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Botany Basics

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1. The part of the flower in which seeds are produced is the ___?
ovary
chollenchyma
lose
imbibition

2. A conspicuous organelle at the light microscope level in cells of the palisade mesophyll would be ___?
imbibition
transpiration rates decrease
chloroplasts
eristems

3. The parts of a flower that form male gametes are the ____?
Irish potato
sclerenchyma
inferior
stamen; anther

4. Explain how a guard cell opens and closes the stoma?
exocarp
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
pericarp
compound - simple

5. The osmotic response of guard cells is governed by the ___ levels in the guard cells?
potassium
phloem
cambium
dioecious; staminate

6. An advantage to tap roots is that they ____?
diffusion is the movement of particles from high to low concentration; osmosis is movement of water from high to low concentration
guard cells
penetrate very deeply to underground water reservoirs
superia

7. The dermal tissues of leaves have wha specialized cells to regulate gas exchange?
region of maturation
exocarp
oxygen
guard cells

8. What is attached at the node?
transpiration
compound - simple
internode
axillary bud and leaf

9. The skin of most fruits is technically the ___?
exocarp
transpiration rates increase
transpiration
mitochondria - chemiosmosis

10. In which region would an ntercalary meristem be found?
K
base of grass leaves
fibrous
ovule

11. Not a specialized leaf?
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
ovule
Irish potato
annual ring

12. Pollen is produced in the ____ of a flower?
tap - fiblous
grasslands
anther
root cap - zone of elongation - maturation - division

13. Pollen adheres to a sticky portion of the flower called the ____?
stigma
it has the seeds and all 4 parts of a flower would classify it as a fruit instead of a vegetable
venus flytrap - sundew trap - pitcher of a ptcher plant - tenri of a pea plant- all of the above
pneumatophoves

14. 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 ____?
base of grass leaves
imbibition
mitochondria - chemiosmosis
NADPH

15. An example of a multiple fruit would be the ___?
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
pericarp
fig
into the cell

16. Which of the following is part of the embryo of the seed?
NADPH
radicle
imbibition
transpiration

17. This structure in the ovary of a flower is responsible for producing a seed?
ovule
transpiration
annuals
node

18. Which biome has the best 'A' horizon?
transpiration rates can decrease
grasslands
conduction and absorption
water conduction

19. The ground tissue of monocots is composed of ___?
rain
fruit
coconut
parenchyma

20. The wood of cone bearing trees - softwoods - consists of primary traechids - while the wood of flowering trees - hardwoods - consists of traechids and ____?
vessels
phloem
internode
mychorizea

21. What obvious characteristic does a deciduous plant exhibit?
internode
vascular cambria
grows back every year
NADPH

22. If the concentration of solutes outside the plant cell is greater than the concentration on the inside - water will _____?
diffuse out
strawberry
stele
there could've been a high concentration of nutrients - such as salt - surounding the roots making it impossible for osmosis to occur

23. The osmotic response of guard cells is governed by ____ levels in the guard cells?
oxygen
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.
potassium
transpiration rates decrease

24. Mitochondria are organelles responsible for ___?
stigma
water conduction
aerobic
red light

25. 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?
rhizomes
concentration outside roots causes plant to lose h20
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
1

26. 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?
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
h20+co@-->chlorophyl/light-->glucose (sugar) + o2
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
guard cell and root hair

27. Root hairs are found in the region of the root called the ____?
region of maturation
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
exocarp
inferior

28. 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?
casperian strips
lose
phelloderm
dioecious; staminate

29. Most of the flesh of pomes comes from the __?
root hairs
internodes
receptacle
vascular cambria

30. ____ is the stage of cellular respiration that takes place outside of the mitochondria?
more stomata on the upper surface
through a series of metabolic reactions and electrons transferring energy to different forms in redox reactions
the presence of nodes and internodes
glycolysis

31. The final electron acceptor during the process of cellular respiration is ___?
chloroplasts
vascular bundles
oxygen
false

32. Not a specialized stem?
absorpion of minerals in solution
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
tap - fiblous
cassava

33. Not a specialized leaf?
Irish (white) potato
dioecious; staminate
transpiration
potassium

34. Stoma are regulated by guard cells which swell or shrink due to movement of this specific ion in the stomata?
rhizomes
K
lose
axillary bud and leaf

35. Which fruit or seed is dispersed by water?
phloem
annuals
pollen:stigma
coconut

36. Cells produced by the vascular cambium include ___?
conduction and absorption
bracts
traechids - vessel elements - companion cells - sieve-tube elements- all of the above
penicilin

37. Most of the water that enters a plant via the roots exits the same plant by the process of ____?
vascular cambium
exocarp
imbition
transpiration

38. The Calvin cycle is sometimes referred to as the ___?
sclerenchyma
axillary buds
3 carbon pathway
potassium

39. Specialized epidermal cells that increase the surface area for absorption of water are ____?
root hairs
internode
turgor pressure
sweet potato

40. A structure in the axil of an attached leaf that is apable of future growth to form a branch shoot is the ____?
it has the seeds and all 4 parts of a flower would classify it as a fruit instead of a vegetable
tap - fiblous
axillary bud
ovary

41. Specialized roots that permit plants growing in water to facilitate
more stomata on the upper surface
1
strawberry
pneumatophoves

42. A plant with flowers containing stamens but no carpels would be a ___ plant with ____ flowers?
pith
receptacle
dioecious; staminate
axillary bud

43. The part of the flower in which seeds are produced is the ___?
ovary
compound - simple
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
high turgor pressure opens Kt-->0. low turgor pressure close 0

44. Cells produced by the vascular cambium do NOT include ___?
lose
parenchyma
A - topsoil - grassland
plasmolysis

45. When the calyx - corolla - and stamen of a flower are attached below the overy - the ovary is said to be ___?
penetrate very deeply to underground water reservoirs
diffuse out
prickles
superia

46. Leaves and buds are attached to the stem at the ___?
vascular cambium
bulb
aerobic
node

47. Explain the process by which plants get water from the soil into the leaves?
digitalis
grows back every year
pith
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

48. What 8 elements are classified as major/macro elements for plant development?
CHOPKNSCa
chloroplasts
desert
prickles

49. When humidity is high - ____?
node
transpiration rates decrease
pith
phelloderm

50. Why is an Irish/white potato classified as a modified stem?
phloem
it has node marks all over it where branches could grow off of.
terger
lose