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Botany Basics

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1. An example of an aggregate fruit would be the ___?
strawberry
The cambium is a ring of undifferentiated cells. Once a cell moves to the outside of the cambium it becomes phloem. When the cells move into the inside of the cambium - the cells become xylem. Xylem cells die - harden and begin expanding with fresh x
pressure-flow hypothesis
vascular bundles

2. Which of the following is a specialized root?
sweet potato
pith
the sepal - petal - stamen - pistil are the 4 main parts. in double fertilization - the pollen grain produces 2 sperm cells which travel as pollen to the stigma and down the style ofthe pistil to the ovary. One will fertilize an egg in the ovary whil
mitochondria - chemiosmosis

3. Which fruit or seed is dispersed by water?
coconut
internodes
desert
superia

4. The ___ horizon - also referred to as ____ - is the most imp't agriculturally and deep layers of This is found in the ____ biome?
cotyledon
base of grass leaves
ovary
A - topsoil - grassland

5. This cell type is important in monocot and dicot roots by helping to regulate what gets into the ___?
root cap - zone of elongation - maturation - division
anther
endodermis
cortex

6. Mitochondria are organelles responsible for ___?
pneumatophoves
ovary
aerobic
vascular bundles

7. This tissue (region) is present in monocot roots but absent in dicot roots?
pith
penetrate very deeply to underground water reservoirs
eristems
auxillary

8. Vessels are different from traechids because _____?
parenchyma
the sepal - petal - stamen - pistil are the 4 main parts. in double fertilization - the pollen grain produces 2 sperm cells which travel as pollen to the stigma and down the style ofthe pistil to the ovary. One will fertilize an egg in the ovary whil
vessels conduct sugars - traechids conduct water
cortex

9. ____ is the stage of cellular respiration that takes place outside of the mitochondria?
taproots
upper epidermal cells
ovary
glycolysis

10. Fruit forms from the ovary wall of a flower referred to a the ___?
cortex
diffusion is the movement of particles from high to low concentration; osmosis is movement of water from high to low concentration
pericarp
digitalis

11. In addition to anchoring a plant - roots usually function directly in which of the following processes?
guard cells
absorpion of minerals in solution
vessels conduct sugars - traechids conduct water
vascular cambria

12. Horizontal stems that produce roots and shoots are ___?
rhizomes
horizon E
vascular bundles
If there is a higher concentration of salts outside of the root - then water will not move inside the roots against the concentration gradient. the roots will dehydrate and eventually die

13. The space on a stem between where buds are attache and elongates is referred to as the ____?
vascular cambium
internode
concentration outside roots causes plant to lose h20
diffusion is the movement of particles from high to low concentration; osmosis is movement of water from high to low concentration

14. Which biome has the best 'A' horizon?
parenchyma
pith
internodes
grasslands

15. The oxygen liberated by green plants during photosynthesis comes from ___?
grows back every year
mitochondria - chemiosmosis
water molecules
bulb

16. The space between the nodes of a stem is called the _____?
leave the cell
axillary bud
internode
transpiration rates increase

17. Leaves and buds are attached to the stem at the ___?
internodes
root hairs
node
the sepal - petal - stamen - pistil are the 4 main parts. in double fertilization - the pollen grain produces 2 sperm cells which travel as pollen to the stigma and down the style ofthe pistil to the ovary. One will fertilize an egg in the ovary whil

18. The 'eyes' of the Irish potato are actually ____?
annuals
vessel elements
pericarp
axillary buds

19. Roots differ from stems in ___?
phelloderm
mychorizea
all of the above are correct
K

20. Pollen adheres to a sticky portion of the flower called the ___?
visible light is good because it's not as intense so that it will burn the plant - but it is still intense enough to produce plenty of energy
transpiration
the root hairs on the root tips absorb water into the soil through osmosis. this water travels up the roots - up the stems - and to the leaves throughout the plant by capillary action. once absored in leaves - the water leaves the plant through trans
stigma

21. Which of the following would NOT be part of the stele?
cortex
water molecules are split - through the energy of light - into hydrogen ions - electrons - and oxygen
rain
transpiration rates can decrease

22. If the concentration of solutes outside the plant cell is greater than the concentration on the inside - water will _____?
penetrate very deeply to underground water reservoirs
diffuse out
modified stems
rhizomes

23. In a mature - woody dicot stem - the tissue between the xylem and phloem is the ____?
manganese
NADPH
exocarp
cambium

