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Botany Basics

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1. 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 ____?






2. Not a specialized leaf?






3. Lignin is found primarily in ___?






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






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






6. 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.






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






8. Pollen adheres to a sticky portion of the flower called the ___?






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






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






11. When the calyx - corolla and stamen of a flower are attached at the top of the ovary - the ovary is said to be ___?






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






13. Explain photorespiration and how the enzyme rubisco plays a major role in that process during photosynthesis?






14. The space between the nodes of a stem is called the _____?






15. Briefly describe the development of vascular tissu by the lateral/vascular cambium of a stem and how that results in the production of wood?






16. Roots differ from stems in ___?






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






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






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






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






21. In which of the following are guard cells (that form stomata) not actively involved?






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






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






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






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






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






27. When humidity is high - ____?






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






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






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






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






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






33. In which region would an ntercalary meristem be found?






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






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






36. Which of the following is a specialized root?






37. Cells produced by the vascular cambium include ___?






38. 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 ____?






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






40. 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?






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






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






43. 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?






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






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






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






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






48. A plant placed in a beaker of salt water will ____?






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






50. A primary function of traechids is ___?







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