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Botany Basics

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1. Fungi which associate with roots to increase water absorption and mineral uptake are called ____?






2. The spines of cacti are specially adapted to perform 2 imp't functions for the plant - transpiration and photosynthesis. True or false?






3. These 'showy' modified leaves are found at the base of flowers and usually draw attention to the smaller real flowers?






4. A structure in the axil of an attached leaf that is apable of future growth to form a branch shoot is the ____?






5. Most of the water that enters a plant via the roots leaves the same plant by the process of ____?






6. Photosystem pigments that function in gathering and passing light energy to reaction-center molecules are called ___?






7. What obvious characteristic does a deciduous plant exhibit?






8. Briefly describe the development of vascular tissu by the lateral/vascular cambium of a stem and how that results in the production of wood?






9. Which of the following is a specialized root for storage?






10. In a mature - woody dicot stem - the tissue/cell type between the xylem and the phloem is the _____?






11. Which fruit or seed is dispersed by water?






12. Why is visible light good energy to use for photsynthesis?


13. Most of the ATP produced in respiration is a result of the movement of H ions across an ATP synthase in the inner membrane of the ____ and is referred to as ____?






14. Specialized roots that permit plants growing in water to facilitate






15. Differentiate between diffusion and osmosis?






16. Name the 4 parts of aflower and briefly explain the process of double fertilization?






17. Most of the flesh of pomes comes from the __?






18. The leaves of cacti are actually ____?






19. Ultmately - how is energy moved around and created in living things?






20. The longest wavelength of energy reaching the earth from the sun is ___?






21. As best as you can - briefly describe the development of vascular tissue by the lateral/vascular cambium of a stem and how that results in the production of wood?






22. Pressure that develops within a living cell as the result of water entering the cell is called ___?






23. Not a specialized leaf?






24. Which of the following cell types hs food conduction as a primary function?






25. Lignin is found primarily in ___?






26. When humidity is high - ____?






27. A plant placed in a beaker of salt water will ____?






28. Strawberries are an example of what kind of modified stem?






29. Which of the following is a specialized leaf?






30. Which soil horizon is the most important agriculturally?






31. When humidity is low - ___?






32. The layer of chlorenchyma cells oriented to capture optimum sunlight at the top of the leaf are the ____?






33. The oxygen liberated by green plants during photosynthesis comes from ___?






34. When the calyx - Corolla - and stamens of a flower are attached at the top of the ovary - the ovary is said to be ____?






35. Which of the following is a critical part of a seed providing nutrition for the embryo?






36. The major regions of a root tip are ____ - ___ - _____ and _____?






37. Why do most roots tend to die in soils that contain very high concentrations of salts (or fertilizer)?






38. Plants whose leaves fall off at the end of the growing season are ___?






39. When a plant is fully saturated with water it is said to be high in ___ pressure wheras if it is low in water the plant is said to be flacid.






40. Sugars produced in photosynthesis are loaded intothe ___ of the leaf?






41. If the concentration of solutes inside the plant cell is grater than the concentration on the outside - water will move ___?






42. Which of the following is not a specialized stem?






43. An advantage to tap roots is that they ____?






44. If the concentration of solutes outside the plant cell is greater than the concentration on the inside - water will _____?






45. The part of the root containing the vascular tissue?






46. The part of the flower in which seeds are produced is the ___?






47. Cells produced by the vascular cambium do NOT include ___?






48. What 8 elements are classified as major/macro elements for plant development?






49. When a plant cell loses water and the cell membrane pulls away from the cell wall - the cell is said to be under going ____?






50. One year's growth of xylem in secondary wood is referred to as an ____?