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Botany Basics

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






2. What is attached at the node?






3. When a plant is fully saturated with water it is said to be high in ___ pressure wheras if it is low in water the plant is said to be flacid.






4. Wood cells are composed primarily of cellulose and ___?






5. The initial step in the germination of a seed is called ____?






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






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






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






9. 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 ____?






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






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






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






13. When the calyx - Corolla - and stamens of a flower are attached at the top of the ovary - the ovary is said to be ____?






14. Mitochondria are organelles responsible for ___?






15. 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?






16. 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?






17. An example of a multiple fruit would be the ___?






18. When humidity is low - ____ ?






19. Why is visible light good energy to use for photsynthesis?

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






21. A leaf with leaflets is classified as a ____ leaf while a leaf with a single blade is classified as a ____ leaf?






22. Specialized roots that permit plants growing in water to facilitate






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






24. Explain why a cucumber or tomato really should be referred to as a fruit?






25. Most of the flesh of pomes comes from the __?






26. The dermal tissues of leaves have wha specialized cells to regulate gas exchange?






27. Name the 4 parts of aflower and briefly explain the process of double fertilization?






28. Which of the following is not a specialized stem?






29. Wood cells are composed primarily of lignin and ____?






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






31. The space on a stem between where buds are attache and elongates is referred to as the ____?






32. Most of the flesh of pomes comes from the ____?






33. When humidity is low - ___?






34. Stems differ from roots in ____?






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






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






37. Vessels are different from traechids because _____?






38. Which of the following is a critical part of a seed providing nutrition for the embryo?






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






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






41. This cell type is important in monocot and dicot roots by helping to regulate what gets into the ___?






42. When a plant cell loses water and the cell membrane pulls away from the cell wall - the cell is said to be under going ____?






43. Specialized cells in the vascular tssue of a root responsible for initiating lateral root growth are _____ cells?






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






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






46. A cactus is classified as a modified ____?






47. The main 'job' of the root is ____?






48. Lignin is found primarily in ___?






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






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