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Botany Basics

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1. Which of the following cell types hs food conduction as a primary function?






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






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






4. Not a specialized leaf?






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






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






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






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






9. 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.






10. Why is visible light good energy to use for photsynthesis?

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11. 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?






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






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






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






15. Stems differ from roots in ____?






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






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






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






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






20. What obvious characteristic does a deciduous plant exhibit?






21. Which of the following is part of the embryo of the seed?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






35. 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?






36. Roots differ from stems in ___?






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






38. 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?






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






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






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






42. Which pair goes along with pollination?






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






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






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






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






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






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






49. Actively dividing cells can be found in ___?






50. Mitochondria are organelles responsible for ___?