Plant: Green Factories Quiz 4

1. cotton 2. sugar beet 3. starvation of world 4. triticale 5. soybean 6. dwarf wheat 7. 150 bushels per acre 8. crop improvements 9. green plants

1. oil crop 2. mangel 3. Malthus 4. wheat x rye 5. amino acid crop 6. Borlaug 7. Punjabi farmer 8. green revolution 9. God's creation

_________ was not a developed science in India. Their machinery, technology, and crop varieties did not advance with new developments happening in other parts of the world.

Agriculture

An American scientist, __________ developed a drought and disease resistant __________ which helped the people of Mexico and India with food shortages.

Borlaug, dwarf gene

Between five and ten different types of cells are in the human body.

False.

The facts of why onion cells produce an onion and not a walnut are well known to scientists.

False.

Tiny chambers were first observed and described from microscope observations by a man named

Robert Hooke

If we are to be better stewards of God's creation, we must have a better understanding of plants and animals that share our world.

True.

India's history of starvation was changed when a new dwarf wheat variety was introduced to Indian agriculture.

True.

It is likely that man had a knowledge of agriculture since his creation.

True.

Many of the hunger problems are caused more by greed and bad politics than plant yields.

True.

One definition of plant life is an uninterrupted succession of cells.

True.

Programs to increase food supply and improve food quality are being started in many parts of the world.

True.

The cell communication system for chemical messages and materials is thought to be the membrane system known as endoplasmic reticulum.

True.

Processes or reactions accomplished without oxygen are

anaerobic

The orange color of carrot roots and of marigold flowers comes from cell bodies known as

chromomplasts

Three main zones of a root tip are

differentiation, root cap, elongation

Plants have been a gift from God to people through the ages by providing the basic necessities of

food, clothing, shelter

Wheat appears to have originated from a wild species of

grass

The sugar beet was developed from a plant root called

mangel.

Protoplasm is divided into two parts, the ________ and ________.

nucleus, cytoplasm

Oil producing plant programs for food as well as fuel oils are being started for crop plants such as __________ and ________.

peanut, safflower

Archaeological findings show the beginnings of civilization coincide with

plant domestication

A compound containing O, C, H, N is a

protein

Amino acid quality and protein production programs are being started for crop plants such as ________ and _______.

soybean, alfalfa

Malthus, an English economist, in the 1800's predicted worldwide

starvation

Two main types of plant roots are _______ and _______.

taproot, fibrous root

A new food source from the crossing of wheat and rye is

triticale

The most widely grown food crop is

wheat