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Botany Basics

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






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






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






4. The part of the root containing the vascular tissue?






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






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






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






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






9. Which soil horizon is the most important agriculturally?






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






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






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






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






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






15. Which is a type of epidermal cell?






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






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






18. When a plant cell loses water and the cell membrane pulls away from the cell wall - the cell is said to be under going ____?






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






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






21. The skin of most fruits is technically the ___?






22. The space on a stem between where buds are attache and elongates is referred to as the ____?






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






24. Not a specialized stem?






25. Mitochondria are organelles responsible for ___?






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






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. Which biome has the best 'A' horizon?






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






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






31. Stems differ from roots in ____?






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






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






34. During the light dependent reactions of photosynthesis - ____?






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






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






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






39. Actively dividing cells can be found in ___?






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






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






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






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






44. 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 ____?






45. The best soil for plant growth is ___?






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






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






48. The Calvin cycle is sometimes referred to as the ___?






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






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