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Botany Basics

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






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






3. A cactus is classified as a modified ____?






4. When humidity is low - ___?






5. The wood of cone bearing trees - softwoods - consists of primary traechids - while the wood of flowering trees - hardwoods - consists of traechids and ____?






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






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






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






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






10. When the calyx - corolla - and stamen of a flower are attached below the overy - the ovary is said to be ___?






11. Vessels are different from traechids because _____?






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






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






14. Which fruit or seed is dispersed by water?






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






16. Which soil horizon is the most important agriculturally?






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






18. ___ 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?






19. Fungi which associate with roots to increase water absorption and mineral uptake are called ____?






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






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






23. Differentiate between diffusion and osmosis?






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






25. Which biome has the best 'A' horizon?






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






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






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






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






30. If the concentration of solutes/salts outside the plant cell is greater than the concentration on the inside - water will ____?






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






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






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






34. What obvious characteristic does a deciduous plant exhibit?






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






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






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






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






39. Leaves and buds are attached to the stem at the ___?






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






41. A uniovulate carpel would contain how many seed?






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






43. Stems differ from roots in ___?






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






45. When humidity is high - ____?






46. Wood cells are composed primarily of cellulose and ___?






47. Which is a type of epidermal cell?






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






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






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