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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. The part of the root containing the vascular tissue?






3. This structure in the ovary of a flower is responsible for producing a seed?






4. The best soil for plant growth is ___?






5. Which of the following is part of the embryo of the seed?






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






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






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






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






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






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






12. The space between the nodes of a stem is called the _____?






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






14. The discrete patches of xylem and phloem found in herbaceous dicot stems are called ___?






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






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






17. Which of the following is a specialized leaf?






18. Grasses - or monocots - are examples of plants with a ____ root system?






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






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






21. Flowering plants that complete their lie cycles in a single season are called ___?






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






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






24. The longest wavelength of energy reaching the earth from the sun is ___?






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






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






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






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






29. Vessels are different from traechids because _____?






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






31. 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?






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






33. What is attached at the node?






34. Actively dividing cells can be found in ___?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






44. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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