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Botany Basics

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






2. Horizontal stems that grow just below the surface of the soil are called ____?






3. 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?






4. Stems differ from roots in ___?






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






6. What obvious characteristic does a deciduous plant exhibit?






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






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






9. 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?


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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






21. Which is a type of epidermal cell?






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






23. Lignin is found primarily in ___?






24. Which of the following is a specialized root?






25. Which biome has the best 'A' horizon?






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






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






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






29. A primary function of traechids is ___?






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






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






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






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






34. Stems differ from roots in ____?






35. Vessels are different from traechids because _____?






36. ___ 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?






37. Not a specialized stem?






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






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






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






41. 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 ____?






42. 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?






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






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






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






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






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






48. Most of the flesh of pomes comes from the ____?






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






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