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Botany Basics

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1. This tissue (region) is present in monocot roots but absent in dicot roots?






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






3. When humidity is low - ___?






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






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






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






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






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






9. Which of the following drugs are NOT obtained from leaves?






10. Roots differ from stems in ___?






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






12. 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?






13. Which pair goes along with pollination?






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






15. Roots differ from stems in ___?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






26. What 8 elements are classified as major/macro elements for plant development?






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






28. Name the 4 parts of aflower and briefly explain the process of double fertilization?






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






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






31. Explain photorespiration and how the enzyme rubisco plays a major role in that process during photosynthesis?






32. One year's growth of xylem in secondary wood is referred to as an ____?






33. When a plant cell loses water and the cell membrane pulls away from the cell wall - the cell is said to be under going ____?






34. 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 ____?






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






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






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






38. When humidity is low - ____ ?






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






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






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






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






43. Which fruit or seed is dispersed by water?






44. What is attached at the node?






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






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






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






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






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






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