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Botany Basics

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






2. Which of the following is a specialized leaf?






3. Fruit forms from the ovary wall of a flower referred to a the ___?






4. In which of the following are guard cells (that form stomata) not actively involved?






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






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






7. Explain why a cucumber or tomato really should be referred to as a fruit?






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






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






10. Why is an Irish/white potato classified as a modified stem?






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






12. The main 'job' of the root is ____?






13. Water conducting cels that are open at either end include ___?






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






15. The ovay wall of a ferilized flower usually develops into What is referred to as ____?






16. A cactus is classified as a modified ____?






17. Stems differ from roots in ___?






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






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






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






21. When humidity is low - ___?






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






23. 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?






24. Most of the ATP produced in respiration is a result of the movement of H ions across an ATP synthase in the inner membrane of the ____ and is referred to as ____?






25. When the calyx - corolla - and stamen of a flower are attached below the overy - the ovary is said to be ___?






26. An example of a multiple fruit would be the ___?






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






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






29. Horizontal stems that grow just below the surface of the soil are called ____?






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






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






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






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






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






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






36. Fungi which associate with roots to increase water absorption and mineral uptake are called ____?






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






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






39. In addition to anchoring a plant - roots usually function directly in which of the following processes?






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






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






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






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






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






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






46. Not a specialized leaf?






47. When humidity is high - ____?






48. Which molecule is synthesized during the light reactions of photosynthesis by receiving electrons - becoming an eectron carrier molecule?






49. The major regions of a root tip are ____ - ___ - _____ and _____?






50. Which of the following is a root with a specialized function for food storage?