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Botany Test

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1. Which part of the microscope would be adjusted to sharpen the image of a specimen at high magnification?






2. What pigment absorbs energy and can emit an electron in photosynthesis?






3. What is NOT a product of the krebs cycle?






4. Lives in desert - leaves have waxy cuticle - succulent - holds onto water






5. During which phase of mitosis do the sister chromatids separate?






6. Where in a plant is the water potential lowest?






7. What cell undergoes meiosis?






8. Where in a dicot leaf does the majority of photosynthesis occur?






9. Where in a plant is the water potential lowest?






10. What structure is MOST important in generating root pressure?






11. What is NOT a structure found on a typical flowering plant?






12. A gymnosperm - lives in the desert for up to 3000 years - only grows 2 leaves - 5 feet across - they receive 1 inch of lower of rainfall per year - roots can grow under the soil at least a mile.






13. What is the primary function of collenchyma cells?






14. Info. carrying molecule - single stranded






15. What type of RNA has a codon?






16. Which commonly eaten food is an example of a stem?






17. How does DNA replication take place?






18. What is a final product of glycolysis?






19. Transferring of the information from the DNA into the language of the mRNA.






20. What cellular processes generate short carbon chains or skeletons which plants use to assemble amino acids and lipids?






21. Bugs crawl into 'pitchers' - tiny hairs keep them from getting out - plant breaks down enzymes - and uses nitrogen. lives in places where nitrogen is limited.






22. In what portion of a root might you find 'root hairs'?






23. Where in the chloroplast do protons accumulate - resulting in an electrochemical gradient which drives ATP-synthase?






24. What hormone is most important in the ripening of fruits?






25. What pigment absorbs energy and can emit an electron in photosynthesis?






26. Which commonly eaten food is an example of a stem?






27. What separates during meiosis-II






28. What structure is MOST important in generating root pressure?






29. In what part of a flower is pollen produced?






30. What tissue can be found in a root but not in a stem?






31. What process involves the movement of water across a semi-permeable membrane?






32. What hormone functions in stomatal closure and can be used to induce dormancy in cultivated plants?






33. What is the function of the cortex in a root?






34. During which phase of the cell cycle does DNA replication occur?






35. Bugs crawl into 'pitchers' - tiny hairs keep them from getting out - plant breaks down enzymes - and uses nitrogen. lives in places where nitrogen is limited.






36. How are the vascular bundles of a dicot arranged in the stem?






37. What best describes a dry fruit which opens at maturity?






38. Southern US - prop roots hold it in place as water moves out - it can breathe under water.






39. A piece of potato tuber is placed in a concentrated sugar-water solution. what statement BEST describes why the piece of potato shrinks in size over time?






40. What phenomena explains how a photon can strike any chlorophyll molecule in the antennal complex and still reach the reaction center?






41. Change in gene frequency in a gene population over time.






42. Epiphytes - valemine breaks down compost in roots






43. What is the function of the cortex in a root?






44. Have a cell wall - no membrane - and no nucleus






45. Change in gene frequency in a gene population over time.






46. During which phase of meiosis do daughter cells become haploid?






47. Which class of organic macromolecule stores the greatest amount of potential energy?






48. During which phase of mitosis do the sister chromatids separate?






49. Heating up bacteria until it is harmless and cannot function.






50. Individuals best adapted to their environment reproduce offspring. it requires variation - heritability - and selection.







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