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Botany Basics

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






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






3. Which of the following is a specialized leaf?






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






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






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






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






8. Which soil horizon is the most important agriculturally?






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






10. In which of the following are guard cells (that form stomata) not actively involved?






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






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






13. Most of the ATP produced in respiration is a result of the movement of H ions across an ATP synthase in the inner membrane of the ____ and is referred to as ____?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






23. 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 ____?






24. The 'eyes' of the Irish potato are actually ____?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






34. Which of the following drugs are NOT obtained from leaves?






35. 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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36. Stems differ from roots in ____?






37. 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?






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






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






40. The fungi symbiotically associated with roots are called ___?






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






42. Roots differ from stems in ___?






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






44. A structure in the axil of an attached leaf that is apable of future growth to form a branch shoot is the ____?






45. What obvious characteristic does a deciduous plant exhibit?






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






47. A uniovulate carpel would contain how many seed?






48. The best soil for plant growth is ___?






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






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