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Botany Basics

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






2. 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.






3. Specialized roots that permit plants growing in water to facilitate






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






12. Lignin is found primarily in ___?






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






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






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






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






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






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






19. The best soil for plant growth is ___?






20. A primary function of traechids is ___?






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






22. The 'eyes' of the Irish potato are actually ___?






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






24. Actively dividing cells can be found in ___?






25. The layer of chlorenchyma cells oriented to capture optimum sunlight at the top of the leaf are the ____?






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






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






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






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






30. Not a specialized stem?






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






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






33. Pollen adheres to a sticky portion of the flower called the ___?






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






35. Which cell type is responsible for transporting sugars in a plant?






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






37. Which of the following is a critical part of a seed providing nutrition for the embryo?






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






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






40. 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?






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






42. Roots differ from stems in ___?






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






44. Not a specialized leaf?






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






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






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






48. A plant placed in a beaker of salt water will ____?






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






50. 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 ____?







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