BPSC midterm 2 Exam Questions With Correct Answers.
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BPSC midterm 2 Exam Questions With
Correct Answers.
Which of the following groups is most different from the others?
-Plants, such as corn and grapes
-Animals, such as cows and humans
-Fungi, such as yeast for fermentation and mushrooms
-Bacteria - answerbacteria
Does wasabi stimulate the na...
BPSC midterm 2 Exam Questions With
Correct Answers.
Which of the following groups is most different from the others?
-Plants, such as corn and grapes
-Animals, such as cows and humans
-Fungi, such as yeast for fermentation and mushrooms
-Bacteria - answer✔bacteria
Does wasabi stimulate the nasal passages or the tongue more? - answer✔nasal passages
What is this family?
- This is the "Mustard Family"
- exstipulate leaves
- radial symmetry
- floral formula
(K4C4A4 long + 2 short G2)
- dehiscent (self-opening) - answer✔Brassicaceae
another word for self-opening - answer✔dehiscent
Give an example of a Brassicaceae product or crop - answer✔broccoli, mustard, wasabi
What is the most important food species in Brassicaceae? - answer✔Brassica oleracea (broccoli,
cabbage)
The flavor precursors of Brassicaceae are called... (what gives them their unique flavor) -
answer✔glucosinolates
If something ends with the ending '-ase', it is often a sign the word is an ___________
Glucosinolates products are also ________ to many insects pests of plants - answer✔toxic
Taste = ________ + _____________ and more - answer✔taste, smell
Much of taste is actually ________ - answer✔smell
What are all the taste sensations that have been hypothesized to be inherent in humans? -
answer✔bitter, sour, salty, sweet, umami, fat
Cats cannot taste the taste sensation of _________ - answer✔sweet
This is a loan word from Japanese meaning a pleasant savory taste - answer✔umami
another word for sodium glutamate - answer✔MSG
There is a difference between cabbage and lettuce. Cabbage is from the __________ family
while lettuce is from the _____________ family. - answer✔Brassicaceae, Asteraceae
The most diverse of all angiosperm families are the __________ family - answer✔Asteraceae
Sunflowers have how many flowers? - answer✔way more than 25
A sunflower is technically not a flower, it is an _______________ - answer✔inflorescence
What is this family?
- this family has perennial herbs
- exstipulate
- the fruit is an achene
- bilateral symmetry
- floral formula consists of disk flowers only or ray and disk flowers
ex. sunflowers, daisies - answer✔Asteraceae
The family Asteraceae is not a food-filled family and has only two very important food species.
They are? - answer✔sunflower, lettuce
Chilli peppers genus and species are called? - answer✔Capsicum annuum
What makes chilies pungent? - answer✔an alkaloid that gives peppers their heat
An _________ is a potent chemical produced by a plant that contains nitrogen
What are some ways to alleviate the burning sensation caused by capsaicin? - answer✔cold milk,
rice
The heat of peppers is measured in ___________ ___________ - answer✔Scoville units
What is this family?
- this is also called the "Nightshade Family"
- exstipulate
- most species contain alkaloids; most are poisonous because of them
- floral formula
(K5, C5, A5, C2(-5))
- the fruit is a berry or capsule (dry fruit that opens to release seeds) with persistent sepals -
answer✔Solanaceae
Solanaceae species contain alkaloids which points to how many species are ___________ -
answer✔poisonous
What are some important alkaloids from the Solanaceae? - answer✔capsaicin, nicotine, solanine
What are CA's top agricultural commodities? - answer✔dairy, grapes, almonds, cattle, lettuce,
strawberries, pistachios, tomatoes, walnuts, oranges
(D G A C L S P T W O
Dipshit gary ate cookies late so pooped things with ovaries)
Potatoes are also called __________ - answer✔rhizomes
___________ are swollen underground stems - answer✔rhizomes
___________ is a toxic alkaloid found in potato leaves - answer✔solanine
Green potatoes are ________ to eat - answer✔poisonous (because of solanine)
Solanaceae may be a largely poisonous family but it consists of two large food species because
of alkaloids such as __________ and ____________. - answer✔capsaicin (chili peppers),
solanine (potatoes, tomatoes)
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