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Botany Test

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






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






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






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






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

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6. What type of RNA has an anticodon?






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






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






9. What pigment absorbs energy and can emit an electron in photosynthesis?






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






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






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






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






14. What is considered part of the protoplast?






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






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

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






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






19. 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.






20. What best describes a dry fruit which opens at maturity?






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






22. In double fertilization - one sperm cell fertilized an egg cell - What does the other sperm cell fertilize?






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






24. In double fertilization - one sperm cell fertilized an egg cell - What does the other sperm cell fertilize?






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






26. What hormone functions in stomatal closure and can be used to induce dormancy in cultivated plants?






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






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






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






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






31. What BEST describes plant hormones?






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






33. 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






34. What is considered part of the protoplast?






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






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






37. What pigment absorbs energy and can emit an electron in photosynthesis?






38. 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






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






40. What are homologous chromosomes?






41. Three generations of gymnosperms






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






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






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






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






46. Vascular and seed bearing






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






48. What contains the most potential energy?






49. How do bacteria reproduce?






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






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