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Botany Basics

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1. A uniovulate carpel would contain how many seed?






2. Which soil horizon is the most important agriculturally?






3. Which of the following is a specialized root?






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






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






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






7. Which of the following woud NOT be a part of the vasulcar stele?






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






9. 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?






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






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






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






13. Stoma are regulated by guard cells which swell or shrink due to movement of this specific ion in the stomata?






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






15. Cells produced by the vascular cambium include ___?






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






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






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






19. Which of the following is a micronutrient in terms of a plant's mineral requirements for growth?






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






21. 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 ____?






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






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






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






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






26. An advantage to tap roots is that they ____?






27. When humidity is low - ___?






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






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






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






31. When humidity is low - ____ ?






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






33. Not a specialized leaf?






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






35. An example of an aggregate fruit would be the ___?






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






37. Which of the following drugs is NOT obtained from leaves?






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






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






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






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






42. Not a specialized leaf?






43. A primary function of traechids is ___?






44. Sugars produced in photosynthesis are loaded intothe ___ of the leaf?






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

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






47. Most cacti are __________ where the stem is responsible for the photosynthetic processes in the plant?






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






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






50. Which pair goes along with pollination?