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Botany Basics

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1. 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?






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






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






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






5. Not a specialized leaf?






6. Horizontal stems that produce roots and shoots are ___?






7. Not a specialized stem?






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






9. As best as you can - briefly describe the development of vascular tissue by the lateral/vascular cambium of a stem and how that results in the production of wood?






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






11. Not a specialized leaf?






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






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






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






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






16. The space between the nodes of a stem is called the _____?






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






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






19. What is attached at the node?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






28. The type of root system found in a dicot is a ___?






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






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






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






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






33. Stems differ from roots in ____?






34. Cells produced by the vascular cambium include ___?






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






36. 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 ____?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






48. 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 ____?






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






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