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BIOLOGY



Ch 20 - Plants in Our Lives

1. _________________________ form the base of the food chain. 

2. Wheat, rice, corn, and oats are the fruits of cereal plants.  They are called ____________________. 

3. _________________________ is the world's most widely grown plant. 

4. _________________________ are the reproductive parts of the plant.  

5. The vegetative parts of plants include the roots, stems, and _________________________. 

6. _________________________ is stored in the stem or root of a plant. 

7. Potatoes are enlarged stem sections, called _________________________. 

8. _________________________ are plants that are members of the pea or bean family. 

9. Humans assist in _________________________ by selecting, breeding, and propagating plants. 

10. _________________________ is the process of growing different crops in different years. 

11. The Green Revolution introduced _____________________ crops into poor agricultural regions. 

12. ___________________ has been responsible for manipulationg nutritional characteristics of food.

13. _________________________ is growing plants in nutrient solutions instead of soil.
 

ESSAY:  List at least 4 uses for plants besides food.