AFS Plant Unit Study Guide

1. What exactly is an invasive species?

2. What two chemical processes are most important for life on this planet? (from assignment #2)

3. Of those two processes, which one(s) is/are done by plants, which one(s) is/are done by
animals?

4. What molecule do plants use to build their bodies?

5. What does a Mountain Ash look like?

6. What does a Spruce look like?

7. How could I tell if my pine tree is a spruce, besides it’s appearance?

8. What does a Ponderosa Pine look like?

9. What does mallow look like?

10. What leaf shape does wild ginger have?

11. Is a tomato plant invasive?

12. What does common plantain look like?

13. What does spotted knapweed look like?

14. What does fuzzy mullein (lambs ear) look like?

15. What is an evolutionary advantage to having “fuzz” for mullein?

16. What does golden rod look like?

17. What type of Survivorship Curve does golden rod follow?

18. What type of Survivorship Curve do polar bears follow?

19. What does a White Pine cone look like?

20. What is the anthroposphere?

21. What does a dandelion look like?

22. How does a carbon atom in the ocean (hydrosphere) get locked into the geosphere?

23. How do melting glaciers threaten to increase global temperatures?

24. What does common yarrow look like?

25. What does prickley lettuce look like?

26. What does a lobed leaf look like?

27. What does the environment look like for primary succession?

28. What does common bugloss look like?

29. What does dalmation toadflax look like?

30. What does a Black Cottonwood (poplar) look like?

31. What does a Brown Marmalated Stink bug look like?

32. What are fossil fuels?

33. What does a Ponderosa Pine smell like?

34. What does the bark of a White Pine look like?

35. What part of the plant is the pine cone?

36. How do pine cones react to weather?

37. Where would you find secondary succession?