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1. What is a final product of glycolysis?
ethylene
heterozygous
pyruvate
both gymnosperms and angiosperms
2. What are beneficial products made from bacteria?
cheese - yogurt - pharmaceuticals
heterozygous
anaphase
structural support
3. What type of RNA has an anticodon?
phytochrome
anaphase
ground tissue
tRNA
4. A tissue in Which mitosis takes place - giving rise to the secondary xylem.
vascular cambium
absorption of water
carbon dioxide
iris diaphragm
5. During which phase of mitosis do the sister chromatids separate?
anaphase
both gymnosperms and angiosperms
interrupt the dark period with several minutes of light
nucleus
6. Under what conditions would a plant utilize fermentation to obtain energy?
lack of available oxygen
electron transport chain
nitrogenous base
absorption of water
7. 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
active transport
fuzzy plant
gymnosperms
iris diaphragm
8. Under what circumstance would sexual reproduction be more successful than asexual reproduction?
a changing/heterogeneous environment
the water potential is higher in the potato than the sugar solution
protein
synthesis of proteins
9. What is a function of the epidermis?
bryophytes
-regulate water loss -regulate gas exchange -allow light to enter the leaf
DNA
the water potential is higher in the potato than the sugar solution
10. What hormone stimulates cell division and may interfere with the function of auxin - leading to the development of 'witches-broom'?
active transport
starch
fungi
cytokinnin
11. What are homologous chromosomes?
prophase
evolution
abscistic acid
pairs of chromosomes that each carry an allele for a given trait
12. 'Alleles' are best described as...
nucleus
versions of a gene
lack of available oxygen
40x
13. Have a nucleus - and a cell membrane
pathogens
eukaryotes
dehiscent
lipids
14. What cell undergoes meiosis?
NOT a sperm - microspore - or egg cell
translation
interrupt the dark period with several minutes of light
dehiscent
15. What is a product of the biochemical reactions of photosynthesis?
transcription
starch
bud scale scars
lipids
16. What would be a way of keeping a short-day plant from blooming?
nitrogenous base
interrupt the dark period with several minutes of light
pasteurization
leaf
17. Lives in california - it is a lily - waxy - thin - sharp leaves to stop water loss - holds water for up to 2 years.
nucleus
bocarnia
bionary fission and asexually
sister chromatids
18. Seedless - multicellular - and terrestrial - have a vascular system - reproduce by spreading spores that are found on the underside of mature leaves.
starch
ferns
ghost plant
iris diaphragm
19. What is a final product of aerobic respiration?
leaf
carbon dioxide
heterozygous
tRNA
20. What part of a stem can a tree live without?
radial arrangement
heartwood
artificial selection
sister chromatids
21. The part of an apple most often eaten by people is receptacle tissue - not ovary - making this what type of fruit?
anther
palisade mesophyll
accessory
potato
22. Which part of aerobic respiration results in the production of CO2?
mRNA
bryophytes
krebs cycle
effects of rising carbon dioxide
23. What causes diffusion of gases to occur?
mobility by cilia or flagella - do not have roots - and are not adapted to dry land
carbon dioxide
andom particle movement results in a net movement from high to low concentration
storage
24. You can determine the age of a woody branch by counting these
endodermis
S-phase
bud scale scars
artificial selection
25. What organelle was observable in the onion epidermis stained with iodine?
nucleus
S-phase
xylem
structural support
26. The ocular lens of a microscope is 10x - and the objective lens is 4x. What is the total magnification of the microscope?
lichens
mangrove
anther
40x
27. NO vascular tissue - NO roots - have modified photosynthetic tissue to help it absorb carbon dioxide without losing too much water - can survive in variety of environments - seedless - and commonly seen as mosses - hornworts - and liverworts.
pitcher plant
cheese - yogurt - pharmaceuticals
ground tissue
bryophytes
28. 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
gymnosperms
2
leaf
leaf
29. What is the primary function of collenchyma cells?
anaphase
lichens
lack of available oxygen
structural support
30. What is the function of the cortex in a root?
synthesis of proteins
potato
storage
starch
31. Which class of organic macromolecule stores the greatest amount of potential energy?
lipids
polar nuclei
NOT a sperm - microspore - or egg cell
cyanobacteria - green algae - red algae
32. Which commonly eaten food is an example of a stem?
mangrove
potato
structural support
the water potential is higher in the potato than the sugar solution
33. Cladifils- modified stems that look like leaves - all parts are photosynthetic
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34. What is NOT a structure found on a typical flowering plant?
2 strands separate - 2 new strands are produced - each new DNA molecule contains 1 old strand
cone
prophase
S-phase
35. Composite organisms consisting of a symbiotic organism composed of a fungus with a photosynthetic partner - can be used as a natural fertilizer
biome
fungi
lichens
translation
36. What are the major groups of algae?
tRNA
structural support
sister chromatids
cyanobacteria - green algae - red algae
37. Composite organisms consisting of a symbiotic organism composed of a fungus with a photosynthetic partner - can be used as a natural fertilizer
leaf
protein
gymnosperms
lichens
38. What tissue can be found in a root but not in a stem?
cheese - yogurt - pharmaceuticals
prokaryotes
pericycle
hormones are produced in a part of a plant and act in another part.
39. What hormone functions in stomatal closure and can be used to induce dormancy in cultivated plants?
versions of a gene
abscistic acid
dehiscent
cyanobacteria - green algae - red algae
40. Vascular and seed bearing
phytochrome
radial arrangement
lack of available oxygen
both gymnosperms and angiosperms
41. How does DNA replication take place?
ADP
2 strands separate - 2 new strands are produced - each new DNA molecule contains 1 old strand
heterozygous
pathogens
42. During which phase of meiosis do daughter cells become haploid?
structural support
heartwood
accessory
telophase-I
43. What is NOT a structure found on a typical flowering plant?
bud scale scars
biome
heartwood
cone
44. What organelle do guard cells contain that other epidermal cells lack?
lipids
anaphase
chloroplasts
a changing/heterogeneous environment
45. What is NOT a function of the vacuole?
ADP
ferns
effects of rising carbon dioxide
synthesis of proteins
46. Epiphytes - valemine breaks down compost in roots
orchids
bocarnia
the water potential is higher in the potato than the sugar solution
synthesis of proteins
47. What BEST describes plant hormones?
absorption of water
osmosis
hormones are produced in a part of a plant and act in another part.
RNA
48. Which class of organic macromolecule stores the greatest amount of potential energy?
protein
gymnosperms
ADP
lipids
49. What organelle contains DNA?
ghost plant
lichens
versions of a gene
nucleus
50. What separates during meiosis-II
resonance
lumen
absorption of water
sister chromatids