biology

(true or false) It is likely that man had a knowledge of agriculture since his creation.

true

Norman Borlaug developed a drought and disease resistant dwarf _____ which helped the people of Mexico and India during food shortages.

wheat

sugar beet

mangel

Why do animals and humans need proteins in their diet?

they break down protein into amino acids needed for their particular protein synthesis

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

triticale

(true or false) A seed may be described as a packaged miniature factory.

true

(true or false) An entirely new plant can sometimes be generated from a few cells.

true

(true or false) Intelligent design is shown in the intricate detail and complexity of microscopic organisms.

true

triticale

wheat x rye

(true or false) Meristematic cells of different kinds of plants may look alike, but the DNA messages are different.

true

(true or false) One definition of life in a plant is an uninterrupted succession of cells.

true

(true or false) Plant cells are miniature factories that make thousands of chemical compounds for themselves and the whole world.

true

(true or false) Plant cells convert solar energy into chemical energy.

true

youthful tissue (keeps growing)

meristem

body that releases energy from foods

mitochondria

grass

monocot

cell headquarters

nucleus

cotton

oil crop

Green plants are the energy link between the sun's energy and the energy needs of:

people

Plant respiration occurs:

primarily at night

The chemical energy stored in ATP during photosynthesis is used to:

produce a carbohydrate from CO 2

The basic food of a plant is:

produced by chloroplasts

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

protein

The oxygen which is released into the air by a plant originates from:

splitting of water molecules

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

starvation

starvation of world

Malthus

150 bushels per acre

Punjabi farmer

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

Robert Hooke

soybean

amino acid crop

The building blocks of proteins are:

amino acids

Processes or reactions accomplished without oxygen are called:

anaerobic

plant that grows and dies in a year

annual

Old phloem cells become:

bark

layers of cellulose outside the cell

cell wall

food-making body

chloroplast

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

chromoplast

The threadlike objects in the nucleus are called _______________ and carry the _____________ or inheritance units.

chromosomes, genes

The four main zones of a root tip are all of the following, except _____.

cotyledon

food supply, part of the embryo seed plant

cotyledon

bean

dicot

Inherited physical traits are directly related to:

genes

Put the four stages of growth in order.

germination, growth, maturation, death

The first part of photosynthesis within the chloroplast occurs in the _________ and the second in the _________ of the chloroplast.

grana, stroma

crop improvements

green revolution

Agriculture was not a developed science in ___________. That country's machinery, technology, and crop varieties did not advance with new developments in other parts of the world.

india

The number of chromosomes within each species of plant or animal:

is constant

The sugar beet was developed from a plant root called _____.

mangel

A dicot may be expected to have:

-vascular rings -netted veins

genes are made of this substance

DNA

green plants

God's creation

running down

entropy

Potato tuber cells have leucoplasts which help:

store starch

ATP is a:

-a form of chemical energy -product of decomposition of starch -chemical associated with mitochondria

Crop plant programs are being started which emphasize amino acid quality and protein production. Choose all such crop plants from the following choices.

-alfalfa -soybeans -legumes

Priestly's experiments explained:

-animals require O 2 -plants are associated with O 2

(Select all that apply.) What three parts of plant cells cause them to differ from animal and human cells?

-cell walls -vacuoles -chloroplasts

Jan Baptista's experiments showed:

-gain of plant mass related to water -loss of soil mass < gain of plant mass

Crop plant programs are being started which feature oil producing plants used for food as well as for fuel oils. Choose the oil producing plants from the following choices.

-peanuts -flax -sunflowers -cotton -safflower

What is the function(s) of ATP?

-stores the initial energy released by respiration -provides the energy for all cytoplasmic chemical synthesis

(Select all that apply.) What are the basic processes which use the energy of respiration?

-synthesis -mechanical -reproduction -tissue repair -maintenance

Dwarf wheat

Borlaug

What conditions and/or raw materials are necessary for photosynthesis to occur?

CO 2, H 2O, chlorophyll, light

The first chemist to begin quantifying the process of photosynthesis was:

Nicholas de Saussure

maturates, develops specialized function

differentiate

The inevitable process causing increase in ____________ in the universe and loss in useful energy is called entropy.

disorder

food supply, not part of the embryo seed plant

endosperm

organic catalyst, helps to cause other reactions

enzyme

The four parts of a seed include all of the following, except _____.

epidermis

The protoplast consists of:

everything inside the cell membrane

(true or false) A plant makes its own proteins but an animal synthesizes the proteins it consumes as food.

false

(true or false) A seed consists solely of a protected package of elements, nutrients and plant food requiring only water and solar energy.

false

(true or false) A simple cell is a good description since most cells are so small and influence so little in life.

false

(true or false) An annual plant bears fruit or flowers every year.

false

(true or false) Cell activities are controlled by chemical messengers from the ribosomes.

false

(true or false) Current populations experiencing famine are primarily the result of lack of land to grow more plants.

false

(true or false) Photosynthesis and respiration processes show plant cells to be very simple in design.

false

(true or false) Photosynthesis consists of only the light reaction.

false

(true or false) Problems of world hunger are due to the green plant's inefficiency in food production.

false

(true or false) Proteins are made directly from carbohydrates, the first products of photosynthesis.

false

(true or false) The bodies that break down food molecules to form RNA are the ribosomes.

false

(true or false) The facts of why onion cells produce an onion and not a walnut are well known to scientists.

false

(true or false) The main difference among plants is size--trees, shrubs, herbs.

false

(true or false) The meristematic cells of a carrot could produce a tree or an elephant just as easily.

false

(true or false) The root cap cells elongate and differentiate forming phloem and xylem.

false

(true or false) Trees get wider when the vascular cambium adds new phloem to the rings of wood inside.

false

(true or false) 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

(true or false) India's history of starvation was changed when a new dwarf wheat variety was introduced to Indian agriculture.

true

(true or false) Many of the hunger problems are caused more by greed and bad politics than plant yields.

true

(true or false) Programs to increase food supply and improve food quality are being started in many parts of the world.

true

(true or false) The basic functions of a multi-cellular plant such as a rose are also conducted by a unicellular alga.

true

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

true

(true or false) The cell sap of a vacuole contains metabolic waste materials.

true

(true or false) The full use of the green plant's built-in design and potential has not yet been reached.

true

(true or false) The vascular cambium is one example of cells that are meristematic, that is, staying young or continuing to divide.

true

A part of the plant cell that may contain crystal or poisons harmful to living protoplasm is the:

vacuole

The width of a tree increases through direct growth of the:

vascular cambium

xylem

wood