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Which of the following is a meristematic tissue? |
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Which of the following tissues has sugar conduction as a primary function? |
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Which of the following tissues has support as one of its primary functions? |
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Which of the following is a primary meristem? |
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A primary function of tracheids is |
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The porous cell wall regions of food-conducting cells are called |
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Rays function primarily in |
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Which of the following is a secondary meristematic tissue? |
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Which pair of cell types has sugar conduction as a primary function? |
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companion cell and sieve tube |
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Which cell type has a thick and lignified cell wall? |
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Which tissue is derived from the apical meristem? |
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The protoderm eventually matures into the |
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The ground meristem produces |
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Which of the following is a specialized root? |
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In traversing the root to the central xylem vessels, the last living tissue that water passes through before entering the xylem is the |
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Which of the following is a part of the embryo of a seed? |
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Specialized roots that permit plants growing in water to facilitate gas exchange are called |
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Which of the following is/are absent in dicot roots? |
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Cells of the apical meristem |
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are generally cuboidal in shape. |
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The tissue adjacent to the endodermis toward the center of a root is the |
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Which of the following tissues is common in roots but not in stems? |
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In addition to anchoring a plant, roots usually function directly in which of the following processes? |
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absorption of minerals in solution |
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Root hairs are prominent in the |
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Cells of an endodermis that do not have Casparian strips are |
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This tissue (region) is present in monocot roots but absent in dicot roots. |
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This can be found as part of the embryo. |
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Directly outside the endodermis toward the outside of a root is the |
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Roots differ from stems in |
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all the above are correct |
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One unique function of the root cap is |
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the sensing of a gravitational force |
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A unique feature of the pericycle is |
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1.its retention of meristematic potential. 2.the production of lateral roots. |
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consists of one year's growth of xylem |
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Which of the following statements pertaining to monocots is true? |
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They have no vascular cambium |
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In a mature, woody dicot stem, the tissue between the xylem and the phloem is the |
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Which of the following function primarily in the lateral conduction of food in a stem? |
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When three or more leaves occur at a node, the leaf arrangement is said to be |
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Axillary buds are found in |
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Paired appendages associated with leaf petioles are |
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Cells produced by the vascular cambium do NOT include |
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Increase in girth of a tree is due to the activity of |
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Siphonosteles occur in most |
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Older, nonfunctioning xylem is called |
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In monocot stems the parenchyma cells are referred to collectively as |
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Which of the following have no nodes or internodes? |
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Which function does the stem have in common with the root? |
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Leaves and buds are attached to the stem at the |
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Above ground horizontal stems that produce roots and shoots are |
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Leaf veins are located in which of the following? |
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When an abscission layer forms at the base of a leaf petiole in the fall, which of the following tissues is the first to become blocked? |
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Which of the following is NOT a specialized leaf? |
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A bundle sheath is a jacket of fibers surrounding |
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The epidermis of leaves normally is coated with |
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The osmotic response of guard cells is governed by ______ levels in the guard cells. |
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Which is a morphological adaptation to reduce water loss from the leaf? |
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The venation that forks repeatedly in leaves is termed |
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Another name for mesophyll cells is |
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The jacket of cells surrounding a leaf vein is usually termed a/an |
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The large cells of certain grass leaves that permit the leaves to roll up under dry conditions are |
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In the abscission zone of the leaf, which of the following is closest to the stem? |
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A leaf that lacks a petiole is termed |
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Plants whose leaves fall off at the end of the growing season are |
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The part of a flower that frequently functions in protecting unopened flower buds is called the |
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Which of the following is NOT a feature of monocots? |
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pollen grains mostly with three apertures |
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usually contains at least one ovule. |
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Flowering plants that complete their life cycles in a single season are called |
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Which of the following is often missing in wind-pollinated plants? |
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When the calyx, corolla, and stamens of a flower are attached at the top of the ovary, the ovary is said to be |
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The parts of a flower that eventually become seeds are |
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Which of the following is a cluster of flowers in which each flower is produced on its own pedicel? |
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In which of the following habitats are flowering plants known to occur? |
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Which of the following groups of fruits would botanically be classified as nuts? |
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Which of the following groups of fruits would be classified botanically as true berries? |
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Modifications of fruits or seeds that do NOT adapt them for dispersal by either wind or water include |
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a mechanism that squirts seeds from one end of a melonlike fruit |
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Most of the flesh of pomes comes from |
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Which of the following groups of fruits is representative of drupes? |
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plums, apricots, coconuts |
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The growth of a seed embryo without any dormancy is known as |
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The skin of most fruits is technically the |
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In a young seedling the part of the stem below the cotyledons is called the |
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The part of the flower in which ovules are produced is the |
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The floral parts are attached to an apical portion of the flowering stem called the |
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Pollen adheres to a sticky portion of the flower called the |
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An example of an aggregate fruit would be the |
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Which fruit would be adapted for dispersal by water? |
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Which fruit or seed is dispersed by the wind? |
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Some seeds require that the seed coat be partially digested or decayed before germination will occur. This process of altering the seed coat to permit germination is called |
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A plant that requires two growing seasons to complete its life cycle is a(an) |
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Which root tissue functions as a storage location? |
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Which of the following would not be part of a stele? |
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The venation that does not fork or intersect at all in leaves is termed |
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Stomata are part of this tissue |
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What is the term for the structure composed of all the petals |
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The flesh of soft fruits is technically the |
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