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Botany Basics

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






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






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






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






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






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






7. Most of the flesh of pomes comes from the ____?






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






9. Sugars produced in photosynthesis are loaded intothe ___ of the leaf?






10. Differentiate between diffusion and osmosis?






11. ___ roots of dicots penetrate very deeply to underground water while ____ roots of monocots remain close to the surfae and facilitate rapid absorption of surface water?






12. Which is a type of epidermal cell?






13. Roots differ from stems in ___?






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






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






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






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






18. Specialized cells in the vascular tssue of a root responsible for initiating lateral root growth are _____ cells?






19. The best soil for plant growth is ___?






20. Cells produced by the vascular cambium include ___?






21. A uniovulate carpel would contain how many seed?






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






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






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






25. Name the 4 parts of aflower and briefly explain the process of double fertilization?






26. 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 ____?






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






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






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






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






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






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






33. 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?






34. A cactus is classified as a modified ____?






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






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






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






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






39. When humidity is high - ____?






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






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






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






43. When a plant cell loses water and the cell membrane pulls away from the cell wall - the cell is said to be under going ____?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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