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Botany Basics

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






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






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






4. Flowering plants that complete their lie cycles in a single season are called ___?






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






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






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






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






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






10. When humidity is low - ___?






11. Not a specialized stem?






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






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






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






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






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






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






18. 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.






19. What obvious characteristic does a deciduous plant exhibit?






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






21. Stems differ from roots in ___?






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






23. The best soil for plant growth is ___?






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






25. The discrete patches of xylem and phloem found in monocot stems are called ____?






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






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






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






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






30. When humidity is low - ____ ?






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






32. During the light dependent reactions of photosynthesis - ____?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






40. Not a specialized leaf?






41. What is attached at the node?






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






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






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






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






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






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






48. Which is a type of epidermal cell?






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






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