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Botany Basics

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1. The parts of a flower that form male gametes are the ____?






2. The best soil for plant growth is ___?






3. Which of the following is a micronutrient in terms of a plant's mineral requirements for growth?






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






5. The part of the flower that eventually become seeds are the ___?






6. A plant with flowers containing stamens but no carpels would be a ___ plant with ____ flowers?






7. Differentiate between diffusion and osmosis?






8. Briefly describe the development of vascular tissu by the lateral/vascular cambium of a stem and how that results in the production of wood?






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






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






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






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






13. When humidity is high - ____?






14. Which of the following drugs is NOT obtained from leaves?






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






16. Vessels are different from traechids because _____?






17. Which soil horizon is the most important agriculturally?






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






19. When the calyx - corolla and stamen of a flower are attached at the top of the ovary - the ovary is said to be ___?






20. These 'showy' modified leaves are found at the base of flowers and usually draw attention to the smaller real flowers?






21. Which biome has the worst 'A' horizon?






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






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






24. Roots differ from stems in ___?






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






26. When the calyx - corolla - and stamen of a flower are attached below the overy - the ovary is said to be ___?






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






28. Which of the following woud NOT be a part of the vasulcar stele?






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






30. The discrete patches of xylem and phloem found in herbaceous dicot stems are called ___?






31. Cells produced by the vascular cambium include ___?






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






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






34. Pollen is produced in the ____ of a flower?






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






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






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






38. Stems differ from roots in ___?






39. When humidity is low - ___?






40. Why do most roots tend to die in soils that contain very high concentrations of salts (or fertilizer)?






41. Plants maintain a constant flow of water from the roots to the leaves through a process very critical to life on land called ____?






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

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






44. Not a specialized stem?






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






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






47. Which cell types hav the primary function of photosynthesis?






48. 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 ____?






49. What is attached at the node?






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






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