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Botany Basics

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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






10. The final electron acceptor during the process of cellular respiration is ___?






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






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






13. Mitochondria are organelles responsible for ___?






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






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






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






17. Which is a type of epidermal cell?






18. 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?






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






20. A primary function of traechids is ___?






21. Roots differ from stems in ___?






22. Which soil horizon is the most important agriculturally?






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






24. The major regions of a root tip are ____ - ___ - _____ and _____?






25. Stems differ from roots in ____?






26. When the calyx - corolla - and stamen of a flower appear to be attached at the top of the ovary - the ovary is said to be ____?






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






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






29. 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?






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






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






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






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. A uniovulate carpel would contain how many seed?






35. Differentiate between diffusion and osmosis?






36. Roots differ from stems in ___?






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






38. Why do most roots tend to die in soils that contain very high concentrations of salts (or fertilizer)?






39. Which fruit or seed is dispersed by water?






40. Explain why a cucumber or tomato really should be referred to as a fruit?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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