Unit 2

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Total cards: 24•Content version: v4•Public deck•Updated: 8/1/2026

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Front (Question)

Leaf Venation

Back (Answer)

Front (Question)

Dicots in seeds vs Monocots in seeds

Back (Answer)

Two cotyledons (part of the embryo) only one cotyledon

Front (Question)

Dicots in Flowers vs Monocots in Flowers

Back (Answer)

Usually four or five floral parts (or multiples of these) Usually 3 floral parts (or multiples of 3)

Front (Question)

Dicots in leaves vs Monocots in leaves

Back (Answer)

Usually a netlike array of leaf veins Usually a parallel array of leaf veins

Front (Question)

Dicots in stems vs Monocots in stems

Back (Answer)

Vascular bundles arrayed as a ring in stem Vascular bundles distributed ground tissue of stem

Front (Question)

3 Main reasons why we rotate plant fields

Back (Answer)

• interrupt the crop pests (lifecycles of insects and pathogens) • Help with soil fertility (similar nutritional demands) • Members of the Fabaceae (legume) can add nitrogen to the soil • Members of the Liliaceae are heavy users of potassium

Front (Question)

What does understanding plant families provide assistance when using pesticides?

Back (Answer)

Many of the same families benefit from the same pesticides

Front (Question)

IPF (friends ad foe)

Back (Answer)

Friend - Important crop/ vegetable Foe - plants/weeds we are trying to limit in nature

Front (Question)

Solanaceae Family

Back (Answer)

Nightshade Friend - Potato and Tomato Foe - Jimsonweed and nightshade

#10

Front (Question)

Brassicaceae Family

Back (Answer)

Mustard family Friend - Broccoli, canola, kale, mustard, turnips Foe - Shepherds purse, yellow rocket

#11

Front (Question)

Rosaceae Family

Back (Answer)

Rose Family Friend - Apples, Peaches, strawberries, blackberries, pears, almond Foe - Muliflora rose (weed)

#12

Front (Question)

Fabaceae Family

Back (Answer)

Legume Family Friend - Bean, Pea, alfalfa Foe - Black medic (weed)

#13

Front (Question)

Poaceae Family

Back (Answer)

Grass Family Friend - Corn, wheat, barley, oats Foe -barnyard grass

#14

Front (Question)

Polygonaceae Family

Back (Answer)

Knotweed family Friend - Buckwheat, rhubarb Foe - Knotweed, smartweed (Ocrea) - base of petiole connected to stem

#15

Front (Question)

Asteraceae Family

Back (Answer)

Sunflower Family Friend - Sunflower, Lettuce, Foe - Dandelion, cocklebur, Ragweed

#16

Front (Question)

Liliaceae Family

Back (Answer)

Lily Family Friend - Asparagus, onions, garlic, tulips Foe - Wild garlic

#17

Front (Question)

Why is knowing a plant family important?

Back (Answer)

• Find common pests • Similar in nutrients • Used as identification

#18

Front (Question)

What Plant families are the most important?

Back (Answer)

Grass Family!!!!!! lots of staple foods - (20 crops between global starvation) Legume Family Nitrogen in soils

#19

Front (Question)

Why do plants within a family share the same or similar pests

Back (Answer)

From the same origin, genetically similar.

#20

Front (Question)

Photosynthesis in Greek

Back (Answer)

“photo” means Light “synthesis” means put together

#21

Front (Question)

How to plants make their own food

Back (Answer)

Photosynthesis the process by which

#22

Front (Question)

What 3 things are required for photosynthesis

Back (Answer)

Carbon dioxide Water light/ energy from the sun

#23

Front (Question)

Formula for Photosynthesis

Back (Answer)

CO2 + H2O + Sun = Sugar +Oxygen

#24

Front (Question)

Carbohydrates (starches and sugars)

Back (Answer)

After the plant produces carbohydrates - Plat uses them as energy - Stores then - Builds complex energy compounds (oils and proteins)