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Botany Basics

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






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






3. Mitochondria are organelles responsible for ___?






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






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






6. A cactus is classified as a modified ____?






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






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






9. The Calvin cycle is sometimes referred to as the ___?






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






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






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






13. Which is a type of epidermal cell?






14. Explain how a guard cell opens and closes the stoma?






15. A uniovulate carpel would contain how many seed?






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






17. Not a specialized leaf?






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






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






20. The leaves of cacti are actually ____?






21. A primary function of traechids is ___?






22. 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?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






35. Stems differ from roots in ____?






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






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






38. When humidity is low - ___?






39. Which of the following is a specialized root?






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






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






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






43. When humidity is low - ____ ?






44. 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 ____?






45. Stoma are regulated by guard cells which swell or shrink due to movement of this specific ion in the stomata?






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






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






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






49. Explain how a guard cell opens and closes the stoma?






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







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