presentations for plant bio
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- _______ has no traceable ancestor.
- corn
- all of today's breeds of corn are ________
- hybrids
- ____________ growing plants in a bath or flow of highly oxygented, nutrient enriched water.
- hydroponics
- Benefits of Hydroponics
- complete control of light exposure adn nutrition, no weeding, no pollution from runoff wastes, uses ninety percent less water
- Disadvantages of Hydroponics
- must know how to balance nutrition levels, can be costly,, disease spreads quickly
- peanuts are not nuts they are ______
- legumes
- peanuts are ____ protein, and ________ oil
- 26% protein, 50% oil
- Peanuts originated in _______
- South America
- Why are peanuts unusual?
- Because they flower above ground and fruit below ground.
- Where are peanuts used the most?
- IN the united states
- What percentage of peanuts made in the u.s . are used for peanut butter?
- 50
- Where do peanuts grow best?
- In warm climates with dry soil
- who developed 300 uses for peanuts?
- George washington carver
- Who introduces oranges to the western hemisphere?
- Columbus, christopher
- Valencia oranges
- are the main variety cultivated in florida.
- Navel oranges
- originated in Bahia, Brazil.
- Healthful properties of oranges
- Scurvy, ulcers, obesity, arthritic pain, anemia, acne, multiple sclerosis,
- Orange wood
- has been used for furniture making, bows for archers, forerunner for the modern toothbrush.
- _________ were the first to invent paper.
- Egyptians.
- who invented the technique of making paper that we use today?
- chinese
- __________ is used for most grades of paper used today.
- chemical wood pulp
- _________ are used for purity, durability, and permanance when making paper.
- cotton fibers
- Straw pulp
- produced mainly from cereal straws- wheat, oat, rye, barley, and rices
- various kinds of herbaceous plants, whose fresh or dried parts are used to season foods, provide fragrances, supply natural dyes, or make industrial phamaceutical products.
- herbs
- herbs are fresh or dried leaves, while spices are usually ___________
- seeds, roots, fruits, flowers, or bark. spices are also stronger in flavor
- some commmon herbs are
- basil, chamomile, chives, coriander, dill, garlic, horseradish, mints, oregano, parsley, rosemary, sage, tarragon, and thyme,
- parsley contains
- vitamin a, and more vitamin c than oranges do. b vitamins and calcium and iron
- chamomile, celery, parsley, sage, and thyme should be avoided during
- pregnancy
- oragami originated in china but blossemed in
- japan
- ori means _________ Kami Means _________
- to fold , paper both of which are japanese words.
- orgami became popular when
- paper became readily available
- the sugar maple can grow to over
- 100 feet tall
- largest sugar maple ever know is in _______ and it is _______ feet around and _________ feet tall
- Bethany w.v. , 5.6, 110
- Gerberba daisy originated in __________
- south america, and asiatic parts of the world
- THe gerberba daisy is a
- perennial herb
- lillies are a perennial herb that emerges in the spring from an
- underground bulb
- the chrysanthemum
- arrives in the fall and can live in cool conditions until freezing weather
- an apple is
- a simple fleshy berry
- apples originated in
- western china
- William Blackstone
- one of the first people to plant an apple tree in america
- grafting and budding
- two ways of producing apple trees
- 50 % of apples are consumed as
- fresh fruit
- Granny smith, red delicious, and yellow delicious are
- three of the most popular apples that we consume
- Enology
- the science of making wine`
- fermentation
- is the process of turning must into wine
- must
- crushed fruit or juice used for fermentation
- Carboy
- large container used to hold corrosive liquids.
- lag period
- the time period that the yeast grows and multiplies, usually within the first twenty four hours after the yeast is added.
- Finning
- the process of cleaning the wine after fermentation with the help of additives.
- racking
- the process of siphoning the wine from one container to another while leaving the sediment behind.
- sulfur dioxide
- used to inhibit growth of spoilage organisms and sanatize equipment.
- aloe vera is a
- perenial plant that belongs to the lily family
- European documents prove its use back in ______
- 1500 b.c.
- aloe vera has the ability to
- close its stomata and completely avoid water loss.
- you should not use aloe vera if you are
- pregnant, or a patient with renal or cardiac disease.
- mankind discovered tobacco
- 18,000 years ago
- they first cultivated tobacco in the
- Peruvian/ecuadorian Andes region 5,000- 3,000 b.c.
- first known method of consumption of tobacco
- ingestion
- who planted the first tobacco plant in the jamestown settlement
- john rolfe
- what happened on April, 13, 1994?
- tobacco companies released the llist of 599 additives in cigarettes.
- Stogie
- the nickname given to millen marsh's new cigars
- wood is the dense tissue composed of ________ in stems and roots
- secondary xylem
- when cells of vascular cambium they do so in
- three directions
- plant physiology
- is used to explain how plants grow in terms of the internal processes which control growth.
- Assimilation
- is the conversion of food into new protoplasm
- Secondary xylem is
- the thick woody core
- the most recently formed wood is
- sapwood
- the banana plant originated in
- INdo-malaysian region
- banana is the
- worlds largest herb, fourth largest fruit crop of the world
- the scientific name for the banana plant is
- musa acuminata
- there are _________ species of bananas
- 1,000
- banana is largley derived from a single variety known as
- cavendish
- three main types of banana
- wild, cultivated, dessert
- what disease may soon wipe out the banana plant out?
- Black Sigatoka
- who were the first to use pumpkin pie
- colonists
- which state is the leading pumpkin producer ?
- ohio
- two types of pumpkin that are grown
- bush variety and veining
- pumpkins have vitamin
- A