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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 generates the most ATP?
mobility by cilia or flagella - do not have roots - and are not adapted to dry land
lumen
pairs of chromosomes that each carry an allele for a given trait
electron transport chain
2. What pigment is responsible for plants sensing day length?
mRNA
xylem
cone
phytochrome
3. Transfer of DNA to RNA
anther
transcription
palisade mesophyll
chloroplasts
4. What is a function of the epidermis?
interrupt the dark period with several minutes of light
pericycle
polar nuclei
-regulate water loss -regulate gas exchange -allow light to enter the leaf
5. Which part of aerobic respiration results in the production of CO2?
-organelles -cytosol -nucleus
krebs cycle
40x
chlorophyll-A
6. Under what circumstance would sexual reproduction be more successful than asexual reproduction?
a changing/heterogeneous environment
ethylene
osmosis
versions of a gene
7. What best describes a dry fruit which opens at maturity?
dehiscent
nucleus
pitcher plant
eukaryotes
8. 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.
abscistic acid
multiple
bryophytes
ghost plant
9. What is NOT a function of the vacuole?
butcher's broom
synthesis of proteins
zone of maturation
mangrove
10. What separates during meiosis-II
nitrogenous base
sister chromatids
natural selection
protein
11. In what part of a flower is pollen produced?
anther
tRNA
osmosis
dehiscent
12. An ecosystem with similar climatic conditions on earth - such as communities of plants - animals - and soil organisms
welwichsia
multiple
S-phase
biome
13. A plant that carries two different versions of a gene for a single trait is...
heterozygous
artificial selection
translation
storage
14. Traits that are desirable can be selected and bred for. process of selectively mating and breeding plants with particular traits.
artificial selection
starch
provide nutrients for a developing embryo
starch
15. An ecosystem with similar climatic conditions on earth - such as communities of plants - animals - and soil organisms
lichens
ADP
biome
nitrogenous base
16. 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.
translation
telophase-I
bryophytes
water
17. What phenomena explains how a photon can strike any chlorophyll molecule in the antennal complex and still reach the reaction center?
cyanobacteria - green algae - red algae
starch
storage
resonance
18. What cell undergoes meiosis?
leaf
NOT a sperm - microspore - or egg cell
cheese - yogurt - pharmaceuticals
gymnosperms
19. Where in the chloroplast do protons accumulate - resulting in an electrochemical gradient which drives ATP-synthase?
osmosis
lumen
biome
nucleus
20. What organelle contains DNA?
pitcher plant
nucleus
ADP
active transport
21. What is a product of the biochemical reactions of photosynthesis?
starch
ethylene
-water vapor -oxygen -carbon dioxide
water
22. Under what conditions would a plant utilize fermentation to obtain energy?
lack of available oxygen
starch
palisade mesophyll
bocarnia
23. The ocular lens of a microscope is 10x - and the objective lens is 4x. What is the total magnification of the microscope?
40x
natural selection
potato
chloroplasts
24. What structure is MOST important in generating root pressure?
bud scale scars
endodermis
seed
pasteurization
25. Don't have roots or leaves - and are not producers - do not photosynthesize - and have cell walls made out of chitlin.
-regulate water loss -regulate gas exchange -allow light to enter the leaf
cytokinnin
chloroplasts
fungi
26. How does DNA replication take place?
water
artificial selection
2 strands separate - 2 new strands are produced - each new DNA molecule contains 1 old strand
effects of rising carbon dioxide
27. What cellular processes generate short carbon chains or skeletons which plants use to assemble amino acids and lipids?
krebs cycle -glycolysis
pasteurization
ground tissue
bionary fission and asexually
28. What tissue can be found in a root but not in a stem?
pericycle
40x
NOT a sperm - microspore - or egg cell
pyruvate
29. Individuals best adapted to their environment reproduce offspring. it requires variation - heritability - and selection.
anaphase
natural selection
transcription
pasteurization
30. What are the major groups of algae?
cytokinnin
polar nuclei
cyanobacteria - green algae - red algae
bocarnia
31. 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
endodermis
gymnosperms
2 strands separate - 2 new strands are produced - each new DNA molecule contains 1 old strand
lipids
32. What plant tissue functions in conducting water from the roots to the leaves?
xylem
a changing/heterogeneous environment
orchids
both gymnosperms and angiosperms
33. Transfer of DNA to RNA
transcription
absorption of water
ground tissue
pasteurization
34. Epiphytes - valemine breaks down compost in roots
potato
maternal sporophyte - gametophyte - daughter sporophyte
orchids
evolution
35. Which class of organic macromolecule stores the greatest amount of potential energy?
eukaryotes
prophase
potato
lipids
36. Epiphytes - valemine breaks down compost in roots
orchids
fuzzy plant
bionary fission and asexually
pathogens
37. What is a reactant in the photochemical reactions of photosynthesis?
heterozygous
water
palisade mesophyll
transcription
38. Where in a dicot leaf does the majority of photosynthesis occur?
storage
palisade mesophyll
lumen
ferns
39. What best describes a dry fruit which opens at maturity?
ghost plant
electron transport chain
mobility by cilia or flagella - do not have roots - and are not adapted to dry land
dehiscent
40. The part of an apple most often eaten by people is receptacle tissue - not ovary - making this what type of fruit?
endodermis
DNA
bionary fission and asexually
accessory
41. Where in a dicot leaf does the majority of photosynthesis occur?
vascular cambium
multiple
palisade mesophyll
iris diaphragm
42. What process would be used by a plant to move potassium ions across a membrane AGAINST a concentration gradient?
nitrogenous base
active transport
telophase-I
butcher's broom
43. What is a product of the biochemical reactions of photosynthesis?
starch
the water potential is higher in the potato than the sugar solution
palisade mesophyll
polar nuclei
44. Cladifils- modified stems that look like leaves - all parts are photosynthetic
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45. Which substances pass through the open stomata of a leaf?
structural support
accessory
-water vapor -oxygen -carbon dioxide
cytokinnin
46. What is the role of endosperm?
synthesis of proteins
multiple
nucleus
provide nutrients for a developing embryo
47. Which commonly eaten food is an example of a stem?
potato
zone of maturation
S-phase
seed
48. 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?
the water potential is higher in the potato than the sugar solution
prophase
krebs cycle
radial arrangement
49. Heating up bacteria until it is harmless and cannot function.
bud scale scars
pasteurization
bocarnia
starch
50. A plant that carries two different versions of a gene for a single trait is...
pasteurization
heterozygous
sister chromatids
endodermis