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Botany Basics

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1. This structure in the ovary of a flower is responsible for producing a seed?






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






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






4. The layer of chlorenchyma cells oriented to capture optimum sunlight at the top of the leaf are the ____?






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






6. Lignin is found primarily in ___?






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






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






9. A plant placed in a beaker of salt water will ____?






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






11. What obvious characteristic does a deciduous plant exhibit?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






19. Strawberries are an example of what kind of modified stem?






20. ___ 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?






21. Roots differ from stems in ___?






22. 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 ____?






23. When humidity is low - ___?






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






25. When humidity is low - ____ ?






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






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






28. An example of an aggregate fruit would be the ___?






29. Roots differ from stems in ___?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






37. Which of the following is a specialized leaf?






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






39. 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?






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






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






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






43. Fruit forms from the ovary wall of a flower referred to a the ___?






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






45. The ovay wall of a ferilized flower usually develops into What is referred to as ____?






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






47. The major regions of a root tip are ____ - ___ - _____ and _____?






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






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






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