Hi, While at home over the summer break your Great Uncle Sid starts complaining

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While at home over the summer break your Great Uncle Sid starts complaining about maintaining the plants in his yard. He is contemplating eliminating all his yard plants and asphalting over everything. What compelling fact or facts could you give your Great Uncle Sid about the importance of green plants to our lives? Select one: a. Green plants are able to make their own food. b. Green plants form the base of food chains so ultimately we are all dependent on them. c. Green plants produce oxygen, which we need for respiration. d. Green plants reduce the amount of CO2 in the atmosphere, which counteracts the greenhouse effect. e. All of the above are compelling and accurate facts about green plants. Why do most plants appear green? Select one: a. Green plants absorb the green wavelength of light b. Green plants absorb the red and blue wavelengths of light c. Green plants reflect the green wavelength of light d. It is just chance they are green e. Plants have green genes as opposed to blue genes Why do plant leaves' have veins? Select one: a. To carry oxygen b. To carry water c. To carry glucose d. A and B e. B and C Your gut contains a lot of different bacterial species that also require energy from metabolizing glucose. What type of glucose metabolism are these bacteria carrying out? Select one: a. Alcoholic fermentation b. Glycolysis c. Transcription d. Cellular respiration e. Photosynthesis

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22) E- all of the above are compelling and accurate facts about green plants.

A is true because plant make their own food by photosynthesis.

B is true because they are the primary producers of the food chain if they disappear the whole food chain will be disrupted. So we are all dependent on green plants.

C is true because they exhale oxygen.

D is true because they take co2 from the atmosphere and give oxygen to the environment.

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