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Botany Basics

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1. Vessels are different from traechids because _____?






2. The part of the flower that eventually become seeds are the ___?






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






4. A uniovulate carpel would contain how many seed?






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






6. What obvious characteristic does a deciduous plant exhibit?






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






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






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






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






12. Which is a type of epidermal cell?






13. Not a specialized leaf?






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






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






16. Not a specialized leaf?






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






18. Lignin is found primarily in ___?






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






20. A cactus is classified as a modified ____?






21. Which of the following woud NOT be a part of the vasulcar stele?






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






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






24. Which fruit or seed is dispersed by water?






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






26. Stoma are regulated by guard cells which swell or shrink due to movement of this specific ion in the stomata?






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






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






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






30. A conspicuous organelle at the light microscope level in cells of the palisade mesophyll would be ___?






31. Why do most roots tend to die in soils that contain very high concentrations of salts (or fertilizer)?






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






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






34. The skin of most fruits is technically the ____?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






44. Ultmately - how is energy moved around and created in living things?






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






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






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






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






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






50. Cells produced by the vascular cambium include ___?