Introduction to Biology
The term biology can be broken down into two Greek roots. The first is bios, which means this.
What is life?
This part of the plant transports substances and stores food, while also providing support to the whole plant.
What is the stem?
This is the largest family of angiosperms, and is also called the "sunflower family."
What is the composite family?
The movement of nitrogen from the air, into the soil, and back into the air is called this.
These types of trees retain their leaves through the winter.
What are evergreen trees?
This term refers to living things.
What is organism?
This term means the study of life.
What is biology?
The term "biology" can be broken down into two Greek roots. The Greek suffix is -logy, which means this.
What is "the study of"?
OR What is "the science of"?
This type of plant can stand up without any support and has a single tall, woody stem.
This type of plant only lives through one growing season.
What is an annual?
The seeds of angiosperm plants, contain this special structure to store food.
What is a cotyledon?
Trees that lose their leaves each fall and are bare all winter are referred to as these types of trees.
What are deciduous trees?
This term refers to regions where particular organisms normally live.
What is habitat?
The leaves form the bushy head of the tree, which is called this.
What is the crown?
This term is one of three major fields of biology. It refers to the study of plants.
What is botany?
What is a bush?
This type of plant lives through two growing seasons to complete its life cycle.
What is a biennial?
If a seed contains only one cotyledon, it is classified as this.
What is a monocot?
This group of North American trees is known for its distinctive fruits called samaras.
What are maple trees?
What is a vine?
The fruit of a grass plant.
What is a grain?
This term is one of three major fields of biology. It refers to the study of animals.
What is zoology?
Non-woody plants are classified as this.
What is herbaceous?
This type of plant lives from year to year and blooms every season.
What is a perennial?
If a seed contains two cotyledons, it is classified as this.
What is a dicot?
The main root in this system grows straight down and remains larger than the secondary roots that branch off from it.
What is a taproot system?
The bottom portion of a grass leaf that wraps partially around the stem.
What is the sheath?
This term is one of three major fields of biology. It refers to the study of the physical structure and function of the human body.
What is human anatomy and physiology?
In this type of root system, the primary root remains small, and many slender secondary roots grow from it in all directions.
What is a fibrous root system?
The identifying feature of this family is its fruit, which takes the form of a pod.
What is the Legume family?
There are three important cereal crops. Name one.
What is wheat?
OR What is corn?
OR What is rice?
Flowering seed plants.
A creeping stem that grows above the ground in grass plants.
What is a stolon?