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Botany Basics

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1. When humidity is high - ____?






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






3. When the calyx - Corolla - and stamens of a flower are attached at the top of the ovary - the ovary is said to be ____?






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






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






6. 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 ____?






7. The fungi symbiotically associated with roots are called ___?






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






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






10. Which is a type of epidermal cell?






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






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






13. The endodermis works to direct water through its cells by having the presence of a waxy layer of suberin called the ____ around its cells n only one plane?






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






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






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






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






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






19. Roots differ from stems in ___?






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






21. ___ 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?






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






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






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






25. The part of the flower where seeds are produced is called the ___?






26. 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?






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






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






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






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






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






32. 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 ____?






33. The oxygen liberated by green plants during photosynthesis comes from ___?






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






35. Which of the following is a specialized leaf?






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






37. A cactus is classified as a modified ____?






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






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






40. Differentiate between diffusion and osmosis?






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






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






43. 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?






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






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






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






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






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






49. These 'showy' modified leaves are found at the base of flowers and usually draw attention to the smaller real flowers?






50. 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?