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Botany Basics

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Instructions:
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1. Cells produced by the vascular cambium do NOT include ___?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






10. 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?


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






12. The discrete patches of xylem and phloem found in herbaceous dicot stems are called ___?






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






14. Which pair goes along with pollination?






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






16. The parts of a flower that form male gametes are the ____?






17. What obvious characteristic does a deciduous plant exhibit?






18. During the light dependent reactions of photosynthesis - ____?






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






20. Which of the following is a micronutrient in terms of a plant's mineral requirements for growth?






21. 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 ____?






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






23. Stems differ from roots in ____?






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






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






26. Which of the following is a specialized root?






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






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






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






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






32. What is attached at the node?






33. A cactus is classified as a modified ____?






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






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






36. Grasses - or monocots - are examples of plants with a ____ root system?






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






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






39. Mitochondria are organelles responsible for ___?






40. Which biome has the best 'A' horizon?






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






42. Actively dividing cells can be found in ___?






43. Most cacti are __________ where the stem is responsible for the photosynthetic processes in the plant?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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