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Botany Basics

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






2. 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?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






12. Which fruit or seed is dispersed by water?






13. Roots differ from stems in ___?






14. Not a specialized stem?






15. When humidity is high - ____?






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






17. Which of the following is a specialized leaf?






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






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






20. Stems differ from roots in ___?






21. The areas between the location of leaf attachments on the stem are called ___?






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






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






24. What obvious characteristic does a deciduous plant exhibit?






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






26. At present the most widely accepted theory for movement of substances in the phloem is called the ____?






27. Most of the ATP produced in respiration is a result of the movement of H ions across an ATP synthase in the inner membrane of the ____ and is referred to as ____?






28. An example of an aggregate fruit would be the ___?






29. What is attached at the node?






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






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






32. Stoma are regulated by guard cells which swell or shrink due to movement of this specific ion in the stomata?






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






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






35. 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?






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






37. 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 ____?






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






39. A primary function of traechids is ___?






40. The best soil for plant growth is ___?






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






42. Lignin is found primarily in ___?






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






44. Cells produced by the vascular cambium include ___?






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






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






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






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






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






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