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Botany Test

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






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






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






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






5. Cladifils- modified stems that look like leaves - all parts are photosynthetic


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






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






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






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






10. Have a nucleus - and a cell membrane






11. What cell undergoes meiosis?






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






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






14. What plant tissue functions in conducting water from the roots to the leaves?






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






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






17. 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.






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






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






20. What separates during meiosis-II






21. How does DNA replication take place?






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






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






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






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






26. What type of RNA has an anticodon?






27. What is considered part of the protoplast?






28. 'Alleles' are best described as...






29. How do bacteria reproduce?






30. What separates during meiosis-II






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






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






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






34. Have a nucleus - and a cell membrane






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






36. What type of RNA has a codon?






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 is a product of the biochemical reactions of photosynthesis?






39. What phenomena explains how a photon can strike any chlorophyll molecule in the antennal complex and still reach the reaction center?






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






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






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






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






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






45. 'Alleles' are best described as...






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






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






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






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






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