Lecture 3 Practice

True or False: Plants use all wavelengths for photosynthesis.

• True

• False

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NGSS.HS-LS1-5

What is the elementary particle that is the basic unit of electromagnetic radiation? (The particle portion of the particle-wave nature of light)

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NGSS.HS-PS4-3

Select all statements about photosynthesis which are true.

• The energy for photosynthesis comes from water.

• Oxygen is a waste product.

• Atmospheric carbon dioxide enters the leaf though stomata.

• Photosynthesis takes place in mitochondria.

• Carbon is fixed in the form of glucose.

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NGSS.HS-LS1-5

NGSS.HS-LS2-5

Plants are ______ producers, which means they provide the energy needed by all the other trophic levels.

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

_________ is the process of taking a wild version of an organism and selecting for desired traits.

Select all traits that are part of domestication syndrome.

• Loss of seed dispersal mechanism.

• Increased size of edible parts.

• Changes in plant architecture/physical traits.

• Reduction in edible parts.

• Erratic germination patterns.

True or False: We cannot produce very different horticultural varieties from a single species.

• True

• False

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NGSS.HS-LS3-2

_____ are the basic unit of heredity.

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NGSS.HS-LS1-1

The nucleotide base at a particular place in the sequence of a gene is an ______.

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NGSS.HS-LS3-1

Select all true statements about crop rotation.

• It requires the same species be planted in the same place over and over again.

• It involves changing what crop is planted in a given area each season, with at least 2 crops alternating through planting locations.

• It can interrupt disease cycles.

• Specific crops can be chosen to help recharge the soil.

• The different crops must have the same nutritional requirements.

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NGSS.HS-LS2-2