minerals and is the plants anchor?

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Roots

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23
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What is a composite plant?

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Mixture of different parts in one plant

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24
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Example of a composite plant

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Sunflowers

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25
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What are plants with seeds in their fruit?

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Angiosperms

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26
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What family has a square stem and is aromatic?

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Mint

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27
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Examples of mint

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Rosemary, thyme, and oregano

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28
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Growth cycle of one season?

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Annual

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29
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Growth cycle of two seasons?

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Biennial

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30
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Growth cycle of three or more seasons?

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Perennial

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31
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What family has a complex design and is often poisonous?

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Parsley

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32
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What family has bark and seeds that are often poisonous?

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Rose

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33
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Examples of rose

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Cherry blossoms and apples

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34
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What family are pod like fruits?

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Pea

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35
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Examples of pea?

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Legumes, green peas, kudzu

36
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What family uses the nitrogen cycle?

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Pea

37
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Example of mustard?

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Black mustard

38
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What family was initially thought to be poisonous?

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Nightshade

39
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Examples of nightshade?

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Tomatoes, Irish potato, tobacco

40
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What family’s flower opens for a day, dies, and is then replaced by a new flower?

A

Lily

41
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Example of Lily

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Aloe Vera

42
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What family includes the three most poisonous plants?

A

Cashew

43
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Examples of Cashew

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Poison Ivy, poison oak, poison sumac

44
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What is a special structure used to store food until seed is ready to grow?

A

Cotyledon

45
Q

What is the scientific name for grass?

A

Graminoids

46
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What is the most important plant family?

A

Grass

47
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Examples of cereal crops

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Wheat, rice, corn, and oats

48
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Examples of forage grasses

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Used by livestock

49
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Examples of turf grasses

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Lawns and athletic fields

50
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Example of ornamental grasses

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Pampas

51
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Examples of woody grasses

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Bamboo, sugar cane

52
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What plant family uses vegetative reproduction?

A

Grass

53
Q

What is the study of trees?

A

Dendrology

54
Q

What type of tree loses leaves in cold autumn?

A

Deciduous

55
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What is the region that contains leaves at the top of the tree?

A

Crown

56
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What are the two systems in plants?

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Root and shoot

57
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What are the four plant organs?

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Root, stem, leaf, and flower

58
Q

What tissue protects and covers?

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Epidermis

59
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What tissue protects and waterproofs for woody plants?

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Cork

60
Q

What makes and stores food?

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Parenchyma

61
Q

What aids in the growth and repair of plants?

A

Meristematic

62
Q

What encourages growth in height?

A

Apical meristem

63
Q

What grows and repairs blood vessels?

A

Vascular Cambium

64
Q

What builds cork?

A

Cork Cambium

65
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What is the basic structural unit of all living things?

A

Cell

66
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What are the basic parts of the cell?

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Cell membrane, nucleus, and cytoplasm

67
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What is the liquid inside of a cell?

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Cytoplasm

68
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What are three of the cell parts?

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Cell wall, chloroplasts, and vacuole

69
Q

What are the three margins of a leaf?

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Smooth, toothed, and jagged

70
Q

What is the flat green portion of a a leaf?

A

Blade

71
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What is it called when the leaf has no petiole?

A

Sessile

72
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What is the area a which leaves grow from the stem?

A

Node

73
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What are the four sunlight exposure patterns?

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Opposite, alternate, whorled, rosette

74
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What are three patterns of venation?

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Parallel, pinnate, and palmate

75
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What is known as the main vein?

A

Midrib

76
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What are the patterns of veins within a leaf?

A

Venation

77
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What is the outermost part of a leaf?

A

Epidermis

78
Q

What open and closes the stomata?

A

Guard cells

79
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What part of the leaf controls photosynthesis?

A

Palisade mesophyll

80
Q

What is the loss of water vapor in a plant?

A

Transpiration

81
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What components are required for photosynthesis?

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Carbon Dioxide, water, sunlight, and chlorophyll

82
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What is produced from photosynthesis?

A

Glucose, oxygen, and water

83
Q

What are sacks of specialized disks?

A

Thylakoids

84
Q

What color does xanthophyll produce?

A

Yellow

85
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What color does chlorophyll produce?

A

Green

86
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What color does carotene produce?

A

Orange

87
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What color does anthocyanin produce?

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Red

Biological Science Survey - Nistler 2019 (9 decks)

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