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Botany Basics

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






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






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






4. The leaves of cacti are actually ____?






5. ___ 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?






6. 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.






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






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






9. The fungi symbiotically associated with roots are called ___?






10. A primary function of traechids is ___?






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






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






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






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






15. When the calyx - Corolla - and stamens of a flower are attached at the top of the ovary - the ovary is said to be ____?






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






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






18. In addition to anchoring a plant - roots usually function directly in which of the following processes?






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






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






21. Differentiate between diffusion and osmosis?






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






23. 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?






24. A uniovulate carpel would contain how many seed?






25. Cells produced by the vascular cambium include ___?






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






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






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






29. What does the term 'C'HOPK'NS CaFe Mighty good' represent?






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






31. Which of the following cell types hs food conduction as a primary function?






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






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






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






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






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






37. Wood cells are composed primarily of cellulose and ___?






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






39. Not a specialized leaf?






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






41. Not a specialized leaf?






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






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






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






45. Which pair goes along with pollination?






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






47. Roots differ from stems in ___?






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






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






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