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Botany Basics

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1. Which of the following is a specialized leaf?






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






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






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






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






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






7. A leaf with leaflets is classified as a ____ leaf while a leaf with a single blade is classified as a ____ leaf?






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






9. The initial step in the germination of a seed is called ____?






10. Differentiate between diffusion and osmosis?






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






12. What 8 elements are classified as major/macro elements for plant development?






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






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






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






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






17. Which soil horizon is the most important agriculturally?






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






19. Which of the following drugs are NOT obtained from leaves?






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


21. A farmer finds that his landin the wetbottoms during an exceptionally wet year produced a very poor crop as most of the plants died. What could've been the problem?


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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






41. The wood of cone bearing trees - softwoods - consists of primary traechids - while the wood of flowering trees - hardwoods - consists of traechids and ____?






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






43. Which of the following is a specialized root?






44. 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.






45. Not a specialized stem?






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






47. Which biome has the worst 'A' horizon?






48. The discrete patches of xylem and phloem found in herbaceous dicot stems are called ___?






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






50. A primary function of traechids is ___?