SUMMARY 241 



QUESTIONS 



Why should plants and animals, like other earth phenomena, be 

 studied in this course ? 



What are the three parts into which most plants can be readily 

 separated? In what three respects are plants and animals alike? 

 What do the plant roots do for the plant? How do they do it? 

 Describe some different kinds of stems that you have seen, and ex- 

 plain their adaptability or lack of adaptability for making the best of 

 the conditions where they were. 



What do the leaves do for the plant? How do they do it? 



What is the value to the plant of the flower? How are the flowers 

 prepared to carry out their part in the life struggle of the plant? 

 Describe any way in which you know that animals have been of 

 assistance to plants. 



How do plants provide for the dispersal of their seeds? 



How. does the seed develop into a plant? 



With what useful or what harmful fungi have you ever had any 

 experience ? 



In what ways are bacteria helpful and in what ways harmful to 

 mankind? How are harmful bacteria guarded against? 



How are plants and animals mutually helpful to each other? 



Name and describe some of the invertebrate animals you know. 



How have we found that the angleworm benefits the soil ? 



What is the use to the vertebrate of the skeleton and the nervous 

 system ? 



Describe how vertebrate animals breathe. Why is it vitally 

 necessary for them to breathe freely? 



What is the use of the blood? How does.it get around to where it 

 is needed ? 



Describe the ways in which man becomes aware of what is outside 

 his body. 



Why is food needed ? How and where is it digested ? 



What are the three great groups into which foods are divided ? 

 Why should you not use alcohol or tobacco ? 



Why is cookery one of the most useful arts? 



