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EXAM/V/ST/V /E8
, mitosis - ✔✔"What is the term for the process of division or duplication of a typical cell?"
chloroplast - ✔✔"In a plant cell where is solar energy (light) converted into stored energy (simple sugars)?"
genes - ✔✔"What are the components of a cell that determine the characteristics of a living thing?"
pea - ✔✔What type of plant did Gregor Johann Mendel use to discover the effects of genetics on characteristics?
capillary - ✔✔"Plants use only what kind of water in the soil?"
water - ✔✔"What is known as the "universal solvent" because it can dissolve a variety of different substances?"
permeable - ✔✔"What is the term that describes the proportion and size of soil particles?"
forestry - ✔✔"What is the management of forests called?"
herbicide - ✔✔"What type of pesticide is used to kill weeds?"
germination - ✔✔"What is the process by which seeds sprout and begin to grow?"
respiration - ✔✔"What is the process by which living cells (plant or animal) take in oxygen and give carbon dioxide?"
photosynthesis - ✔✔"What is the series of processes in which light energy is converted into simple sugar called?"
hampshire - ✔✔commercially important breed of swine that is black with a white belt and erect ears.
layer - ✔✔"What is the term for a chicken that was developed to produce a large number of eggs?"
kid - ✔✔"What is the term for the offspring from a goat?"