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Botany Basics

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






2. Which of the following is part of the embryo of the seed?






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






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






5. The final electron acceptor during the process of cellular respiration is ___?






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






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






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






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






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






11. Cells produced by the vascular cambium include ___?






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






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






14. The leaves of cacti are actually ____?






15. The part of the flower that eventually become seeds are the ___?






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






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






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






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






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






21. ___ 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?






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






23. When humidity is low - ____ ?






24. 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?


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






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






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






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






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






30. What 8 elements are classified as major/macro elements for plant development?






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






32. You have a crop that is not doing well and you add a lot of fertilizer to help it out but this causes the crop to do worse. ExplaIn what has happened?






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






34. Specialized epidermal cells that increase the surface area for absorption of water are ____?






35. If the concentration of solutes inside the plant cell is grater than the concentration on the outside - water will move ___?






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






37. Differentiate between diffusion and osmosis?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






49. Strawberries are an example of what kind of modified stem?






50. Roots differ from stems in ___?