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Botany Basics

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






2. The ovay wall of a ferilized flower usually develops into What is referred to as ____?






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






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






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






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






7. The leaves of cacti are actually ____?






8. Water conducting cels that are open at either end include ___?






9. Which molecule is synthesized during the light reactions of photosynthesis by receiving electrons - becoming an eectron carrier molecule?






10. 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.






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






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






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






14. The fungi symbiotically associated with roots are called ___?






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






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






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






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






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






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






21. A cactus is classified as a modified ____?






22. Which biome has the best 'A' horizon?






23. Differentiate between diffusion and osmosis?






24. Mitochondria are organelles responsible for ___?






25. The skin of most fruits is technically the ___?






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






27. A uniovulate carpel would contain how many seed?






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






29. Vessels are different from traechids because _____?






30. The space between the nodes of a stem is called the _____?






31. Not a specialized leaf?






32. Strawberries are an example of what kind of modified stem?






33. Not a specialized leaf?






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






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






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






37. Actively dividing cells can be found in ___?






38. This tissue (region) is present in monocot roots but absent in dicot roots?






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






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






41. The layer of chlorenchyma cells oriented to capture optimum sunlight at the top of the leaf are the ____?






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






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






44. Which of the following is part of the embryo of the seed?






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






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






47. Which of the following is a specialized root?






48. The type of root system found in a dicot is a ___?






49. Stems differ from roots in ___?






50. The oxygen liberated by green plants during photosynthesis comes from ___?