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Botany Basics

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1. The fungi symbiotically associated with roots are called ___?
strawberry
mychorizea
guard cells
cellulose

2. The best soil for plant growth is ___?
axillary bud and leaf
loam
root hairs
inferior

3. If the concentration of solutes/salts outside the plant cell is greater than the concentration on the inside - water will ____?
into the cell
tungor
rhizomes
leave the cell

4. Why is an Irish/white potato classified as a modified stem?
stamen; anther
lose
axillary bud
it has node marks all over it where branches could grow off of.

5. This structure in the ovary of a flower is responsible for producing a seed?
ovule
sweet potato
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.
major elements vegetation requires for growth (macronutrients)

6. Which of the following would NOT be part of the stele?
cortex
vascular cambium
stigma
casperian strips

7. Which pair goes along with pollination?
plasmolysis
sweet potato
pollen:stigma
manganese

8. Most of the water that enters a plant via the roots exits the same plant by the process of ____?
ovule
chloroplasts
potassium
transpiration

9. The leaves of cacti are actually ____?
absorpion of minerals in solution
prickles
transpiration rates decrease
Irish (white) potato

10. Water conducting cels that are open at either end include ___?
vessel elements
fruit
root hairs
pneumatophoves

11. Which soil horizon is the most important agriculturally?
stolon/runner
horizon E
pericarp
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

12. Which of the following is a micronutrient in terms of a plant's mineral requirements for growth?
stigma
3 carbon pathway
sweet potato
manganese

13. The final electron acceptor during the process of cellular respiration is ___?
water conduction
loam
oxygen
pith

14. The space between the nodes of a stem is called the _____?
water conduction
internode
fruit
into the cell

15. The parts of a flower that form male gametes are the ____?
stamen; anther
red light
annual ring
ovule

16. In which of the following are guard cells (that form stomata) not actively involved?
leave the cell
fig
imbition
transpiration

17. In nature depletion of mineral nutrients in the soil - interference with plant growth by excluding air - and the acceleration of the breakdown of nitrates in the soil is caused by too much ____?
pressure-flow hypothesis
rain
transpiration rates decrease
inferior

18. The main 'job' of the root is ____?
conduction and absorption
endodermis
annual ring
Irish potato

19. What is attached at the node?
pericarp
axillary bud and leaf
CHOPKNSCa
vascular bundles

20. Which fruit or seed is dispersed by water?
it has node marks all over it where branches could grow off of.
coconut
diffuse out
phelloderm

21. In a mature - woody dicot stem - the tissue/cell type between the xylem and the phloem is the _____?
stigma
pneumatophoves
vascular cambria
pericarp

22. If the concentration of solutes inside the plant cell is grater than the concentration on the outside - water will move ___?
K
cotyledon
into the cell
root hairs

23. Plants whose leaves fall off at the end of the growing season are ___?
deciduous
inferior
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
to open - potassium will enter the guard cell. then the guard cell will swell and attract water to the stomata - or area of high concentration. Once the plant has enough water - potassium will diffuse out - the guard cells will shrink - and finally c

24. If the concentration of solutes inside the plant cell is greater than the concentration on the outside - water will _____ the cell?
auxillary
rhizomes
transpiration
enter

25. Roots differ from stems in ___?
axillary bud
anther
root hairs
all of the above are correct

26. Which of the following is a root with a specialized function for food storage?
water molecules
potassium
sweet potato
more stomata on the upper surface

27. Briefly describe the development of vascular tissu by the lateral/vascular cambium of a stem and how that results in the production of wood?
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
exocarp
water molecules are split - through the energy of light - into hydrogen ions - electrons - and oxygen
modified stems

28. Which of the following is a critical part of a seed providing nutrition for the embryo?
node
cotyledon
stigma
K

29. Explain photorespiration and how the enzyme rubisco plays a major role in that process during photosynthesis?
mychorizea
ovary
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
pith

30. When the calyx - corolla - and stamen of a flower are attached below the overy - the ovary is said to be ___?
superia
phelloderm
pith
rhizomes

31. The dermal tissues of leaves have wha specialized cells to regulate gas exchange?
mychorizea
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
endodermis
guard cells

32. Which of the following is a critical part of a seed providing nutrition for the embryo?
3 carbon pathway
parenchyma
cotyledon
bracts

33. The skin of most fruits is technically the ___?
CHOPKNSCa
radicle
exocarp
diffusion is the movement of particles from high to low concentration; osmosis is movement of water from high to low concentration

34. In which region would an ntercalary meristem be found?
manganese
stele
mitochondria - chemiosmosis
base of grass leaves

35. Differentiate between diffusion and osmosis?
deciduous
inferior
having a special covering called the root cap
diffusion is the movement of particles from high to low concentration; osmosis is movement of water from high to low concentration

36. In a mature - woody dicot stem - the tissue between the xylem and phloem is the ____?
cellulose
potassium
ovary
cambium

37. During the light dependent reactions of photosynthesis - ____?
water molecules are split - through the energy of light - into hydrogen ions - electrons - and oxygen
to open - potassium will enter the guard cell. then the guard cell will swell and attract water to the stomata - or area of high concentration. Once the plant has enough water - potassium will diffuse out - the guard cells will shrink - and finally c
receptacle
inferior

38. Photosystem pigments that function in gathering and passing light energy to reaction-center molecules are called ___?
ovule
antenna pigments
loam
internode

39. An example of an aggregate fruit would be the ___?
region of maturation
parenchyma
imbibition
strawberry

40. Specialized epidermal cells that increase the surface area for absorption of water are ____?
anther
pneumatophoves
stamen; anther
root hairs

41. What does the term 'C'HOPK'NS CaFe Mighty good' represent?
major elements vegetation requires for growth (macronutrients)
vascular cambria
venus flytrap - sundew trap - pitcher of a ptcher plant - tenri of a pea plant- all of the above
lose

42. 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?
diffuse out
cotyledon
h20+co@-->chlorophyl/light-->glucose (sugar) + o2
upper epidermal cells

43. The discrete paches of xylem and phloem found in herbaceous dicot stems are called ____?
annual ring
diffuse out
vascular bundles
through a series of metabolic reactions and electrons transferring energy to different forms in redox reactions

44. What obvious characteristic does a deciduous plant exhibit?
compound - simple
cellulose
rhizomes
grows back every year

45. The 'eyes' of the Irish potato are actually ____?
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
transpiration
vascular bundles
axillary buds

46. The Calvin cycle is sometimes referred to as the ___?
phloem
phloem
3 carbon pathway
anther

47. The fleshy edible part of the strawberry is actually the ____?
phloem
pericarp
axillary bud
1

48. Most of the flesh of pomes comes from the ____?
bracts
pith
callyx/corolla
vascular cambium

49. The ground tissue of monocots is composed of ___?
parenchyma
receptacle
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
K

50. Specialized epidermal cells that increase the surface area for absorption of water are ____?
root hairs
NADPH
transpiration rates can decrease
sclerenchyma