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Botany Test

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






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






3. A tissue in Which mitosis takes place - giving rise to the secondary xylem.






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






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






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






8. Under what circumstance would sexual reproduction be more successful than asexual reproduction?






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






10. What are harmful effects of bacteria?






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






12. Have a cell wall - no membrane - and no nucleus






13. What is the primary function of collenchyma cells?






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






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






16. What BEST describes plant hormones?






17. What is NOT a product of the krebs cycle?






18. What contains the most potential energy?






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






20. What is a final product of glycolysis?






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






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






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






24. Transfer of DNA to RNA






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






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






27. What is NOT a product of the krebs cycle?






28. What are beneficial products made from bacteria?






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






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






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






32. 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.






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






34. 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






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






36. What is NOT a function of the vacuole?






37. Under what circumstance would sexual reproduction be more successful than asexual reproduction?






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






39. 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.






40. What are adenine - guanine - thymine - cytosine?






41. What are harmful effects of bacteria?






42. During which phase of the cell cycle does DNA replication occur?






43. Have a cell wall - no membrane - and no nucleus






44. What organelle do guard cells contain that other epidermal cells lack?






45. Which commonly eaten food is an example of a stem?






46. What are adenine - guanine - thymine - cytosine?






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






48. What causes diffusion of gases to occur?






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






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