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| the male gametophyte of a Pine is also called |
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| how many of the nuclei in the pollen tube of an angiosperm actually fuse with nuclei in the embryo sac |
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| Name the fruit type: ovary wall fused to seed coat, dry fruit |
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| eating what food could give you ciguatera poisoning |
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The free energy of water molecules in a turgid plant cell is as high as the free energy of water molecules
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| the great moisture-holding capacity of sphangnum moss is due to the presence of what structure of the moss |
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| large hollow, dead cells in the leaves |
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| Yew trees are famous because they |
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| provided the wood to manufacture English longbows |
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Salt that gets into the soil after roads are salted during a snowstorm is harmful to plants near the
roadside because the salts.... |
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| accumulate in soil, lowering the free energy of the soil water |
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Each October many communities sponsor contests and award prizes to the person who can grow the
largest ripened |
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| very small phytoplankton that are covered in disks of calcium carbonate |
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After plant cells have been placed in boiling water, they cannot become turgid again because the heat
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| destroyed the plasma membrane |
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In the sporangium of a moss, what process occurs that results in the formation of about 50 million
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| The tallest trees, the longest lived trees, and the largest trees (greatest weight) are all classified as |
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I am found in most flowers. My function is to attract pollinators. I am located BETWEEN the ___ and
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| I am a fruit with a fleshy exocarp, fleshy mesocarp and fleshy endocarp. My name is: |
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| The loss of _______ from corals results in the disease known as ______. |
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| zooxanthellae, coral bleaching |
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| Pressure develops inside sieve tube elements as water moves into them. What causes water to flow into these cells? |
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| sugar produced in palisade mesophyll has been moved into these cells |
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| In mosses, where does meiosis occur |
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| Most lumber in North America comes from plants that lack |
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| The structure that carries the generative cell from the anther to the stigma of an angiosperm is the |
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| The sweet, juicy part of a peach is derived from what plant part? |
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A map of the areas of Narragansett Bay that are closed to collection of shellfish is printed every day in
the newspaper. The MAIN REASON for areas being closed to shellfish collection is ___ |
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| Maple syrup is prepared from liquid that is removed from the ___ in the ______. |
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| phloem, late winter/early spring |
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| The zygote of a fern is formed on the lower side of the |
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| What does the fruit of a crabapple (wild apple) do for the seeds inside? |
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| How are shellfish tested to determine if they contain saxitoxin |
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| bioassay in which mice are injected with ground-up shellfish |
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| Coal was formed from the partial decomposition of |
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Plants absorb far more water from the soil than is needed for photosynthesis and for making new cells.
What is this “excess” water used for? |
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| cooling the leaves and bring nutrients in the soil into the plant |
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| Where on a fern are haploid spores produced? |
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| Arrange from SMALLEST TO LARGEST: ovule, egg, embryo sac, ovary, pistil |
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| egg, embryo sac, ovule, ovary, pistil |
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| Water is pulled from soil by plants by a force generated by the process of |
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| A large tomato contains 230 seeds. How many pollen grains were involved in forming this fruit? |
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| Paralytic shellfish poisoning makes what kind(s) of organisms ill? |
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| Double fertilization in angiosperms refers to |
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| the fusion of one sperm with the egg and one sperm with the polar nuclei |
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| What structure(s) is/are not formed by Ferns and fern allies |
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| Meiosis in Gymnosperms occurs |
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| in both male and female cones |
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Algin, an emulsifying agent used in ice cream, paint, beer, toothpaste and other products is collected
from |
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Which sequence of events correctly describes what occurs during sexual reproduction in flowering
plants? |
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| meiosis, pollination, fertilization |
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| When you bite into a ripe strawberry, the red, tasty part is derived from what structure? |
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| A fiddlehead is a ___ and is ___ |
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| a young leaf of a fern, diploid |
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| If a female pine cone has 100 ovules, what is the MINIMUM number of pollen grains needed to form 100 seeds in the cone, AND how does the pollen get to the ovules? |
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| The sweet, juicy part of a peach is derived from what plant part? |
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A map of the areas of Narragansett Bay that are closed to collection of shellfish is printed every day in
the newspaper. The MAIN REASON for areas being closed to shellfish collection is ___ |
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| A flower with 1 ovary and 2 stamens can produce how many seeds |
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| which is larger sporophyte or gametophyte |
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| where is sporangia found on ferns |
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| where does meiosis occur in ferns |
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| leaves on a fern are diploid or haploid |
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| when you look at a moss plant what you are observing is haploid or diploid |
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| what is the effect of solutes on the free energy of water |
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| solutes make water pass through membranes in a direction of low solute concentration to high solute concentration |
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| compared to water molecules in a bucket , what is free energy of water |
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| in terms of free energy, explain why wet hair dries slower on a humid day than on a dry day |
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| water moves moves from areas of high water potential to areas of low |
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| what is the effect of increased tempurature on the free energy of water molecules |
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| molecules move around and spread out |
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| what is the effect of decreased temperature on the free energy of water |
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| molecules slow down and get closer |
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| what evaporates quicker heated water or cold water |
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| what is the free energy of water in the soil thats frozen |
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| the free energy is lowered |
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| what flows into the sieve tube memebers when the free energy of water in the cells has been lowered |
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| do all flowers have a pistil stigma style and ovary |
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| the arrangement of the flower on a stem is |
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| leaves modified leaves that function as pedals to attract pollinators |
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| the spreading of pollen from the male to the female part of a flower is |
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| what conditions must be present for seed germination |
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| temperature, moisture, oxygen |
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| in fruits what is the seed originally |
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| what is an example of a drupe |
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| Vascular, with flowers, with seeds |
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| vascular, no flowers,with seeds |
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| vascular, no flowers, no seeds |
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| how do pollen grain get to female cones |
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| what is the pharmaceutical uses of ginkgo |
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| what group of plants are included in the ferns and fern allies |
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| seedless, vascular plants |
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| in ferns sperm is produced in |
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| what vascular, seedless plant lacks leaves and roots |
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