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Botany Basics

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






2. Pollen adheres to a sticky portion of the flower called the ____?






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






4. Not a specialized stem?






5. The osmotic response of guard cells is governed by ____ levels in the guard cells?






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






7. Not a specialized leaf?






8. What obvious characteristic does a deciduous plant exhibit?






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






10. The oxygen liberated by green plants during photosynthesis comes from ___?






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






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






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






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






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






16. Roots differ from stems in ___?






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






18. Which of the following is a specialized leaf?






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






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






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






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






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






24. The leaves of cacti are actually ____?






25. These 'showy' modified leaves are found at the base of flowers and usually draw attention to the smaller real flowers?






26. Which of the following is a specialized root?






27. 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?






28. An advantage to tap roots is that they ____?






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






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






31. Pollen is produced in the ____ of a flower?






32. The osmotic response of guard cells is governed by the ___ levels in the guard cells?






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






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






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






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






37. When humidity is low - ____ ?






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






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






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






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






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






43. A cactus is classified as a modified ____?






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






45. 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?






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

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






48. Actively dividing cells can be found in ___?






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






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