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Botany Basics

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1. What is attached at the node?






2. Not a specialized leaf?






3. If the concentration of solutes/salts outside the plant cell is greater than the concentration on the inside - water will ____?






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






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






6. Which of the following is a micronutrient in terms of a plant's mineral requirements for growth?






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






8. Why is an Irish/white potato classified as a modified stem?






9. In which region would an ntercalary meristem be found?






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






11. Stoma are regulated by guard cells which swell or shrink due to movement of this specific ion in the stomata?






12. Which of the following is a root with a specialized function for food storage?






13. Which is a type of epidermal cell?






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






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






16. The parts of a flower that form male gametes are the ____?






17. Pollen adheres to a sticky portion of the flower called the ____?






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






19. Which cell type is responsible for transporting sugars in a plant?






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






21. The space on a stem between where buds are attache and elongates is referred to as the ____?






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






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






24. Not a specialized leaf?






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






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






27. In nature depletion of mineral nutrients in the soil - interference with plant growth by excluding air - and the acceleration of the breakdown of nitrates in the soil is caused by too much ____?






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






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






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






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






32. Water conducting cels that are open at either end include ___?






33. Lignin is found primarily in ___?






34. At present the most widely accepted theory for movement of substances in the phloem is called the ____?






35. Leaves and buds are attached to the stem at the ___?






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






37. Which pair goes along with pollination?






38. The main 'job' of the root is ____?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






49. The dermal tissues of leaves have wha specialized cells to regulate gas exchange?






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







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