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Botany Basics

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






2. When humidity is low - ___?






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






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






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






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






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






8. 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 ____?






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






10. Cells produced by the vascular cambium do NOT include ___?






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






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






13. Which soil horizon is the most important agriculturally?






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






15. Which of the following cell types hs food conduction as a primary function?






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






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






18. Actively dividing cells can be found in ___?






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






20. The leaves of cacti are actually ____?






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






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






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






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






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






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






27. Differentiate between diffusion and osmosis?






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

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






30. A primary function of traechids is ___?






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






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






33. 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?






34. Flowers are usually attached to a special structure at the end of a stem or peduncle called a ___?






35. Cells produced by the vascular cambium do NOT include ___?






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






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






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






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






40. Which of the following is a specialized leaf?






41. Which biome has the worst 'A' horizon?






42. Not a specialized leaf?






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






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






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






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






47. Stems differ from roots in ____?






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






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






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







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