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Botany Basics

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






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






3. Not a specialized leaf?






4. Lignin is found primarily in ___?






5. When the calyx - corolla - and stamen of a flower appear to be attached at the top of the ovary - the ovary is said to be ____?






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






7. What is attached at the node?






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






9. Explain the process by which plants get water from the soil into the leaves?






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






11. A uniovulate carpel would contain how many seed?






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






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






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






15. Ultmately - how is energy moved around and created in living things?






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






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






18. Actively dividing cells can be found in ___?






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






20. 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 ____?






21. Roots differ from stems in ___?






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






23. Explain why a cucumber or tomato really should be referred to as a fruit?






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






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






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






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






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






29. Flowering plants that complete their lie cycles in a single season are called ___?






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






31. An example of a multiple fruit would be the ___?






32. A cactus is classified as a modified ____?






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






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






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






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






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






38. A primary function of traechids is ___?






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






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






41. Which soil horizon is the most important agriculturally?






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






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






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

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






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






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






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






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






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