How much do you know cbiological terms? (1)

QUESTIONS
1. What is the name of the branch of archaeology that includes the study of how
ancient civilisations used plants in their everyday life?
2. What is the name of the process by which plants use light to convert water
and carbon dioxide into sugar?
3. What do you call a plant whose parents are from two different genera?
4. In the life cycle of an animal or a plant, what is the term used for the young,
immature form that undergoes major change in structure as it becomes adult?
5. What is a chemical that kills certain plants, usually used for weed control?
6. What is the name of the male part of a flower, the pollen bearing anther is at its
tip?
7. What is the name of the female part of a flower, part of the pistil, it is where
the pollen from the male stamen is deposited?
8. What is the major structural part of the flower called? It transports water and
minerals from the roots to the leaves, and the food made in the leaves to other
parts of the plant.
9. What is the biological term for any individual living entity?
10. What is any spontaneous change in an organism’s inherited characteristics
called?
11. What is the term applied to the transfer of pollen from the male anther to a
female stigma, being the first step in flower reproduction?
12. What is the dark, thick material that is produced when organic matter decays?
13. What is the stalk of a flower’s stamen which bears the anther?
14. What are the complex protein substances that accelerate chemical activities in
a living organism, often referred to as organic catalysts?
15. What term describes a group of flowers on a plant?

ANSWERS
1. Ethnology. 2. Photosynthesis. 3. Bigeneric. 4. Larva. 5. Herbicide.6. Stamen. 7.
Stigma. 8. Stem. 9. Organism. 10. Mutation. 11. Pollination.12. Humus. 13. Filament.
14. Enzymes. 15. Inflorescence.