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Botany Basics

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1. The best soil for plant growth is ___?






2. Cells produced by the vascular cambium include ___?






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






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






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






6. The discrete patches of xylem and phloem found in monocot stems are called ____?






7. The spines of cacti are specially adapted to perform 2 imp't functions for the plant - transpiration and photosynthesis. True or false?






8. Most cacti are __________ where the stem is responsible for the photosynthetic processes in the plant?






9. ____ is the stage of cellular respiration that takes place outside of the mitochondria?






10. Plants maintain a constant flow of water from the roots to the leaves through a process very critical to life on land called ____?






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






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






13. When a plant cell loses water and the cell membrane pulls away from the cell wall - the cell is said to be under going ____?






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






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






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






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






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






19. In nature depletion of mineral nutrients in the soil - interference with plant growth by excluding air - and the acceleration of the breakdown of nitrates in the soil is caused by too much ____?






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






21. When humidity is low - ____ ?






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






23. Which of the following is a specialized root?






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






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






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






27. Stems differ from roots in ____?






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






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






30. 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 ____?






31. Which is a type of epidermal cell?






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






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






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






35. 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?






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






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






38. During the light dependent reactions of photosynthesis - ____?






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






40. What obvious characteristic does a deciduous plant exhibit?






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






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






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






44. 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?






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






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






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






48. Ultmately - how is energy moved around and created in living things?






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






50. Stems differ from roots in ___?