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Botany Test

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






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






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






4. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






11. What is a final product of aerobic respiration?






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






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






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






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






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






17. What type of RNA has a codon?






18. What is a final product of aerobic respiration?






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






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






21. 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






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






23. Individuals best adapted to their environment reproduce offspring. it requires variation - heritability - and selection.






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






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






26. 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






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






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






29. What is the primary function of collenchyma cells?






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






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






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






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






34. How do bacteria reproduce?






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






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






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






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






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






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






41. What contains the most potential energy?






42. 'Alleles' are best described as...






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






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






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






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






47. Vascular and seed bearing






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






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






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