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Botany Basics

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






2. Stems differ from roots in ____?






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






4. When humidity is high - ____?






5. Plants maintain a constant flow of water from the roots to the leaves through a process very critical to life on land called ____?






6. 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?






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






8. Which soil horizon is the most important agriculturally?






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






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






11. 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?






12. Not a specialized leaf?






13. Not a specialized stem?






14. Which of the following is a specialized root?






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






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






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






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






19. In which of the following are guard cells (that form stomata) not actively involved?






20. Pollen adheres to a sticky portion of the flower called the ___?






21. The type of root system found in a dicot is a ___?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






31. Lignin is found primarily in ___?






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






33. What obvious characteristic does a deciduous plant exhibit?






34. Horizontal stems that grow just below the surface of the soil are called ____?






35. 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 ____?






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






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






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






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






40. The 'eyes' of the Irish potato are actually ____?






41. The best soil for plant growth is ___?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






49. White the basic chemical equation for photosynthesis indicating which parts are for the light dependent stage and which are part of the light independent stage?






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






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