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Botany Basics

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1. When humidity is high - ____?






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






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






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






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






6. Cells produced by the vascular cambium include ___?






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






8. 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 ____?






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






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






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






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






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






14. When humidity is low - ____ ?






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






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






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






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






19. Roots differ from stems in ___?






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






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






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






23. The osmotic response of guard cells is governed by the ___ levels in the guard cells?






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






25. Stems differ from roots in ___?






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






27. Which of the following is a specialized leaf?






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






29. A plant placed in a beaker of salt water will ____?






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






31. A primary function of traechids is ___?






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






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






34. 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?






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






36. When humidity is low - ___?






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






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






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






40. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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