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Botany Test
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Which part of aerobic respiration results in the production of CO2?
krebs cycle
lichens
cyanobacteria - green algae - red algae
orchids
2. In what part of a flower is pollen produced?
gymnosperms
endodermis
anther
cytokinnin
3. What are the major groups of algae?
resonance
fungi
versions of a gene
cyanobacteria - green algae - red algae
4. What cellular processes generate short carbon chains or skeletons which plants use to assemble amino acids and lipids?
effects of rising carbon dioxide
mangrove
protein
krebs cycle -glycolysis
5. What are beneficial products made from bacteria?
mangrove
cheese - yogurt - pharmaceuticals
transcription
ghost plant
6. What cellular processes generate short carbon chains or skeletons which plants use to assemble amino acids and lipids?
krebs cycle -glycolysis
mRNA
pitcher plant
eukaryotes
7. Composite organisms consisting of a symbiotic organism composed of a fungus with a photosynthetic partner - can be used as a natural fertilizer
accessory
lichens
synthesis of proteins
artificial selection
8. How are the vascular bundles of a dicot arranged in the stem?
a changing/heterogeneous environment
-regulate water loss -regulate gas exchange -allow light to enter the leaf
radial arrangement
pericycle
9. What is NOT a structure found on a typical flowering plant?
radial arrangement
ferns
DNA
cone
10. What is NOT a function of the vacuole?
pericycle
synthesis of proteins
evolution
cyanobacteria - green algae - red algae
11. A tissue in Which mitosis takes place - giving rise to the secondary xylem.
krebs cycle -glycolysis
active transport
vascular cambium
anaphase
12. Lives in desert - leaves have waxy cuticle - succulent - holds onto water
eukaryotes
abscistic acid
ghost plant
pasteurization
13. Under what conditions would a plant utilize fermentation to obtain energy?
vascular cambium
storage
cheese - yogurt - pharmaceuticals
lack of available oxygen
14. Which class of organic macromolecule stores the greatest amount of potential energy?
pyruvate
eukaryotes
the water potential is higher in the potato than the sugar solution
lipids
15. A plant that carries two different versions of a gene for a single trait is...
heterozygous
ferns
lack of available oxygen
zone of maturation
16. What is considered part of the protoplast?
cytokinnin
-organelles -cytosol -nucleus
2 strands separate - 2 new strands are produced - each new DNA molecule contains 1 old strand
RNA
17. In what portion of a root might you find 'root hairs'?
starch
fungi
lack of available oxygen
zone of maturation
18. 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
telophase-I
abscistic acid
-organelles -cytosol -nucleus
19. An ecosystem with similar climatic conditions on earth - such as communities of plants - animals - and soil organisms
lumen
ghost plant
biome
potato
20. You can determine the age of a woody branch by counting these
ground tissue
bud scale scars
bryophytes
ADP
21. Under what circumstance would sexual reproduction be more successful than asexual reproduction?
nitrogenous base
a changing/heterogeneous environment
NOT a sperm - microspore - or egg cell
nitrogenous base
22. Which substances pass through the open stomata of a leaf?
ghost plant
-water vapor -oxygen -carbon dioxide
active transport
mangrove
23. How many sperm cells does each pollen grain typically carry?
palisade mesophyll
lichens
welwichsia
2
24. What are the major groups of algae?
andom particle movement results in a net movement from high to low concentration
cyanobacteria - green algae - red algae
krebs cycle
welwichsia
25. What is a function of the epidermis?
cytokinnin
pyruvate
krebs cycle
-regulate water loss -regulate gas exchange -allow light to enter the leaf
26. Have a cell wall - no membrane - and no nucleus
dehiscent
prokaryotes
active transport
interrupt the dark period with several minutes of light
27. 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.
nucleus
abscistic acid
mobility by cilia or flagella - do not have roots - and are not adapted to dry land
pitcher plant
28. Where in a dicot leaf does the majority of photosynthesis occur?
osmosis
natural selection
palisade mesophyll
2 strands separate - 2 new strands are produced - each new DNA molecule contains 1 old strand
29. Which part of the microscope would be adjusted to sharpen the image of a specimen at high magnification?
krebs cycle -glycolysis
iris diaphragm
palisade mesophyll
chloroplasts
30. In what portion of a root might you find 'root hairs'?
zone of maturation
evolution
resonance
mangrove
31. Change in gene frequency in a gene population over time.
translation
bionary fission and asexually
vascular cambium
evolution
32. What organelle do guard cells contain that other epidermal cells lack?
multiple
anaphase
chloroplasts
-regulate water loss -regulate gas exchange -allow light to enter the leaf
33. What is NOT a product of the krebs cycle?
leaf
ADP
pathogens
telophase-I
34. What tissue can be found in a root but not in a stem?
bud scale scars
carbon dioxide
pericycle
the water potential is higher in the potato than the sugar solution
35. The part of an apple most often eaten by people is receptacle tissue - not ovary - making this what type of fruit?
mangrove
absorption of water
accessory
starch
36. Where in the chloroplast do protons accumulate - resulting in an electrochemical gradient which drives ATP-synthase?
lipids
lichens
anther
lumen
37. During which phase of mitosis does the nuclear envelope disappear?
NOT a sperm - microspore - or egg cell
leaf
prophase
endodermis
38. What pigment is responsible for plants sensing day length?
phytochrome
cyanobacteria - green algae - red algae
resonance
eukaryotes
39. What are adenine - guanine - thymine - cytosine?
nitrogenous base
mRNA
-water vapor -oxygen -carbon dioxide
resonance
40. What type of fruit develops from a cluster of many simple flowers?
natural selection
multiple
the water potential is higher in the potato than the sugar solution
fuzzy plant
41. What are beneficial products made from bacteria?
osmosis
cheese - yogurt - pharmaceuticals
carbon dioxide
tRNA
42. 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?
water
artificial selection
orchids
the water potential is higher in the potato than the sugar solution
43. 3 part molecule with a sugar - phosphate group - and nitrogenous base - carries genes
fungi
DNA
provide nutrients for a developing embryo
multiple
44. What is the role of endosperm?
provide nutrients for a developing embryo
bionary fission and asexually
andom particle movement results in a net movement from high to low concentration
pathogens
45. Vascular and seed bearing
tRNA
potato
both gymnosperms and angiosperms
cytokinnin
46. Which class of organic macromolecule stores the greatest amount of potential energy?
anther
bocarnia
cytokinnin
lipids
47. What part of a stem can a tree live without?
accessory
heartwood
vascular cambium
heterozygous
48. The ocular lens of a microscope is 10x - and the objective lens is 4x. What is the total magnification of the microscope?
bocarnia
40x
S-phase
zone of maturation
49. Lives in dry - hot/cold - windy places - has fuzzy hairs to distance wind from the leaves
NOT a sperm - microspore - or egg cell
fuzzy plant
ground tissue
orchids
50. What are harmful effects of bacteria?
synthesis of proteins
pathogens
telophase-I
accessory