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Botany Basics

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






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






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






4. Which of the following is a specialized leaf?






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






6. Most of the flesh of pomes comes from the __?






7. The ground tissue of monocots is composed of ___?






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






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






10. 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?






11. 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 ____?






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






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






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






15. Not a specialized stem?






16. Wood cells are composed primarily of lignin and ____?






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






18. Which cell types hav the primary function of photosynthesis?






19. The leaves of cacti are actually ____?






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






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






22. The skin of most fruits is technically the ___?






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






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






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






26. A cactus is classified as a modified ____?






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






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






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






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






31. When humidity is high - ____?






32. Explain the process by which plants get water from the soil into the leaves?






33. A primary function of traechids is ___?






34. You have a crop that is not doing well and you add a lot of fertilizer to help it out but this causes the crop to do worse. ExplaIn what has happened?






35. Roots differ from stems in ___?






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






37. Which soil horizon is the most important agriculturally?






38. The parts of a flower that form male gametes are the ____?






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






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






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






42. Which is a type of epidermal cell?






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






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






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






46. Most cacti are __________ where the stem is responsible for the photosynthetic processes in the plant?






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






48. Stems differ from roots in ___?






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






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







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