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IE 116 1st Edition Exam# 1 Study Guide Lectures: 1-6Helpful Questions and Answers (at the end)1. In what order have plants evolved?a. Algae, Moss, Ferns, Flowering Plants, Conifersb. Moss, Algae, Ferns, Flowering Plants, Conifersc. Algae, Moss, Ferns, Conifers, Flowering Plantsd. Algae, Ferns, Moss, Flowering Plants, Coniferse. Algae, Ferns, Moss, Conifers, Flowering Plants2. Hunter-gatherers:a. Were better fed than early agriculturalistsb. Were healthier than early agriculturalistsc. Had more children and a shorter birth interval than early agriculturalistsd. A and B only.e. A and B and C.3. Which of the following was considered an advantage of the potato to the European economy?a. It was more productive than other cropsb. It is highly nutritiousc. It was easy to growd. It was resistant to destruction during conflictse. All of the above are considered advantages of the potato to the European economy4. Which of the following is an example of evolution?a. Over time, a gene for disease resistance becomes more frequent in a population of plants.b. A houseplant is moved to a sunnier location and it starts to grow more vigorously.c. Your pet walks to the door when it hears your car in the driveway.d. A crop has a higher yield after fertilizer is added.e. A crop of canola all begins to flower at the same time.5. Which of the following plants does not have a vascular system?a. Algaeb. Mossc. Fernsd. Only A and B lack a vascular systeme. None of the above have a vascular system6. Which of the following illustrates classical plant breeding?a. Inserting a gene for cold hardiness from a tomato plant into a tomato plant that is intolerant to cold.b. Crossing a cold hardy tomato plant with a drought tolerant tomato plant.c. Inserting a cold hardiness gene from polar bears into a tomato plant.d. Putting a bunch of random seeds in a jar, closing the lid, and letting nature “take its course”.e. None of the above correctly illustrates classical plant breeding.7. Secondary plant metabolites:a. are directly involved in the growth of a plantb. are directly involved in plant reproductionc. are not necessary for immediate survival of a plantd. may aid in plant defensee. Both C and D are correct about secondary plant metabolites8. Gobekli Tepe is:a. the locale where wheat was first domesticated.b. the name of the most studied hunter-gatherer society.c. now believed to be the sole center of the origin of agriculture.d. the basis for Darwin’s “Agriculture as a discovery” theory.e. an ancient set of structures likely erected by hunter-gatherers.9. The term land race refers to:a. a crop plant that has adapted to local growing conditions.b. a potato breeding competition between Peru and Chile.c. adapting local growing conditions to plants brought in from other areas.d. crops that have been genetically modified for optimal growth in any area.e. different types of soil that are shipped in to accommodate exotic plants10. If a plant can grow well by itself in the wild, yet still retains desirable agronomic traits, the plant is:a. semi-domesticated.b. fully domesticated.c. semi-edible.d. falsely-domesticated.e. None of the above.11. Plant secondary metabolites:a. Have no known metabolic function within the plant.b. Are in many cases defenses against herbivoresc. Are sometimes used to attract pollinatorsd. Are in some cases psychoactive or therapeutic drugse. All of the above12. Anatomically speaking, what kind of plant part is the potato?a. It is the swollen tip of an underground stem.b. It is an above-ground rootc. It is a below-ground flowerd. It is a modified leafe. It is an enlarged piece of pollen13. Oats, which were moved from their native range as a seed contaminant in wheat and later domesticated, are an example of__________?a. primary domestication.b. secondary domestication.c. trans-domestication.d. the domestication syndrome.e. None of the above are correct.14. Which of the following theories is based on the assumption of superiority of agricultural over hunter-gatherer lifestyles (for this practice question multiple answers may be correct)?a. Agriculture as a discovery (Darwin, Sauer)b. Agriculture develops from late Pleistocene crowding (Childe)c. Agriculture gradually evolved from human - plant interactions (Rindos)d. Agriculture evolved at margins of stable, sedentary HG (fishing villages – Binford -Flannery).e. Agriculture started for different reasons in different parts of the world at different times -the “no model” model (Harlan)15. What are the two groups of plants first domesticated by humans?a. Grasses and legumesb. Legumes and potatoesc. Tomatoes and orchidsd. Moss and algaee. Black pepper and cinnamon16. Landraces are traditional varieties of crop plants that:a. are locally adapted to the area in which they are grown.b. may have been produced by unintentional breeding.c. may have been produced by intentional breeding.d. Only A and B are correcte. A, B, and C are all correct17. Through the process of photosynthesis, plants:a. Fix O2 and Produce CO2b. Fix CO2 and Produce O2c. Fix both CO2and O2d. Produce H2O and Fix O2e. None of the above are correct about the process of photosynthesis18. Agriculture would likely be a more effective food production system than hunter-gathering when:a. the population size is small.b. birth rates are low.c. food availability is not consistent year to year.d. food is plentiful year round.e. None of the above.19. The molecule that captures light energy and during photosynthesis is:a. coumarinb. mesophyllc. capsaicind. pericarpe. chlorophyll20. One of the hypothesized reasons for a replacement of hunter gatherer societies with agriculturalists is that diseases from agriculturalists decimated hunter gatherers when these people were exposed to them. This is because:a. agriculturalists were better fed and thus suffered lower mortality rates.b. hunter-gatherers lived in small communities and did not have sophisticated medical traditions.c. crops which agriculturalists ate had antibiotic properties.d. agriculturalists had evolved resistance to “diseases of crowding”.e. All of the above.21. Plants, through a process called __________, produce __________ that supports life on Earth.a. photosynthesis, oxygenb. photosynthesis, carbon dioxidec. emigration, glucosed. metabolism, watere. none of the above22. Which of the following statements most accurately describes the domestication syndrome?a. The diseases prevalent in agricultural communitiesb.


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