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Botany Basics

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






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






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






4. If the concentration of solutes inside the plant cell is grater than the concentration on the outside - water will move ___?






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






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






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






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






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






10. The leaves of cacti are actually ____?






11. A primary function of traechids is ___?






12. Most of the flesh of pomes comes from the __?






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






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






15. Vessels are different from traechids because _____?






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






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






18. When a plant is fully saturated with water it is said to be high in ___ pressure wheras if it is low in water the plant is said to be flacid.






19. What is attached at the node?






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






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






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






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






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






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






26. Which of the following is a specialized root for storage?






27. A uniovulate carpel would contain how many seed?






28. Root hairs are found in the region of the root called the ____?






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






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






31. Pollen adheres to a sticky portion of the flower called the ___?






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






33. The part of the root containing the vascular tissue?






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






35. Actively dividing cells can be found in ___?






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






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






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






39. Strawberries are an example of what kind of modified stem?






40. The part of the flower where seeds are produced is called the ___?






41. The layer of chlorenchyma cells oriented to capture optimum sunlight at the top of the leaf are the ____?






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






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






44. Which soil horizon is the most important agriculturally?






45. What does the term 'C'HOPK'NS CaFe Mighty good' represent?






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






47. 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 ____?






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






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






50. The best soil for plant growth is ___?







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