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1. Which soil horizon is the most important agriculturally?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






9. Which of the following is a specialized leaf?






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






11. 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?






12. Which molecule is synthesized during the light reactions of photosynthesis by receiving electrons - becoming an eectron carrier molecule?






13. 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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14. Not a specialized leaf?






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






16. Grasses - or monocots - are examples of plants with a ____ root system?






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






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






19. Why is visible light good energy to use for photsynthesis?

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






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






22. When the calyx - corolla - and stamen of a flower are attached below the overy - the ovary is said to be ___?






23. When humidity is low - ___?






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






25. If the concentration of solutes outside the plant cell is greater than the concentration on the inside - water will _____?






26. Cells produced by the vascular cambium include ___?






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






28. Roots differ from stems in ___?






29. The osmotic response of guard cells is governed by ____ levels in the guard cells?






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






31. The leaves of cacti are actually ____?






32. Root hairs are found in the region of the root called the ____?






33. When humidity is high - ____?






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






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






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






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






38. Which biome has the worst 'A' horizon?






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






40. A cactus is classified as a modified ____?






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






42. If the concentration of solutes inside the plant cell is greater than the concentration on the outside - water will _____ the cell?






43. 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?






44. Stems differ from roots in ___?






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






46. Mitochondria are organelles responsible for ___?






47. A leaf with leaflets is classified as a ____ leaf while a leaf with a single blade is classified as a ____ leaf?






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






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






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







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