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Botany Basics

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






2. Lignin is found primarily in ___?






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






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






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






6. Which of the following would NOT be part of the stele?






7. Which soil horizon is the most important agriculturally?






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






9. The ovay wall of a ferilized flower usually develops into What is referred to as ____?






10. In nature depletion of mineral nutrients in the soil - interference with plant growth by excluding air - and the acceleration of the breakdown of nitrates in the soil is caused by too much ____?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






18. Differentiate between diffusion and osmosis?






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






20. Not a specialized leaf?






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






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






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






24. 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 ____?






25. 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?






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






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






28. The skin of most fruits is technically the ____?






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






30. The ground tissue of monocots is composed of ___?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






45. A cactus is classified as a modified ____?






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






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






48. Actively dividing cells can be found in ___?






49. The leaves of cacti are actually ____?






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