For the Week ending 02/24/12
Directions: Choose the word that matches with the definition and appropriately fits into the blank space in the sentence.
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a plant hormone that promotes root formation and bud growth; phytohormone
When a terminal bud or growing tip is removed from the parent plant, a growth-suppression hormone called _______ is removed as well. |
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A series of formative cells lying outside of the wood proper and inside of the inner bark, where new wood growth takes place.
The _______ is the new and growing tissue lying underneath the bark and on the outside of the growing wood. |
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bearing numerous leaves; leafy.
The monkey forages on _______ lichen and the young leaves and shoots of trees like Betula spp. and Sorbus spp |
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Any of various mostly needle-leaved or scale-leaved, chiefly evergreen, cone-bearing trees or shrubs such as pines, spruces, and firs.
The latest pawn in this environmental chess match is the Pacific yew tree, a scrubby _______ found from southern Alaska to central California and in Washington, Oregon, Idaho and Montana. |
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Shedding or losing foliage at the end of the growing season; pertaining to trees which lose their leaves in winter or the dry season
Because they shed their leaves every autumn and are furnished with a new set in the spring: '_______' is Latin for 'falling off. |