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Botany Basics

Subject : science
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Explain why a cucumber or tomato really should be referred to as a fruit?






2. What does the term 'C'HOPK'NS CaFe Mighty good' represent?






3. The ovay wall of a ferilized flower usually develops into What is referred to as ____?






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






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






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






7. Name the 4 parts of aflower and briefly explain the process of double fertilization?






8. When humidity is low - ___?






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






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






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






12. Fruit forms from the ovary wall of a flower referred to a the ___?






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






14. The initial step in the germination of a seed is called ____?






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






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






17. Actively dividing cells can be found in ___?






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






19. You have a crop that is not doing well and you add a lot of fertilizer to help it out but this causes the crop to do worse. ExplaIn what has happened?






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






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






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






23. The dermal tissues of leaves have wha specialized cells to regulate gas exchange?






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






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






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






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






28. 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?






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






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






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






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






33. When humidity is low - ____ ?






34. ___ 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?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






42. A uniovulate carpel would contain how many seed?






43. Which pair goes along with pollination?






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






45. A cactus is classified as a modified ____?






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






47. 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?






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






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






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