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Botany Basics

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1. In a mature - woody dicot stem - the tissue between the xylem and phloem is the ____?






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






3. Wood cells are composed primarily of cellulose and ___?






4. Which of the following is a specialized root?






5. Which molecule is synthesized during the light reactions of photosynthesis by receiving electrons - becoming an eectron carrier molecule?






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






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






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






9. The osmotic response of guard cells is governed by ____ levels in the guard cells?






10. You have a crop that is not doing well and you add a lot of fertilizer to help it out but this causes the crop to do worse. ExplaIn what has happened?






11. Stems differ from roots in ___?






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






13. The skin of most fruits is technically the ___?






14. Wood cells are composed primarily of lignin and ____?






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






16. Pollen is produced in the ____ of a flower?






17. Vessels are different from traechids because _____?






18. When the calyx - corolla and stamen of a flower are attached at the top of the ovary - the ovary is said to be ___?






19. Root hairs are found in the region of the root called the ____?






20. The osmotic response of guard cells is governed by the ___ levels in the guard cells?






21. When the calyx - corolla - and stamen of a flower are attached below the overy - the ovary is said to be ___?






22. Not a specialized leaf?






23. 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?






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






25. The 'eyes' of the Irish potato are actually ___?






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






27. Roots differ from stems in ___?






28. A primary function of traechids is ___?






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






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






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






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






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






34. An example of a multiple fruit would be the ___?






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






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






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






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






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






40. Explain how a guard cell opens and closes the stoma?






41. This cell type is important in monocot and dicot roots by helping to regulate what gets into the ___?






42. Which of the following drugs is NOT obtained from leaves?






43. The fleshy edible part of the strawberry is actually the ____?






44. Which cell types hav the primary function of photosynthesis?






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






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






47. Specialized epidermal cells that increase the surface area for absorption of water are ____?






48. Cells produced by the vascular cambium include ___?






49. Not a specialized leaf?






50. Which is a type of epidermal cell?