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Botany Basics

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






2. A plant with flowers containing stamens but no carpels would be a ___ plant with ____ flowers?






3. The leaves of cacti are actually ____?






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






5. Most cacti are __________ where the stem is responsible for the photosynthetic processes in the plant?






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






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






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






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






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






11. When the calyx - corolla - and stamen of a flower appear to be attached at the top of the ovary - the ovary is said to be ____?






12. The space between the nodes of a stem is called the _____?






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






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






15. 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.






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






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






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






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






20. 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 ____?






21. A uniovulate carpel would contain how many seed?






22. Actively dividing cells can be found in ___?






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






24. Flowers are usually attached to a special structure at the end of a stem or peduncle called a ___?






25. Which fruit or seed is dispersed by water?






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






27. The Calvin cycle is sometimes referred to as the ___?






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






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






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






31. The part of the flower that eventually become seeds are the ____?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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

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39. A primary function of traechids is ___?






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






41. Lignin is found primarily in ___?






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






43. The areas between the location of leaf attachments on the stem are called ___?






44. Not a specialized stem?






45. Horizontal stems that produce roots and shoots are ___?






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






47. A conspicuous organelle at the light microscope level in cells of the palisade mesophyll would be ___?






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






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






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