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Botany Basics
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Explain why a cucumber or tomato really should be referred to as a fruit?
it has the seeds and all 4 parts of a flower would classify it as a fruit instead of a vegetable
sclerenchyma
manganese
eristems
2. What does the term 'C'HOPK'NS CaFe Mighty good' represent?
axillary bud
pneumatophoves
stamen; anther
major elements vegetation requires for growth (macronutrients)
3. The ovay wall of a ferilized flower usually develops into What is referred to as ____?
rain
imbibition
fruit
internode
4. The part of the flower that eventually become seeds are the ___?
glycolysis
ovule
pericarp
oxygen
5. The 'eyes' of the Irish potato are actually ____?
penicilin
cotyledon
axillary buds
axillary bud and leaf
6. The part of the flower that eventually become seeds are the ____?
mychorizea
cotyledon
ovules
guard cells
7. Name the 4 parts of aflower and briefly explain the process of double fertilization?
the sepal - petal - stamen - pistil are the 4 main parts. in double fertilization - the pollen grain produces 2 sperm cells which travel as pollen to the stigma and down the style ofthe pistil to the ovary. One will fertilize an egg in the ovary whil
cotyledon
node
phloem
8. When humidity is low - ___?
inferior
apical meristem
transpiration rates can decrease
imbition
9. This tissue (region) is present in monocot roots but absent in dicot roots?
photo respiration occurs usually in times of drought. limited water forces the plant to close stomata - therefore blocking co2. with lo concentrations of co2 and high concentrations of 02 - the enzyme rubisco starts to bind 02 instead of co2. this pr
pith
stigma
into the cell
10. Most of the water that enters a plant via the roots leaves the same plant by the process of ____?
radicle
root hairs
transpiration
modified stems
11. The layer of chlorenchyma cells oriented to capture optimum sunlight at the top of the leaf are the ____?
upper epidermal cells
guard cell and root hair
vessels
guard cells
12. Fruit forms from the ovary wall of a flower referred to a the ___?
pericarp
chloroplasts
loam
enter
13. Pollen adheres to a sticky portion of the flower called the ____?
vascular bundles
axillary bud
antenna pigments
stigma
14. The initial step in the germination of a seed is called ____?
manganese
imbibition
1
glycolysis
15. Which cell type is responsible for transporting sugars in a plant?
cortex
digitalis
phloem
the sepal - petal - stamen - pistil are the 4 main parts. in double fertilization - the pollen grain produces 2 sperm cells which travel as pollen to the stigma and down the style ofthe pistil to the ovary. One will fertilize an egg in the ovary whil
16. The ground tissue of monocots is composed of ___?
root hairs
concentration outside roots causes plant to lose h20
compound - simple
parenchyma
17. Actively dividing cells can be found in ___?
enter
eristems
tungor
sclerenchyma
18. When a plant cell loses water and the cell membrane pulls away from the cell wall - the cell is said to be under going ____?
cellulose
node
tap - fiblous
plasmolysis
19. 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?
concentration outside roots causes plant to lose h20
internodes
The cambium is a ring of undifferentiated cells. Once a cell moves to the outside of the cambium it becomes phloem. When the cells move into the inside of the cambium - the cells become xylem. Xylem cells die - harden and begin expanding with fresh x
h20+co@-->chlorophyl/light-->glucose (sugar) + o2
20. The final electron acceptor during the process of cellular respiration is ___?
3 carbon pathway
oxygen
penicilin
rhizomes
21. Sugars produced in photosynthesis are loaded intothe ___ of the leaf?
rain
pressure-flow hypothesis
water conduction
phloem
22. Root hairs are found in the region of the root called the ____?
receptacle
transpiration
superia
region of maturation
23. The dermal tissues of leaves have wha specialized cells to regulate gas exchange?
guard cells
diffusion is the movement of particles from high to low concentration; osmosis is movement of water from high to low concentration
rhizomes
horizon E
24. A plant with flowers containing stamens but no carpels would be a ___ plant with ____ flowers?
phloem
pericarp
dioecious; staminate
mitochondria - chemiosmosis
25. Which of the following drugs is NOT obtained from leaves?
penicilin
venus flytrap - sundew trap - pitcher of a ptcher plant - tenri of a pea plant- all of the above
internode
guard cells
26. The discrete patches of xylem and phloem found in herbaceous dicot stems are called ___?
vascular bundles
vascular cambium
stem
node
27. Grasses - or monocots - are examples of plants with a ____ root system?
fibrous
vessels conduct sugars - traechids conduct water
pressure-flow hypothesis
internode
28. 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?
