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Botany Basics

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1. Cells produced by the vascular cambium do NOT include ___?






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






3. Which soil horizon is the most important agriculturally?






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






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






6. 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?






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






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






9. Actively dividing cells can be found in ___?






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






12. Differentiate between diffusion and osmosis?






13. 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 ____?






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






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






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






17. Vessels are different from traechids because _____?






18. 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?






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






20. ___ 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?






21. Not a specialized leaf?






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






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






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






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






26. The part of the flower where seeds are produced is called the ___?






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






28. Cells produced by the vascular cambium do NOT include ___?






29. A primary function of traechids is ___?






30. Stems differ from roots in ___?






31. Ultmately - how is energy moved around and created in living things?






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






33. Mitochondria are organelles responsible for ___?






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






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






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






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






38. The ___ horizon - also referred to as ____ - is the most imp't agriculturally and deep layers of This is found in the ____ biome?






39. When humidity is high - ____?






40. During the light dependent reactions of photosynthesis - ____?






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






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






43. The leaves of cacti are actually ____?






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






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






46. At present the most widely accepted theory for movement of substances in the phloem is called the ____?






47. Which of the following would NOT be part of the stele?






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






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






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







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