Exam 24: Flowering Plants and Civilization

Sugar cane is a member of the grass family.

The tomato and white potato are members of the same family.

Which group of flavoring substances is associated with the Carrot Family?

Which of the following "survival" materials could you use for food?

The most widely distributed family, which also has the second largest numbers of individuals, is the

Which group of useful plants belongs to the Laurel Family?

Poinsettia, cassava, and Para rubber all belong to the

Members of the Lily Family usually have flowers with parts numbering in fours or multiples of four.

Features used in the key to flowering plant families included all of the following EXCEPT

Which of the following drugs is produced by members of the Lily Family?

Ordinary white (Irish)potatoes can, under certain circumstances, be very poisonous to humans.

The grass family includes 9 of the 10 most important food plants in the world.Five of these are _____________.

Which of the following families is characterized by having numerous stamens, petals often irregular in number, and few to many pistiles with superior ovaries?

A characteristic of the Rose Family is the presence of milky latex in the tissues.

The family whose members include many that have an inflorescence in which a single female flower is elevated on a gynophore is the

Vavilov's work was based on known distribution of cultivated plants.Since the 1950's, _________ and his students have used molecular techniques to investigate, and modify, Vavilov's conclusions.

Members of the Rose Family characteristically

Asparagus, soaproot, and sansevieria are all members of the

Many plant families contain both edible and poisonous species.

A family famous for its latex-producing members is the