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Botany Basics

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






2. What is attached at the node?






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






4. 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 ____?






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






6. Which of the following is a micronutrient in terms of a plant's mineral requirements for growth?






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






8. Which of the following is a specialized root for storage?






9. Not a specialized leaf?






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






11. The ___ horizon - also referred to as ____ - is the most imp't agriculturally and deep layers of This is found in the ____ biome?






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






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






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






15. 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 ____?






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






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






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






19. Actively dividing cells can be found in ___?






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






21. Cells produced by the vascular cambium include ___?






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






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






24. A farmer finds that his landin the wetbottoms during an exceptionally wet year produced a very poor crop as most of the plants died. What could've been the problem?

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






26. Roots differ from stems in ___?






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






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






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






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






31. 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?






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






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






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






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






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






37. Which of the following woud NOT be a part of the vasulcar stele?






38. Which of the following is a root with a specialized function for food storage?






39. Because of greater light intensity and heat absorption on the upper surface of the leaf - the lower surface has ____?






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






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






42. Which of the following is part of the embryo of the seed?






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






44. The fleshy edible part of the strawberry is actually the ____?






45. Which of the following is a specialized root?






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






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






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






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






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