BIOL 1300- Final Exam questions with answers

BIOL 1300- Final Exam questions with|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\




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What does the term "vegetable" refer to? - CORRECT ANSWERS
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✔✔above-ground and below ground |\ |\ |\




What are the two categories of vegetables? - CORRECT ANSWERS
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✔✔1. root/below-ground crops
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2. green/above-ground crops
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What does "root crop" refer to? - CORRECT ANSWERS
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✔✔vegetables in which the harvested portion is dug from the soil |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\


that includes true roots and underground stems
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What are the most economically important true roots in
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vegetables? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔taproots- swollen true roots
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that are specialized in storing carbohydrates
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-eg: carrots
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What are vegetable crops that store carbohydrates? - CORRECT
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ANSWERS ✔✔-bulbs: modified stems with basal scale leaves
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-rhizomes: swollen, horizontal underground stems
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-tubers: swollen, greatly enlarged rhizome tips with "buds"
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-corms: enlarged, swollen fleshy stem bases
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,What are "green" vegetable crops? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔all
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above-ground plant part exclusive of fruit |\ |\ |\ |\ |\




What are the above-ground plants that are harvested for human
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consumption? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔-leaves: spinach, lettuce |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\




-stems: asparagus |\




-immature flowering heads: cauliflower, broccoli, etc.
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-shoot tips: bamboo shoots
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-seedlings: malt barley, bean, alfalfa sprouts
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What do Bulbs consist of? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔-onions
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-shallots
-green onions |\




-leeks
-chives
-garlic


Where did the monocot bulbs originate from? - CORRECT
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ANSWERS ✔✔Central Asia |\ |\




What did bulbs pungent flavor attribute to? - CORRECT ANSWERS
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✔✔sulphur compounds cutting the bulb releases the volatile
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compounds, leading to irritation and tearing of eyes|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\




What is a tuber? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔-potato and yams that
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are part of tomato family
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,Where is the tuber native to? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔South
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America


Where do potatoes thrive? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔-in cool
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summer climate of N/E Europe where they are a staple starchy
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food


Potatoes are what % of water? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔80%
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water and high source in carbohydrates, vitamins and little
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protein


What are potatoes easy to do? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔easy to
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propagate (clone) vegetativley where the "eyes" of the tubers are
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stem buds, that has to potential to produce new cloned plant
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What is a disadvantage of potatoes? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔-
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little genetic resistance or variation
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-highly susceptible to pest or pathogen attack
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What is potato blight? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔a fungal water
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mold that decimated the crop
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Yellow and white yams are native to what region? - CORRECT
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ANSWERS ✔✔West Africa tropical regions |\ |\ |\ |\

, What is the cush-cush yam? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔produces
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small yellow tubers native to central america where it is an
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important staple crop |\ |\




Where did the corm originate? - CORRECT ANSWERS
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✔✔Southeast Asia |\




What did humans do to corms? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔spread
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species to tropical regions where it became a staple
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carbohydrate source |\




Where does Taro/corms grow best? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔in
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water-saturated soils in tropical climates |\ |\ |\ |\




How are corms prepared? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔must be
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cooked to remove irritant calcium oxalate crystals
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What are tropical true roots? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔cassava
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sweet potato |\




Cassava is an important what? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔starch
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source , energy source
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What happens when cassava is propagated? - CORRECT
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ANSWERS ✔✔from root and shoot cuttings that has little protein,
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mineral, vitamins and other foods are required to keep a healthy
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diet