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Botany Basics

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1. An example of an aggregate fruit would be the ___?






2. ____ is the stage of cellular respiration that takes place outside of the mitochondria?






3. The discrete paches of xylem and phloem found in herbaceous dicot stems are called ____?






4. Cells produced by the vascular cambium include ___?






5. Which of the following is a specialized root?






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






7. The ___ horizon - also referred to as ____ - is the most imp't agriculturally and deep layers of This is found in the ____ biome?






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






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






10. A leaf with leaflets is classified as a ____ leaf while a leaf with a single blade is classified as a ____ leaf?






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






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






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






14. A primary function of traechids is ___?






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






16. The part of the flower where seeds are produced is called the ___?






17. Which biome has the best 'A' horizon?






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






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






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






21. Roots differ from stems in ___?






22. When humidity is low - ____ ?






23. The wood of cone bearing trees - softwoods - consists of primary traechids - while the wood of flowering trees - hardwoods - consists of traechids and ____?






24. Explain the process by which plants get water from the soil into the leaves?






25. Which of the following drugs are NOT obtained from leaves?






26. Specialized cells in the vascular tssue of a root responsible for initiating lateral root growth are _____ cells?






27. This tissue (region) is present in monocot roots but absent in dicot roots?






28. Grasses - or monocots - are examples of plants with a ____ root system?






29. The skin of most fruits is technically the ____?






30. Fruit forms from the ovary wall of a flower referred to a the ___?






31. The ground tissue of monocots is composed of ___?






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






33. The final electron acceptor during the process of cellular respiration is ___?






34. A uniovulate carpel would contain how many seed?






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

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






37. The endodermis works to direct water through its cells by having the presence of a waxy layer of suberin called the ____ around its cells n only one plane?






38. 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?






39. Explain photorespiration and how the enzyme rubisco plays a major role in that process during photosynthesis?






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






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






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






43. Explain why a cucumber or tomato really should be referred to as a fruit?






44. Differentiate between diffusion and osmosis?






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






46. This tissue/region is present in monocot roots but absent in dicot roots?






47. Because of greater light intensity and heat absorption on the upper surface of the leaf - the lower surface has ____?






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






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






50. Which of the following woud NOT be a part of the vasulcar stele?







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