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1. You can determine the age of a woody branch by counting these
bud scale scars
polar nuclei
butcher's broom
pasteurization
2. How are the vascular bundles of a dicot arranged in the stem?
phytochrome
maternal sporophyte - gametophyte - daughter sporophyte
starch
radial arrangement
3. Vascular and seed bearing
both gymnosperms and angiosperms
evolution
provide nutrients for a developing embryo
electron transport chain
4. A tissue in Which mitosis takes place - giving rise to the secondary xylem.
accessory
iris diaphragm
vascular cambium
bud scale scars
5. Transferring of the information from the DNA into the language of the mRNA.
ground tissue
translation
vascular cambium
biome
6. What hormone is most important in the ripening of fruits?
provide nutrients for a developing embryo
structural support
ethylene
storage
7. Epiphytes - valemine breaks down compost in roots
polar nuclei
orchids
dehiscent
nucleus
8. A plant that carries two different versions of a gene for a single trait is...
heterozygous
-water vapor -oxygen -carbon dioxide
sister chromatids
lichens
9. What separates during meiosis-II
storage
sister chromatids
welwichsia
pairs of chromosomes that each carry an allele for a given trait
10. What hormone is most important in the ripening of fruits?
ethylene
hormones are produced in a part of a plant and act in another part.
dehiscent
fuzzy plant
11. What organelle was observable in the onion epidermis stained with iodine?
DNA
active transport
nucleus
bud scale scars
12. What are adenine - guanine - thymine - cytosine?
nitrogenous base
accessory
hormones are produced in a part of a plant and act in another part.
lichens
13. During which phase of meiosis do daughter cells become haploid?
resonance
maternal sporophyte - gametophyte - daughter sporophyte
translation
telophase-I
14. During which phase of the cell cycle does DNA replication occur?
2 strands separate - 2 new strands are produced - each new DNA molecule contains 1 old strand
krebs cycle -glycolysis
S-phase
sister chromatids
15. Lives in california - it is a lily - waxy - thin - sharp leaves to stop water loss - holds water for up to 2 years.
bocarnia
2
abscistic acid
protein
16. Under what circumstance would sexual reproduction be more successful than asexual reproduction?
interrupt the dark period with several minutes of light
a changing/heterogeneous environment
sister chromatids
biome
17. What separates during meiosis-II
nucleus
sister chromatids
lichens
andom particle movement results in a net movement from high to low concentration
18. 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.
welwichsia
heartwood
pitcher plant
ferns
19. Which part of aerobic respiration generates the most ATP?
carbon dioxide
interrupt the dark period with several minutes of light
protein
electron transport chain
20. What is NOT a function of the vacuole?
synthesis of proteins
tRNA
pathogens
osmosis
21. In what portion of a root might you find 'root hairs'?
zone of maturation
nucleus
cheese - yogurt - pharmaceuticals
evolution
22. Cladifils- modified stems that look like leaves - all parts are photosynthetic
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23. Three generations of gymnosperms
fungi
phytochrome
maternal sporophyte - gametophyte - daughter sporophyte
ADP
24. During which phase of mitosis do the sister chromatids separate?
sister chromatids
anaphase
ADP
multiple
25. What is NOT a function of the vacuole?
synthesis of proteins
palisade mesophyll
starch
S-phase
26. What type of RNA has an anticodon?
dehiscent
versions of a gene
tRNA
potato
27. Which part of aerobic respiration results in the production of CO2?
NOT a sperm - microspore - or egg cell
krebs cycle
structural support
storage
28. Under what circumstance would sexual reproduction be more successful than asexual reproduction?
fungi
a changing/heterogeneous environment
dehiscent
phytochrome
29. What best describes a dry fruit which opens at maturity?
chlorophyll-A
phytochrome
tRNA
dehiscent
30. Lives in dry - hot/cold - windy places - has fuzzy hairs to distance wind from the leaves
nucleus
cytokinnin
pathogens
fuzzy plant
31. 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
ethylene
effects of rising carbon dioxide
welwichsia
leaf
32. 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.
carbon dioxide
welwichsia
2 strands separate - 2 new strands are produced - each new DNA molecule contains 1 old strand
heterozygous
33. How is algae different from 'true' plants?
-regulate water loss -regulate gas exchange -allow light to enter the leaf
bryophytes
orchids
mobility by cilia or flagella - do not have roots - and are not adapted to dry land
34. Lives in desert - leaves have waxy cuticle - succulent - holds onto water
anther
ground tissue
prokaryotes
ghost plant
35. An ecosystem with similar climatic conditions on earth - such as communities of plants - animals - and soil organisms
biome
anaphase
electron transport chain
ferns
36. How do bacteria reproduce?
osmosis
telophase-I
bionary fission and asexually
xylem
37. Which commonly eaten food is an example of a stem?
potato
pitcher plant
orchids
multiple
38. Lives in dry - hot/cold - windy places - has fuzzy hairs to distance wind from the leaves
ferns
electron transport chain
fuzzy plant
bryophytes
39. What are harmful effects of bacteria?
pathogens
lack of available oxygen
carbon dioxide
prophase
40. What type of RNA has an anticodon?
electron transport chain
water
tRNA
multiple
41. Which part of the microscope would be adjusted to sharpen the image of a specimen at high magnification?
krebs cycle
iris diaphragm
fungi
ferns
42. What BEST describes plant hormones?
anther
accessory
versions of a gene
hormones are produced in a part of a plant and act in another part.
43. In what part of a flower is pollen produced?
potato
lichens
anther
xylem
44. A tissue in Which mitosis takes place - giving rise to the secondary xylem.
artificial selection
lipids
40x
vascular cambium
45. What is a final product of aerobic respiration?
carbon dioxide
mRNA
-water vapor -oxygen -carbon dioxide
leaf
46. Seeds are not protected by fruit and they do not have flowers - do not have shell around seeds - reproduce by releasing pollen into the air to make available to the ovule in the megaspores - causing fertilization
-water vapor -oxygen -carbon dioxide
leaf
gymnosperms
evolution
47. What are the major groups of algae?
pyruvate
lipids
zone of maturation
cyanobacteria - green algae - red algae
48. If an ovule is fertilized - what will it develop into?
ground tissue
seed
electron transport chain
the water potential is higher in the potato than the sugar solution
49. What are beneficial products made from bacteria?
starch
bionary fission and asexually
osmosis
cheese - yogurt - pharmaceuticals
50. What process would be used by a plant to move potassium ions across a membrane AGAINST a concentration gradient?
krebs cycle
heartwood
active transport
pairs of chromosomes that each carry an allele for a given trait
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