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Botany Basics

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






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






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






4. ___ 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?






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






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






7. Lignin is found primarily in ___?






8. Which soil horizon is the most important agriculturally?






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






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






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

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






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






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






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






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






17. Stems differ from roots in ____?






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






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






20. Pollen adheres to a sticky portion of the flower called the ___?






21. The endodermis works to direct water through its cells by having the presence of a waxy layer of suberin called the ____ around its cells n only one plane?






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






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






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






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






26. Water conducting cels that are open at either end include ___?






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






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






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






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






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






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






33. When a plant is fully saturated with water it is said to be high in ___ pressure wheras if it is low in water the plant is said to be flacid.






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






35. What is attached at the node?






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






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






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






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






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






41. Not a specialized stem?






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






43. 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?






44. Cells produced by the vascular cambium include ___?






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






46. Which of the following is a specialized leaf?






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






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






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






50. When humidity is low - ___?







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