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Botany Basics

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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






9. Which of the following is not a specialized stem?






10. Which is a type of epidermal cell?






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






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






13. Differentiate between diffusion and osmosis?






14. 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 ____?






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






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






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






18. Not a specialized leaf?






19. Mitochondria are organelles responsible for ___?






20. A primary function of traechids is ___?






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






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






23. The space on a stem between where buds are attache and elongates is referred to as the ____?






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






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






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






27. Not a specialized stem?






28. When a plant cell loses water and the cell membrane pulls away from the cell wall - the cell is said to be under going ____?






29. In a mature - woody dicot stem - the tissue between the xylem and the phloem is the ___?






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






31. The ground tissue of monocots is composed of ___?






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






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






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






35. The osmotic response of guard cells is governed by ____ levels in the guard cells?






36. Which pair goes along with pollination?






37. Fruit forms from the ovary wall of a flower referred to a the ___?






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






39. Not a specialized leaf?






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






41. Name the 4 parts of aflower and briefly explain the process of double fertilization?






42. The ___ horizon - also referred to as ____ - is the most imp't agriculturally and deep layers of This is found in the ____ biome?






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






44. When humidity is low - ____ ?






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






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






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






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






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






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