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Botany Test

Subject : science
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. What contains the most potential energy?






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






4. Vascular and seed bearing






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






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






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






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






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






10. Three generations of gymnosperms






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






12. What are harmful effects of bacteria?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






20. How do bacteria reproduce?






21. What cell undergoes meiosis?






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






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






24. How does DNA replication take place?






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






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






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






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






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






30. What is a reactant in the photochemical reactions of photosynthesis?






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






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






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






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






35. What is a final product of aerobic respiration?






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






37. 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.






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






39. What organelle was observable in the onion epidermis stained with iodine?






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






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






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






43. Three generations of gymnosperms






44. 3 part molecule with a sugar - phosphate group - and nitrogenous base - carries genes






45. What causes diffusion of gases to occur?






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






47. What are beneficial products made from bacteria?






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






49. Have a nucleus - and a cell membrane






50. What is a function of the epidermis?