Chapter 3 Review: The Geography of Grass

  1. Prairie plant adaptations to conserve water include the following EXCEPT
    1. linear leaves of grasses (wrong)
    2. alternating stages of photosynthesis (wrong)
    3. hairy surfaces (wrong)
    4. deep roots (wrong)
    5. absorbing water through leaves <==== correct
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  2. Before European settlement, fires in the prairies had what effect?
    1. kill trees <==== correct
    2. kill grasses (wrong)
    3. protect wildlife (wrong)
    4. increase woodlands (wrong)
    5. decrease soil nutrition (wrong)
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  3. Herbaceous flowering plants other than grasses are called
    1. forbs <==== correct
    2. trees (wrong)
    3. conifers (wrong)
    4. ferns (wrong)
    5. mosses (wrong)
      Hint
  4. Grasses are pollinated by ________ .
    1. wind <==== correct
    2. bees (wrong)
    3. butterflies (wrong)
    4. birds (wrong)
    5. beetles (wrong)
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  5. Embedded in the epidermis of a leaf are ________, openings that regulate gas exchange with the atmosphere.
    1. kettles (wrong)
    2. stomata <==== correct
    3. cuticles (wrong)
    4. mesophyll (wrong)
    5. chlorophyll (wrong)
      Hint
  6. Photosynthesis produces ________ molecules.
    1. chlorophyll (wrong)
    2. carbon dioxide (wrong)
    3. hydrogen (wrong)
    4. sugar <==== correct
    5. protein (wrong)
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  7. Plants can close their stomata to conserve water during ________ of photosynthesis.
    1. light reactions <==== correct
    2. heavy reactions (wrong)
    3. dark reactions (wrong)
    4. Calvin cycle (wrong)
    5. energy cycle (wrong)
      Hint
  8. The Illinois state grass is
    1. Andropogon gerardii <==== correct
    2. Geum triflorum (wrong)
    3. Desmodium illinoense (wrong)
    4. Desmanthus illinoensis (wrong)
    5. Silphium laciniatum (wrong)
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