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Botany Basics

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1. The part of the flower that eventually become seeds are the ____?






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






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






4. Which soil horizon is the most important agriculturally?






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






6. Lignin is found primarily in ___?






7. 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 ____?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






15. A cactus is classified as a modified ____?






16. Which is a type of epidermal cell?






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






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






19. 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?






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






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






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






23. The spines of cacti are specially adapted to perform 2 imp't functions for the plant - transpiration and photosynthesis. True or false?






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






25. Stems differ from roots in ____?






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






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






28. ___ roots of dicots penetrate very deeply to underground water while ____ roots of monocots remain close to the surfae and facilitate rapid absorption of surface water?






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






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






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






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






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






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






35. What is attached at the node?






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






37. Specialized epidermal cells that increase the surface area for absorption of water are ____?






38. The best soil for plant growth is ___?






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






40. The fleshy edible part of the strawberry is actually the ____?






41. A farmer finds that his landin the wetbottoms during an exceptionally wet year produced a very poor crop as most of the plants died. What could've been the problem?

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42. Vessels are different from traechids because _____?






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






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






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






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






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






48. At present the most widely accepted theory for movement of substances in the phloem is called the ____?






49. A uniovulate carpel would contain how many seed?






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