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Botany Test

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1. What is the main function of the roots of a corn plant?






2. What type of RNA has an anticodon?






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






4. A plant that carries two different versions of a gene for a single trait is...






5. Differences in type and location of human-managed ecosystems - quantity and quality of available drinking water and air may also be affected by rising levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide






6. An ecosystem with similar climatic conditions on earth - such as communities of plants - animals - and soil organisms






7. What type of fruit develops from a cluster of many simple flowers?






8. What type of fruit develops from a cluster of many simple flowers?






9. During which phase of mitosis does the nuclear envelope disappear?






10. How do bacteria reproduce?






11. What process would be used by a plant to move potassium ions across a membrane AGAINST a concentration gradient?






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






13. Transfer of DNA to RNA






14. Info. carrying molecule - single stranded






15. What are homologous chromosomes?






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






17. What is a function of the epidermis?






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






19. In double fertilization - one sperm cell fertilized an egg cell - What does the other sperm cell fertilize?






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






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






22. 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.






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






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






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






26. What part of a stem can a tree live without?






27. What are harmful effects of bacteria?






28. Don't have roots or leaves - and are not producers - do not photosynthesize - and have cell walls made out of chitlin.






29. Lives in california - it is a lily - waxy - thin - sharp leaves to stop water loss - holds water for up to 2 years.






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






31. What type of RNA has a codon?






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






33. Cladifils- modified stems that look like leaves - all parts are photosynthetic

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34. What would be a way of keeping a short-day plant from blooming?






35. The part of an apple most often eaten by people is receptacle tissue - not ovary - making this what type of fruit?






36. Enzymes are an example of what type of molecule?






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






38. Under what conditions would a plant utilize fermentation to obtain energy?






39. 'Alleles' are best described as...






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






41. What is NOT a function of the vacuole?






42. 'Alleles' are best described as...






43. 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.






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






45. Lives in dry - hot/cold - windy places - has fuzzy hairs to distance wind from the leaves






46. Iodine can be used to test for what molecule - resulting in a blue-black color?






47. What pigment is responsible for plants sensing day length?






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






49. What plant tissue functions in conducting water from the roots to the leaves?






50. What contains the most potential energy?






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