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Questions 5-6
About 300 genera and 3,000 species of the Apiaceae family exist in the Northern Hemisphere. Nearly a quarter of these genera are native to the United States, with several large genera in the West.
Members of this family are usually aromatic herbs with hollow stems, fern-like leaves, and small flowers in flat-topped or rounded umbels that are further grouped into a compound cluster. The family is important for such foods as carrots, parsnips, and celery and such spices and seasonings as coriander, caraway, anise, parsley, and dill. However, some spices are very poisonous. [97 words]
5. All of the following statements describe the Apiaceae family EXCEPT
Ⓐ This family has three thousand species in the Northern Hemisphere.
Ⓑ Plants in this family are native to one-fourth of the United States.
Ⓒ This family includes vegetables, herbs, spices, and poisons.
Ⓓ Most members of this family have small flowers grouped in clusters.
6. All of the following are members of the Apiaceae family EXCEPT
Ⓐ parsnips
Ⓑ potatoes
Ⓒ carrots
Ⓓ parsley
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5. B: The passage does not state that plants in the Apiaceae family are native to one-fourth of the United States. All the other answers describe the Apiaceae family: ...3,000 species of the Apiaceae family exist in the Northern Hemisphere; ...aromatic herbs...foods...spices and seasonings...some spices are very poisonous; ...small flowers...that are further grouped into a compound cluster.
6. B: Potatoes are not members of the Apiaceae family. All the other answers are given: carrots, parsnips...parsley....