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Botany Test

Subject : science
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. What is a function of the epidermis?






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






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






4. In what part of a flower is pollen produced?






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






6. What is NOT a product of the krebs cycle?






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






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






9. In what part of a flower is pollen produced?






10. Three generations of gymnosperms






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






12. What contains the most potential energy?






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






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






15. What is a final product of glycolysis?






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






17. Three generations of gymnosperms






18. You can determine the age of a woody branch by counting these






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






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






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






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






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






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






25. What structure is MOST important in generating root pressure?






26. 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?






27. Where in a plant is the water potential lowest?






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






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






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






31. What type of RNA has an anticodon?






32. How do bacteria reproduce?






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






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






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






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






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






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






39. What phenomena explains how a photon can strike any chlorophyll molecule in the antennal complex and still reach the reaction center?






40. What is the role of endosperm?






41. What is the role of endosperm?






42. Info. carrying molecule - single stranded






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






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






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






46. What contains the most potential energy?






47. What type of RNA has a codon?






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






49. What is a function of the epidermis?






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