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Botany Basics

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1. When a plant is fully saturated with water it is said to be high in ___ pressure wheras if it is low in water the plant is said to be flacid.






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






3. A primary function of traechids is ___?






4. Which of the following is a specialized root?






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






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






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






8. Stems differ from roots in ___?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






16. Not a specialized leaf?






17. A cactus is classified as a modified ____?






18. A leaf with leaflets is classified as a ____ leaf while a leaf with a single blade is classified as a ____ leaf?






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






20. Flowers are usually attached to a special structure at the end of a stem or peduncle called a ___?






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






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






23. Strawberries are an example of what kind of modified stem?






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






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






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






27. Horizontal stems that grow just below the surface of the soil are called ____?






28. Which fruit or seed is dispersed by water?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






39. Which biome has the worst 'A' horizon?






40. What is attached at the node?






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






42. Stems differ from roots in ____?






43. A structure in the axil of an attached leaf that is apable of future growth to form a branch shoot is the ____?






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






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






46. 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?






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






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






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






50. 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?






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