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Botany Basics

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1. When humidity is low - ___?






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






3. A primary function of traechids is ___?






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






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






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






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






8. Why is an Irish/white potato classified as a modified stem?






9. 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.






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






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






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






13. Which pair goes along with pollination?






14. Stems differ from roots in ____?






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






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






17. A conspicuous organelle at the light microscope level in cells of the palisade mesophyll would be ___?






18. Root hairs are found in the region of the root called the ____?






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






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






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






22. Flowers are usually attached to a special structure at the end of a stem or peduncle called a ___?






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






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






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






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






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






28. ___ 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?






29. Roots differ from stems in ___?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






37. Lignin is found primarily in ___?






38. The ground tissue of monocots is composed of ___?






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






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






41. Vessels are different from traechids because _____?






42. 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?






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






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






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






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






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






48. 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?






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






50. When humidity is high - ____?