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Botany Basics

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






2. In a mature - woody dicot stem - the tissue/cell type between the xylem and the phloem is the _____?






3. What is attached at the node?






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






5. Which cell type is responsible for transporting sugars in a plant?






6. Which of the following is a micronutrient in terms of a plant's mineral requirements for growth?






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






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






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






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






11. A cactus is classified as a modified ____?






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






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






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






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






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






17. Cells produced by the vascular cambium include ___?






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






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






20. The type of root system found in a dicot is a ___?






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






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

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23. An advantage to tap roots is that they ____?






24. Lignin is found primarily in ___?






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






26. The best soil for plant growth is ___?






27. This tissue/region is present in monocot roots but absent in dicot roots?






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






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






30. Not a specialized leaf?






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






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






33. Which fruit or seed is dispersed by water?






34. The space on a stem between where buds are attache and elongates is referred to as the ____?






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






36. Leaves and buds are attached to the stem at 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. The spines of cacti are specially adapted to perform 2 imp't functions for the plant - transpiration and photosynthesis. True or false?






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






40. Specialized cells in the vascular tssue of a root responsible for initiating lateral root growth are _____ cells?






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






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






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






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






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






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






47. The endodermis works to direct water through its cells by having the presence of a waxy layer of suberin called the ____ around its cells n only one plane?






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






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







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