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Botany Basics

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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






13. The dermal tissues of leaves have wha specialized cells to regulate gas exchange?






14. 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 ____?






15. Vessels are different from traechids because _____?






16. A uniovulate carpel would contain how many seed?






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






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






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






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






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






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






23. The leaves of cacti are actually ____?






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






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






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






27. What obvious characteristic does a deciduous plant exhibit?






28. Not a specialized leaf?






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






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






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






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






33. Which of the following is a specialized leaf?






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






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






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






37. When humidity is low - ___?






38. Flowering plants that complete their lie cycles in a single season are called ___?






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






40. Which soil horizon is the most important agriculturally?






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






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






43. 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?






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






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






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






47. Roots differ from stems in ___?






48. This structure in the ovary of a flower is responsible for producing a seed?






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






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