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Botany Test

Subject : science
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. What is NOT a product of the krebs cycle?






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






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






4. Transfer of DNA to RNA






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






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






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






8. How does DNA replication take place?






9. What is the primary function of collenchyma cells?






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






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






12. During which phase of meiosis do daughter cells become haploid?






13. Info. carrying molecule - single stranded






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






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






16. 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.






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






18. Three generations of gymnosperms






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






20. What type of RNA has an anticodon?






21. What cell undergoes meiosis?






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






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






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






25. 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?






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






27. What is a final product of glycolysis?






28. What are beneficial products made from bacteria?






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






30. Epiphytes - valemine breaks down compost in roots






31. What are the major groups of algae?






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






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






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






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






36. The ocular lens of a microscope is 10x - and the objective lens is 4x. What is the total magnification of the microscope?






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






38. During which phase of meiosis do daughter cells become haploid?






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






40. 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.






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






42. What contains the most potential energy?






43. What is considered part of the protoplast?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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