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Botany Test

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1. Info. carrying molecule - single stranded






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






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






4. You can determine the age of a woody branch by counting these






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






6. What is NOT a function of the vacuole?






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






8. What type of RNA has an anticodon?






9. What BEST describes plant hormones?






10. What are the major groups of algae?






11. What is a final product of aerobic respiration?






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






13. Which substances pass through the open stomata of a leaf?






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






15. Seedless - multicellular - and terrestrial - have a vascular system - reproduce by spreading spores that are found on the underside of mature leaves.






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






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






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






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






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






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






22. What type of RNA has a codon?






23. Which tissue system occurs throughout the plant - is made up of parenchyma - collenchyma - and sclerenchyma cells - and functions in storage - structural support - and metabolism?






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






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






26. What hormone stimulates cell division and may interfere with the function of auxin - leading to the development of 'witches-broom'?






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






28. 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.






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






30. Composite organisms consisting of a symbiotic organism composed of a fungus with a photosynthetic partner - can be used as a natural fertilizer






31. Traits that are desirable can be selected and bred for. process of selectively mating and breeding plants with particular traits.






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






33. The ocular lens of a microscope is 10x - and the objective lens is 4x. What is the total magnification of the microscope?






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






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






36. What is the primary function of collenchyma cells?






37. How does DNA replication take place?






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






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






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






41. What are harmful effects of bacteria?






42. Three generations of gymnosperms






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






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






45. How is algae different from 'true' plants?






46. Which part of aerobic respiration results in the production of CO2?






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






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






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






50. What is a function of the epidermis?






Can you answer 50 questions in 15 minutes?



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