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Botany Basics

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






2. Plants whose leaves fall off at the end of the growing season are ___?






3. Not a specialized leaf?






4. The spines of cacti are specially adapted to perform 2 imp't functions for the plant - transpiration and photosynthesis. True or false?






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






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






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






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






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






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






11. Which cell type is responsible for transporting sugars in a plant?






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






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






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






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






16. 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.






17. Stoma are regulated by guard cells which swell or shrink due to movement of this specific ion in the stomata?






18. Which of the following is a specialized root for storage?






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






20. When humidity is low - ___?






21. A uniovulate carpel would contain how many seed?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






36. If the concentration of solutes outside the plant cell is greater than the concentration on the inside - water will _____?






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






38. The longest wavelength of energy reaching the earth from the sun is ___?






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






40. Which pair goes along with pollination?






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






42. Which of the following is a specialized leaf?






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






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






45. Differentiate between diffusion and osmosis?






46. 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 ____?






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






48. Pollen adheres to a sticky portion of the flower called the ____?






49. ___ 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?






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