24. Differentiate between diffusion and osmosis?
diffusion is the movement of particles from high to low concentration; osmosis is movement of water from high to low concentration
transpiration rates increase
ovule
1

25. The part of the flower where seeds are produced is called the ___?
ovary
imbition
potassium
photo respiration occurs usually in times of drought. limited water forces the plant to close stomata - therefore blocking co2. with lo concentrations of co2 and high concentrations of 02 - the enzyme rubisco starts to bind 02 instead of co2. this pr

26. 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?
cambium
the vascular cambium produces both secondary xylem and secondary phloem - or vascular tissue. The secondary xylem is the wood in dicot plant and lignon surrounds it for support.
1
casperian strips

27. Plants maintain a constant flow of water from the roots to the leaves through a process very critical to life on land called ____?
transpiration
A - topsoil - grassland
node
casperian strips

28. Root hairs are found in the region of the root called the ____?
deciduous
exocarp
vascular bundles
region of maturation

29. The part of the flower in which seeds are produced is the ___?
transpiration rates increase
transpiration
chollenchyma
ovary

30. 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?

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31. White the basic chemical equation for photosynthesis indicating which parts are for the light dependent stage and which are part of the light independent stage?
exocarp
h20+co@-->chlorophyl/light-->glucose (sugar) + o2
callyx/corolla
water molecules are split - through the energy of light - into hydrogen ions - electrons - and oxygen

32. Plants whose leaves fall off at the end of the growing season are ___?
horizon E
transpiration rates decrease
fruit
deciduous

33. Because of greater light intensity and heat absorption on the upper surface of the leaf - the lower surface has ____?
K
more stomata on the upper surface
false
stele

34. The part of the flower that eventually become seeds are the ____?
ovules
transpiration
ovary
mychorizea

35. Which cell type is responsible for transporting sugars in a plant?
phloem
rhizomes
parenchyma
annuals

36. Most of the flesh of pomes comes from the ____?
callyx/corolla
ovary
there could've been a high concentration of nutrients - such as salt - surounding the roots making it impossible for osmosis to occur
enter

37. What is attached at the node?
water conduction
vessels
grasslands
axillary bud and leaf

38. The dermal tissues of leaves have wha specialized cells to regulate gas exchange?
into the cell
guard cells
pith
the vascular cambium produces both secondary xylem and secondary phloem - or vascular tissue. The secondary xylem is the wood in dicot plant and lignon surrounds it for support.

39. Explain the process by which plants get water from the soil into the leaves?
parenchyma
there could've been a high concentration of nutrients - such as salt - surounding the roots making it impossible for osmosis to occur
annuals
the root hairs on the root tips absorb water into the soil through osmosis. this water travels up the roots - up the stems - and to the leaves throughout the plant by capillary action. once absored in leaves - the water leaves the plant through trans

40. When the calyx - corolla and stamen of a flower are attached at the top of the ovary - the ovary is said to be ___?
superia
ovule
inferior
terger

41. An example of a multiple fruit would be the ___?
oxygen
fig
water molecules are split - through the energy of light - into hydrogen ions - electrons - and oxygen
casperian strips

42. The part of the flower that eventually become seeds are the ___?
internode
phloem
venus flytrap - sundew trap - pitcher of a ptcher plant - tenri of a pea plant- all of the above
ovule

43. Not a specialized leaf?
bracts
Irish (white) potato
base of grass leaves
axillary bud and leaf

44. The final electron acceptor during the process of cellular respiration is ___?
oxygen
rhizomes
phelloderm
cortex

45. Which pair goes along with pollination?
NADPH
it has the seeds and all 4 parts of a flower would classify it as a fruit instead of a vegetable
casperian strips
pollen:stigma

46. Specialized roots that permit plants growing in water to facilitate
If there is a higher concentration of salts outside of the root - then water will not move inside the roots against the concentration gradient. the roots will dehydrate and eventually die
pneumatophoves
antenna pigments
parenchyma

47. Which cell types hav the primary function of photosynthesis?
chollenchyma
anther
eristems
bracts

48. 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?
all of the above are correct
vascular bundles
concentration outside roots causes plant to lose h20
receptacle

49. Most of the water that enters a plant via the roots exits the same plant by the process of ____?
transpiration
red light
If there is a higher concentration of salts outside of the root - then water will not move inside the roots against the concentration gradient. the roots will dehydrate and eventually die
root hairs

50. 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?
vascular bundles
the vascular cambium produces both secondary xylem and secondary phloem - or vascular tissue. The secondary xylem is the wood in dicot plant and lignon surrounds it for support.
internode
chollenchyma