Corn maize - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Name five basic adaptations that enabled the transition from green algae to land plants. The cuticle prevents water loss, compounds prevent UV damage, Lignin allows vascular systems, tracheids allow upward growth, and guard cells allow CO2 in. What ecosystem services do plants provide? Describe four. Produce oxygen, hold soil with roots, hold water, keeps from flash floods, primary producers, key to carbon cycle. How does plant photosynthesis affect atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) levels? How...

According to the study presented in the lecture notes, what effect is global warming expected to have of US yields of corn and soybean by the end of the century, in the absence direct beneficial effects of higher CO2 concentration and of adaptation? - ️️corn yield is projected to decrease 40-80% and soybean yield is projected to drop 35-75% By what factor has the maximum mammal body mass increased over the last 70 million years, while the Earth has cooled by 5-7ºC? - ️️1000 times By w...

maize - Answer-Period 1 (] CORN. Staple crop that formed the economic foundation of Indian civilizations. columbian exchange - Answer-Period 1 (] An exchange between the Old World, New World, and Africa. In this exchange the Old World gave the New World food, animals, and diseases. Africa gave the New World slaves. Lastly, the New World gave the Old World gold, silver, raw materials, and syphilis. encomienda system - Answer-Period 1 (] in the West Indies; used by Spanish for giving peop...

maize An early form of corn grown by Native Americans Aztecs Ancient civilization (AD) located in what is present-day Mexico City Brainpower Read More Previous Play Next Rewind 10 seconds Move forward 10 seconds Unmute 0:00 / 0:00 Full screen Incas Ancient civilization (AD) that was located in the Andes in Peru pueblo a communal village built by Indians in the southwestern United States three sister farming The cultivation of beans, corn, and squash...

Some of the oldest agricultural sites are located in which area of the world? correct answer: The Fertile Crescent Plants have been slowly domesticated to suit human needs over the past 10,000 years by which method? correct answer: artificial selection Which of the following might serve as evidence of ancient farming practices? correct answer: Grain processing tools Soil mounding and channels Terraces Pollen and phytolith microfossils The earliest domesticated crop from the Near ...

American Yawp - Chapter 1: The New World Exam Question And Answers Three Sisters - ANS Eastern Woodlands crops - corn, squash, and beans. Mesoamericans - ANS Lived in modern day Mexico and Central America. Relied heavily on Maize. shifting cultivation - ANS Cut forest, burn undergrowth, plant seeds in nutrient rich ashes. Useful in areas with difficult soil. Eastern Woodlands - ANS Forest dwelling Native American group. Established permanent agriculture. Used hand tools and ...

maize - Answer Period 1 (1491-1607] CORN. Staple crop that formed the economic foundation of Indian civilizations. columbian exchange - Answer Period 1 (1491-1607] An exchange between the Old World, New World, and Africa. In this exchange the Old World gave the New World food, animals, and diseases. Africa gave the New World slaves. Lastly, the New World gave the Old World gold, silver, raw materials, and syphilis. encomienda system - Answer Period 1 (1491-1607] in the West Indies...

Examples of sustainable prehistoric civilization(s) include..... - Inca and Zuni Hopi and Zuni maize is...... - Open-pollenated and drought-tolerant The Zuni use small rock dams to slow and diffuse the water onto their agricultural fields. These rock dams work well when...... - Rainfall is more intense The Inca abandoned terraces because..... - The terraces were above the irrigation canal and were no longer needed due to the population crash The Incan terrace soils had high levels of...

Describe the process of mitosis & Meiosis and include the stages of Mitosis mitosis- genetically identical; daughter cells. meiosis- genetically different; gamates Stages of mitosis & meiosis Prophase, Metaphase, Anaphase, Telophase, Interphase Describe the function of photosynthesis, transpiration, & cellular respiration. photosynthesis- makes food, sun, h20, co2, creates sugars & starches transpiration- loss of water from plant cell respiration- releasing energy Li...

Corn or Maize Staple crop that formed the economic foundation of Indian civilizations. Portugal First European nation to send explorers around the west coast of Africa. Brainpower Read More Previous Play Next Rewind 10 seconds Move forward 10 seconds Unmute 0:00 / 0:00 Full screen Horse Animal introduced by Europeans that changed Indian way of life on the Great Plains Treaty of Tordesillas Treaty that secured Spanish title to lands in Americas by dividing t...