ULL ENVS 150 Exam 1

Which of the following is NOT something plants do?

Absorb methane

The cell theory states that?

All living things are made up of cells, cells are the basic unit of life, all cells come from pre-existing cells.

Tracheids and vessel elements:

Are part of the vascular system and the xylem

Which of these are not a citrus fruit?

Avocado

What type of wheat is most important to humans?

Bread wheat

__________________ tissue gives support to young stems, petioles, and the veins in leaves.

Collenchyma

A natural way to add nitrogen to rice paddy soils is through the use of

Floating water ferns

The use of specific results to constructed a general theory is and example of?

Inductive reasoning

Which statement is NOT true about soy beans?

Low in protein.

Which of the following statements about cereal is NOT correct?

Maize, wheat, and are available as GMO crops with higher yeilds.

Formulating a hypothesis means?

Making an educated guess to explain how something works

Ground tissue consist of?

Parenchyma, collenchyma, sclerenchyma

Which of these fruits does not belong to the rose family

Pineapple

what type of indigenous crops did agrarian societies in Central and South America cultivate thousands of years ago?

Potatoes, corn, chili pepper, and squash

Gluten free diets are important for people allergic to gluten. Which of these are safe for them to eat?

Rice

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of a living organism?

Some can live without energy

Chromosomes:

They are condensed and visible form of DNA and the Histone complex, The number of the different chromosomes is not related to the size of the organism.

Which nucleotide is NOT part of DNA?

Uracil

Which crops were cultivated by early Egyptians?

Wheat, barley, and legumes

The scientific name for the cell structure used to store starches is __________________________.

amyloplast

Ribosomes:

are free in the cytoplasm, assist with protein synthesis, lack a membrane, consist of protein and ribosomal RNA

Tissues:

are made from specialized cells, can form organs when several tissues come together, are complex units such as the epidermis or the phloem, can have a certain function or structure

___________________ is the plastid most likely to be involved in photosynthesis.

chloroplast

_______________ tissue is composed of thick walled living cells that provide support to the plant.

collenchyma

the string in a celery stalk consist of living cells with think primary walls and are an example of?

collenchyma

The _____________ tissue system has as its function protection from the environment and water loss.

dermal

Stems contain the following tissues:

dermal, ground, vascular

which statement about corn is correct?

domesticated from teosinte

a scientist designs an experiment to test the effect of fertilizer on the height of sugar cane. Two fields are fertilized and two fields are not. What is the independent variable in this experiment?

fertilizer application

Pine tree belong to which plant group?

gymnosperms

The ground tissue system:

include the paraenchyma and the collenchyma tissue

a scientist observes many different plants and observes they all have green leaves. She concludes that all plants have green leaves. this is an example of?

inductive reasoning

Which of the following statement are false about bamboo?

it is deep rooted

The ____________ are the major sit of respiration in a cell.

mitochondria

____________ tissue is made up of living thin walled cells with large vacuoles and many flattened sides.

parenchyma

The ________________ conducts sugars from the leaves to other organs.

phloem

The ____________ tissue system has as its function conduction of water, nutrients, sugars, and hormones throughout the plant.

vascular

The tissue systems of a plant are?

vascular, dermal, ground

the vascular system consist of?

xylem and phloem

What is NOT one of the five major crop that provide calories to the human diet?

quinoa

A ______________ is a dense sphere involved in protein synthesis found in the cytoplasm and bound to the endoplatmatic reticulum.

ribosome

the shell of a peach pit consist of dead cells that have thick, lignified secondary cell walls that are an example of?

sclerenchyma

Large tracts of organized cells of similar structure that perform a collective function are called ______________.

tissues

_______________ is generally the largest structure in a plant cell.

vacuole