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Broccoli is a green vegetable that vaguely resembles a miniature tree. It belongs to the plant species known as Brassica oleracea.
It’s closely related to cabbage, Brussels sprouts, kale and cauliflower — all edible plants collectively referred to as cruciferous vegetables. Broccoli is a human invention. It was bred out of the wild cabbage plant, Brassica oleracea . It was cultivated to have a specific taste and flavor that was more palatable to people.
Here's how that worked. Wild cabbage has small flower buds and is a biennial. That means it only flowers every other year.
In a controlled environment, it can be forced to reproduce itself many times. When an offspring of the plant with larger, tastier buds grows, gardeners threw away the less tasty plants and started reproducing from that one.
In future generations, there were further opportunities to get plants with larger, tastier buds. And other genes that make the process easier, such as plants that have a faster growing cycle emerged.
In selecting and reinforcing the traits enjoyed by more people, humans took wild cabbage and cultivated a new kind of plant altogether, broccoli.
Answer:
(i) Americans are united at time of hardship.
(ii) It concentrates on the diversity of the American society and their unity.
Quindlen's piece was written in context of the aftermath of the terrorist attack of 9/11. It concentrated on how the Americans overcame the trauma.
Answer:
C
. Chinese immigrants endured discrimination based on hatred.
Explanation:
Chinese immigrants faced discrimination based on hatred and racism. The Chinese Must Go started in the period of 1850s before federal border control established strict divisions between citizens and immigrants. Across decades, Chinese workers faced escalating racial conflict and unrest due to their alien nature which increases fear among the people of immigrants.
