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1. What is the main function of the roots of a corn plant?
-regulate water loss -regulate gas exchange -allow light to enter the leaf
heterozygous
-regulate water loss -regulate gas exchange -allow light to enter the leaf
absorption of water
2. What type of RNA has an anticodon?
pyruvate
krebs cycle
tRNA
evolution
3. Transferring of the information from the DNA into the language of the mRNA.
cytokinnin
translation
ghost plant
cyanobacteria - green algae - red algae
4. A plant that carries two different versions of a gene for a single trait is...
heterozygous
2
pasteurization
resonance
5. 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
chlorophyll-A
effects of rising carbon dioxide
heterozygous
synthesis of proteins
6. An ecosystem with similar climatic conditions on earth - such as communities of plants - animals - and soil organisms
pericycle
heterozygous
telophase-I
biome
7. What type of fruit develops from a cluster of many simple flowers?
ghost plant
endodermis
2
multiple
8. What type of fruit develops from a cluster of many simple flowers?
interrupt the dark period with several minutes of light
pyruvate
bocarnia
multiple
9. During which phase of mitosis does the nuclear envelope disappear?
endodermis
gymnosperms
DNA
prophase
10. How do bacteria reproduce?
accessory
water
bionary fission and asexually
2
11. What process would be used by a plant to move potassium ions across a membrane AGAINST a concentration gradient?
active transport
pathogens
accessory
2
12. What cellular processes generate short carbon chains or skeletons which plants use to assemble amino acids and lipids?
eukaryotes
accessory
cytokinnin
krebs cycle -glycolysis
13. Transfer of DNA to RNA
maternal sporophyte - gametophyte - daughter sporophyte
bionary fission and asexually
pyruvate
transcription
14. Info. carrying molecule - single stranded
pasteurization
pasteurization
welwichsia
RNA
15. What are homologous chromosomes?
pairs of chromosomes that each carry an allele for a given trait
polar nuclei
structural support
welwichsia
16. What tissue can be found in a root but not in a stem?
active transport
nucleus
pericycle
mangrove
17. What is a function of the epidermis?
DNA
cone
zone of maturation
-regulate water loss -regulate gas exchange -allow light to enter the leaf
18. Change in gene frequency in a gene population over time.
RNA
krebs cycle
lack of available oxygen
evolution
19. In double fertilization - one sperm cell fertilized an egg cell - What does the other sperm cell fertilize?
tRNA
natural selection
mobility by cilia or flagella - do not have roots - and are not adapted to dry land
polar nuclei
20. Change in gene frequency in a gene population over time.
bryophytes
heartwood
sister chromatids
evolution
21. Heating up bacteria until it is harmless and cannot function.
protein
pasteurization
prophase
telophase-I
22. 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.
welwichsia
tRNA
butcher's broom
ADP
23. What structure is MOST important in generating root pressure?
accessory
provide nutrients for a developing embryo
pathogens
endodermis
24. What process involves the movement of water across a semi-permeable membrane?
maternal sporophyte - gametophyte - daughter sporophyte
cone
osmosis
vascular cambium
25. Individuals best adapted to their environment reproduce offspring. it requires variation - heritability - and selection.
natural selection
pasteurization
storage
starch
26. What part of a stem can a tree live without?
heartwood
starch
mRNA
abscistic acid
27. What are harmful effects of bacteria?
effects of rising carbon dioxide
pathogens
orchids
S-phase
28. Don't have roots or leaves - and are not producers - do not photosynthesize - and have cell walls made out of chitlin.
krebs cycle
vascular cambium
lack of available oxygen
fungi
29. Lives in california - it is a lily - waxy - thin - sharp leaves to stop water loss - holds water for up to 2 years.
accessory
osmosis
bocarnia
chlorophyll-A
30. What phenomena explains how a photon can strike any chlorophyll molecule in the antennal complex and still reach the reaction center?
polar nuclei
resonance
evolution
bud scale scars
31. What type of RNA has a codon?
S-phase
leaf
40x
mRNA
32. What is NOT a structure found on a typical flowering plant?
cone
2
nucleus
palisade mesophyll
33. Cladifils- modified stems that look like leaves - all parts are photosynthetic
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34. What would be a way of keeping a short-day plant from blooming?
ghost plant
S-phase
butcher's broom
interrupt the dark period with several minutes of light
35. The part of an apple most often eaten by people is receptacle tissue - not ovary - making this what type of fruit?
cytokinnin
interrupt the dark period with several minutes of light
accessory
starch
36. Enzymes are an example of what type of molecule?
NOT a sperm - microspore - or egg cell
krebs cycle -glycolysis
bocarnia
protein
37. Southern US - prop roots hold it in place as water moves out - it can breathe under water.
mangrove
bud scale scars
palisade mesophyll
gymnosperms
38. Under what conditions would a plant utilize fermentation to obtain energy?
transcription
lack of available oxygen
endodermis
2 strands separate - 2 new strands are produced - each new DNA molecule contains 1 old strand
39. 'Alleles' are best described as...
lipids
versions of a gene
potato
phytochrome
40. How are the vascular bundles of a dicot arranged in the stem?
telophase-I
2
pyruvate
radial arrangement
41. What is NOT a function of the vacuole?
-regulate water loss -regulate gas exchange -allow light to enter the leaf
palisade mesophyll
sister chromatids
synthesis of proteins
42. 'Alleles' are best described as...
versions of a gene
iris diaphragm
anther
starch
43. 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.
structural support
bud scale scars
pitcher plant
40x
44. What hormone functions in stomatal closure and can be used to induce dormancy in cultivated plants?
40x
hormones are produced in a part of a plant and act in another part.
xylem
abscistic acid
45. Lives in dry - hot/cold - windy places - has fuzzy hairs to distance wind from the leaves
both gymnosperms and angiosperms
evolution
fuzzy plant
40x
46. Iodine can be used to test for what molecule - resulting in a blue-black color?
starch
cone
pericycle
cheese - yogurt - pharmaceuticals
47. What pigment is responsible for plants sensing day length?
phytochrome
absorption of water
fungi
cyanobacteria - green algae - red algae
48. What cellular processes generate short carbon chains or skeletons which plants use to assemble amino acids and lipids?
pasteurization
krebs cycle -glycolysis
prophase
abscistic acid
49. What plant tissue functions in conducting water from the roots to the leaves?
nitrogenous base
accessory
active transport
xylem
50. What contains the most potential energy?
zone of maturation
starch
mangrove
NOT a sperm - microspore - or egg cell
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