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Botany Basics

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1. When the calyx - corolla - and stamen of a flower appear to be attached at the top of the ovary - the ovary is said to be ____?






2. Specialized roots that permit plants growing in water to facilitate






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






4. Briefly describe the development of vascular tissu by the lateral/vascular cambium of a stem and how that results in the production of wood?






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






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






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






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

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






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






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






12. The final electron acceptor during the process of cellular respiration is ___?






13. A primary function of traechids is ___?






14. Which soil horizon is the most important agriculturally?






15. 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?






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






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






18. Roots differ from stems in ___?






19. Which is a type of epidermal cell?






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






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






22. 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.






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






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






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






26. 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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27. Not a specialized leaf?






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






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






30. ___ roots of dicots penetrate very deeply to underground water while ____ roots of monocots remain close to the surfae and facilitate rapid absorption of surface water?






31. Actively dividing cells can be found in ___?






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






33. Sugars produced in photosynthesis are loaded intothe ___ of the leaf?






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






35. Which pair goes along with pollination?






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






37. Vessels are different from traechids because _____?






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






39. When humidity is high - ____?






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






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






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






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






44. Not a specialized stem?






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






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






47. The discrete paches of xylem and phloem found in herbaceous dicot stems are called ____?






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






49. As best as you can - briefly describe the development of vascular tissue by the lateral/vascular cambium of a stem and how that results in the production of wood?






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






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