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Botany Test

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






2. What is the main function of the roots of a corn plant?






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






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

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






6. Info. carrying molecule - single stranded






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






8. What BEST describes plant hormones?






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






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






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






12. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






25. What is NOT a function of the vacuole?






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






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






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






29. What causes diffusion of gases to occur?






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

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






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






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






34. If an ovule is fertilized - what will it develop into?






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






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






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






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






39. What contains the most potential energy?






40. Transfer of DNA to RNA






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






42. Transfer of DNA to RNA






43. What is considered part of the protoplast?






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






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






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






47. 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.






48. A plant that carries two different versions of a gene for a single trait is...






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






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