Anatomy
Physiology
Ecology
Diseases/Pests
Misc.
100
Lobed, tooth and untoothed are examples of this
What is leaf margin
100
branch of science that deals with life processes
What is physiology
100
A natural cycle that is NOT an elemental cycle
What is water cycle
100
Disease that is caused by a living organism
What is biotic
100
Scientific study of trees
What is dendrology
200
Distinct differences among plants include these characteristics
What is size, shape, color
200
Life processes that are studied in physiology
What is reproduction, energy storage, photosynthesis
200
An area in which rain and melting snow are absorbed to emerge as springs of water at lower elevations
What is watershed
200
Wood rots are diseases that occur in trees due to this type of organism
What is fungi
200
Type of fungi that obtains nutrients from dead, organic materials
What is saprophyte
300
Male part of the flower
What is stamen
300
This is stored in the roots, stems and fruit of plants
What is energy
300
Another name for a predatory animal that eats other animals
What is secondary consumer
300
Fungi are unable to make their own food because they lack this
What is chlorophyll
300
Process by which plants lose water through pores in their leaf surfaces
What is transpiration
400
female part of the flower
What is pistil
400
The source of all energy used by plants and animals
What is sunlight
400
Process by which bacteria are able to convert atmospheric nitrogen into nitrates that are useful to plants
What is nitrogen fixation
400
This plant infection kills patches of tissue on the trunk or branches
What is canker
400
Organic matter, drainage, and kinds of minerals are factors that affect this characteristic of soil
What is color
500
The 3 major tissue systems in trees
What is ground, vascular, dermal
500
Energy from sunlight is captured and stored in plant tissues through this process
What is photosynthesis
500
Greatest pollutant of surface water
What is silt
500
An insect or organism that spreads disease organisms
What is vector
500
Caterpillars, webworms, sawflies, and tussocks are this type of tree pest
What is defolliator
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