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Botany Test

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






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






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






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






5. 'Alleles' are best described as...






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






7. Which class of organic macromolecule stores the greatest amount of potential energy?






8. What is considered part of the protoplast?






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






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






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






12. Vascular and seed bearing






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






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






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






16. 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.






17. Three generations of gymnosperms






18. Which part of aerobic respiration generates the most ATP?






19. What is a product of the biochemical reactions of photosynthesis?






20. What is a final product of aerobic respiration?






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






22. How many sperm cells does each pollen grain typically carry?






23. Heating up bacteria until it is harmless and cannot function.






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






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






26. What are the major groups of algae?






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






28. What is NOT a function of the vacuole?






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






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






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






32. Transfer of DNA to RNA






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






34. 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.






35. What is a final product of glycolysis?






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






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






38. What are beneficial products made from bacteria?






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






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






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






42. What are homologous chromosomes?






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






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






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






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






47. What organelle contains DNA?






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






49. What is considered part of the protoplast?






50. What is a product of the biochemical reactions of photosynthesis?







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