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Botany Test

Subject : science
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. In what portion of a root might you find 'root hairs'?






2. What are beneficial products made from bacteria?






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






4. What type of RNA has a codon?






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






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






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






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






9. Seeds are not protected by fruit and they do not have flowers - do not have shell around seeds - reproduce by releasing pollen into the air to make available to the ovule in the megaspores - causing fertilization






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






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






12. How do bacteria reproduce?






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






14. 3 part molecule with a sugar - phosphate group - and nitrogenous base - carries genes






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






16. What is the primary function of collenchyma cells?






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






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






19. What is the role of endosperm?






20. What causes diffusion of gases to occur?






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






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






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






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






25. What is a final product of glycolysis?






26. Where in the chloroplast do protons accumulate - resulting in an electrochemical gradient which drives ATP-synthase?






27. What causes diffusion of gases to occur?






28. How do bacteria reproduce?






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






30. What type of fruit develops from a cluster of many simple flowers?






31. 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.






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






33. What is a final product of aerobic respiration?






34. What contains the most potential energy?






35. What are beneficial products made from bacteria?






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






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






38. 'Alleles' are best described as...






39. What is a function of the epidermis?






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






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






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






43. What type of RNA has an anticodon?






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






45. What are harmful effects of bacteria?






46. A piece of potato tuber is placed in a concentrated sugar-water solution. what statement BEST describes why the piece of potato shrinks in size over time?






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






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






49. What separates during meiosis-II






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