Question 1

A vascular bundle

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A)  contains xylem and phloem.
B)  is not found in leaves.
C)  is usually scattered in the stem of a eudicot.
D)  is on the outer surface of a root.
E)  is very distinct in the apical meristem.F) A) and B)
G) A) and D)

Question 2

Which would be least affected by the loss of guard cell function that closes stomata?

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A)  a desert plant
B)  a plant from the plains of the American midwest
C)  a rainforest plant
D)  a poisonous plant
E)  a carnivorous plantF) A) and B)
G) A) and E)

Question 3

Root hairs are specialized

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A)  connective tissues.
B)  epidermal cells.
C)  conductive tissues.D) All of the above
E) A) and B)

Question 4

In the alternation of generations of flowering plant life cycles,the gametophyte stage is most similar to what stage of termite development?

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A)  egg
B)  larva
C)  pupa
D)  fertile queen
E)  sterile soldierF) D) and E)
G) B) and C)

Question 5

Corn seeds have one cotyledon.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

Flowers develop as a result of determinate shoot growth.

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A) True 
 B)False  True

Question 7

You and your lab partners are studying a plant and find a way to inactivate the SAM.If the plant is to continue living,it will have to find an alternate way to accomplish what essential plant function?

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A)  biochemical pathways of photosynthesis
B)  movement of nutrients and water
C)  collection of water from the soil
D)  physical support of the upper plant structureE) None of the above
F) A) and C)

Question 8

A plant that you are studying has sluggish wound healing abilities as well as an inability to store significant food reserves.You would like to enhance these properties.If you could enhance the growth of a tissue to improve these properties,which tissue would you enhance?

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A)  parenchyma of the stem cortex
B)  root apical meristem
C)  periderm
D)  lateral meristemE) A) and B)
F) B) and C) A

Question 9

The root zone of maturation is immediately above the root apical meristem (RAM).

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

Match between columns
                        Premises: Corn
Mangrove trees
Tropical trees

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The Answer of Buttress roots and Pneumatophores and Prop roots is...

Question 11

What is true of eudicots but not monocots?

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A)  Eudicots have flower parts usually in multiples of 4 or 5.
B)  Eudicots have true seed leaves but monocots do not.
C)  Eudicots have vascular bundles scattered in their stems.
D)  Eudicots have venation that is parallel to the leaf axis.
E)  Eudicots have stomatal pores but monocots do not.F) A) and B)
G) A) and C)

Question 12

Predict what would occur if you removed the shoot apical meristem of a plant embryo.

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A)  Growth would only occur at in the roots.
B)  The plant would grow two or more new shoot apical meristems.
C)  The root apical meristem would take over the function of the shoot apical meristem.
D)  The plant would mature,but only through vertical growth--no branches would form.E) B) and D)
F) B) and C)

Question 13

Imagine an insect that is making its way from the outside of a tree to the inside of the tree. Put the layers that it would it encounter in order, starting with the outermost later.

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A)  Primary xylem and pith 
B)  Remains of primary and older secondary phloem 
C)  Cork cambium 
D)  Cork 
E)  Secondary xylemF) B) and D)
G) A) and D)

Question 14

The apprentice in your horticulture lab accidentally trims all of the axillary buds from a particularly prized specimen.After realizing his mistake,he rather glumly asks you,as lead horticulturalist,about the effects on the plant.You predict that

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A)  the plant will die rapidly from this loss.
B)  the plant will re-grow the lost buds.
C)  the plant will continue its vertical growth and will be a tall and skinny variety.
D)  the plant will continue its horizontal spread and will be a wide but short variety.E) B) and C)
F) A) and D)

Question 15

Cell extension involves

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A)  loss of water.
B)  low acidic condition.
C)  enzymes that produce polysaccharides.
D)  expansion of cellulose microfibrils.
E)  water leaving the central vacuolE.F) B) and D)
G) B) and C)

Question 16

You are a botanist who is immersed in your attempt to increase a certain property in your plant of study.To that end,you induce a mutation that doubles the amount of vascular cambium (a type of meristem) in your plant.Assuming this brings the desired effect,what exactly was the property that you sought to increase?

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A)  production of new growth at the tip of stems
B)  production of secondary xylem and phloem
C)  production of only xylem to make wood
D)  production of bark only
E)  production of new leavesF) C) and E)
G) None of the above

Question 17

What is the closest parallel in animal structural levels of complexity to the branches,buds,flowers,seeds,and fruits of flowering plants?

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A)  subcellular,specialized organelles
B)  bone cells,muscle cells,skin cells,nerve cells
C)  muscle tissue,connective tissue,nervous tissue,epithelial tissue
D)  heart,lungs,stomach,kidney,reproductive organs
E)  digestive system,reproductive system,skeletal systemF) C) and D)
G) B) and E) E

Question 18

Where would one find the leaf axillary bud?

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A)  in the internode of the stem
B)  near the terminal bud
C)  between the leaf petiole and the stem
D)  between the leaf petiole and the leaf blade
E)  between leaflets on a compound leafF) C) and D)
G) C) and E)

Question 19

Where in the eudicot plant root would you expect to find vascular tissue?

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A)  in the center
B)  near the edge
C)  between the ground and dermal tissue
D)  scattered in the root
E)  parallel to the edgeF) B) and D)
G) C) and D)

Question 20

What do you predict would happen if flower growth became indeterminate?

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A)  The flowers would lose their distinct shape.
B)  The flower size would be reduced.
C)  The flowers would be enormous.
D)  Pollen and seed production would cease.E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

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Root hairs are specialized

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In the alternation of generations of flowering plant life cycles,the gametophyte stage is most similar to what stage of termite development?

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Corn seeds have one cotyledon.

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Flowers develop as a result of determinate shoot growth.

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