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Botany Basics

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






2. The parts of a flower that form male gametes are the ____?






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






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






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






6. When humidity is low - ____ ?






7. The discrete patches of xylem and phloem found in herbaceous dicot stems are called ___?






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






9. Most of the flesh of pomes comes from the __?






10. Which of the following is a specialized leaf?






11. The major regions of a root tip are ____ - ___ - _____ and _____?






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






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






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






15. What obvious characteristic does a deciduous plant exhibit?






16. What is attached at the node?






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






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






19. The areas between the location of leaf attachments on the stem are called ___?






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






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






22. Which cell types hav the primary function of photosynthesis?






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






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






25. 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?






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






27. The leaves of cacti are actually ____?






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






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






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






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






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






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






34. Specialized epidermal cells that increase the surface area for absorption of water are ____?






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






36. 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?






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






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






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






40. A primary function of traechids is ___?






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






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






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






44. Which of the following would NOT be part of the stele?






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






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






47. 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.






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






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






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






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