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Botany Basics

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1. The discrete patches of xylem and phloem found in monocot stems are called ____?






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






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






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






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






6. Not a specialized stem?






7. ___ roots of dicots penetrate very deeply to underground water while ____ roots of monocots remain close to the surfae and facilitate rapid absorption of surface water?






8. Not a specialized leaf?






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






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






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






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






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






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






15. Which of the following is a specialized root?






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






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






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






19. At present the most widely accepted theory for movement of substances in the phloem is called the ____?






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






21. Stems differ from roots in ___?






22. Plants whose leaves fall off at the end of the growing season are ___?






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






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






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






26. Most of the flesh of pomes comes from the ____?






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






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






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






30. Plants maintain a constant flow of water from the roots to the leaves through a process very critical to life on land called ____?






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






32. The wood of cone bearing trees - softwoods - consists of primary traechids - while the wood of flowering trees - hardwoods - consists of traechids and ____?






33. A uniovulate carpel would contain how many seed?






34. Stems differ from roots in ____?






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






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






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






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






39. Most of the ATP produced in respiration is a result of the movement of H ions across an ATP synthase in the inner membrane of the ____ and is referred to as ____?






40. A plant with flowers containing stamens but no carpels would be a ___ plant with ____ flowers?






41. A primary function of traechids is ___?






42. The part of the flower that eventually become seeds are the ____?






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






44. Wood cells are composed primarily of cellulose and ___?






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






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






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






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






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






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