antenna pigments
desert
the vascular cambium produces both secondary xylem and secondary phloem - or vascular tissue. The secondary xylem is the wood in dicot plant and lignon surrounds it for support.
vascular cambium
29. The part of the flower where seeds are produced is called the ___?
absorpion of minerals in solution
venus flytrap - sundew trap - pitcher of a ptcher plant - tenri of a pea plant- all of the above
ovary
compound - simple
30. If the concentration of solutes inside the plant cell is grater than the concentration on the outside - water will move ___?
receptacle
into the cell
upper epidermal cells
photo respiration occurs usually in times of drought. limited water forces the plant to close stomata - therefore blocking co2. with lo concentrations of co2 and high concentrations of 02 - the enzyme rubisco starts to bind 02 instead of co2. this pr
31. The longest wavelength of energy reaching the earth from the sun is ___?
bulb
red light
cellulose
annual ring
32. During the light dependent reactions of photosynthesis - ____?
manganese
tap - fiblous
water molecules are split - through the energy of light - into hydrogen ions - electrons - and oxygen
parenchyma
33. When humidity is low - ____ ?
pollen:stigma
transpiration rates increase
vascular bundles
loam
34. ___ 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?
ovule
tap - fiblous
apical meristem
potassium
35. Pressure that develops within a living cell as the result of water entering the cell is called ___?
stigma
turgor pressure
fibrous
ovules
36. Specialized epidermal cells that increase the surface area for absorption of water are ____?
K
root hairs
enter
annual ring
37. One year's growth of xylem in secondary wood is referred to as an ____?
high turgor pressure opens Kt-->0. low turgor pressure close 0
annual ring
pith
vessel elements
38. The 'eyes' of the Irish potato are actually ___?
ovary
auxillary
imbibition
conduction and absorption
39. These 'showy' modified leaves are found at the base of flowers and usually draw attention to the smaller real flowers?
NADPH
bracts
tap - fiblous
all of the above are correct
40. The part of the flower in which seeds are produced is the ___?
K
ovary
apical meristem
water conduction
41. Plants whose leaves fall off at the end of the growing season are ___?
phloem
rain
deciduous
root hairs
42. A uniovulate carpel would contain how many seed?
1
manganese
anther
cortex
43. Which pair goes along with pollination?
bulb
turgor pressure
transpiration
pollen:stigma
44. Photosystem pigments that function in gathering and passing light energy to reaction-center molecules are called ___?
callyx/corolla
K
antenna pigments
stem
45. A cactus is classified as a modified ____?
parenchyma
stem
rhizomes
penicilin
46. Which of the following would NOT be part of the stele?
fibrous
grasslands
phloem
cortex
47. 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?
terger
vascular bundles
modified stems
h20+co@-->chlorophyl/light-->glucose (sugar) + o2
48. The discrete paches of xylem and phloem found in herbaceous dicot stems are called ____?
stolon/runner
through a series of metabolic reactions and electrons transferring energy to different forms in redox reactions
parenchyma
vascular bundles
49. Why do most roots tend to die in soils that contain very high concentrations of salts (or fertilizer)?
deciduous
cortex
If there is a higher concentration of salts outside of the root - then water will not move inside the roots against the concentration gradient. the roots will dehydrate and eventually die
fibrous
50. An advantage to tap roots is that they ____?
vessels conduct sugars - traechids conduct water
lose
penetrate very deeply to underground water reservoirs
h20+co@-->chlorophyl/light-->glucose (sugar) + o2