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Botany Basics

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






2. Actively dividing cells can be found in ___?






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






4. This cell type is important in monocot and dicot roots by helping to regulate what gets into the ___?






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






6. Which pair goes along with pollination?






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






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






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






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






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






12. The discrete patches of xylem and phloem found in monocot stems are called ____?






13. The fleshy edible part of the strawberry is actually the ____?






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






15. During the light dependent reactions of photosynthesis - ____?






16. A cactus is classified as a modified ____?






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






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






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






20. When humidity is high - ____?






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






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






23. Because of greater light intensity and heat absorption on the upper surface of the leaf - the lower surface has ____?






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






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






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






27. If the concentration of solutes/salts outside the plant cell is greater than the concentration on the inside - water will ____?






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






29. A plant placed in a beaker of salt water will ____?






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






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






32. The best soil for plant growth is ___?






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






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






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






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






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






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

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






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






42. A primary function of traechids is ___?






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






44. The wood of cone bearing trees - softwoods - consists of primary traechids - while the wood of flowering trees - hardwoods - consists of traechids and ____?






45. Not a specialized leaf?






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






47. A uniovulate carpel would contain how many seed?






48. This structure in the ovary of a flower is responsible for producing a seed?






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






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