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final exam chapter 1-27

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The Study of plants is called   Botany   Strands of living tissue found beneath the epidermis in stems and petioles that are adapted to provide support of young growing organs is called   sclerenchyma  
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An organism that does not have a membrane bound organelles or a nuclear membrane is called   prokaryotic   Cells which are dead at maturity and have thickened, often lignified cell walls are called   collenchyma  
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These green organelles are packed with small disk-like structures called   grana   Conducting tissue which has no cell membranes and in effect is dead is called   xylem  
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The small disk-like structure are attached to a massive membrane called   thylakoid   Conducting tissue which lives and conducts sugars is   pholem  
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The small organelles where the processes of respiration occur are called   mitochondia   Small units within cells that function like small organs   organelles  
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Storage spaces in cells which hold starch, oils or other chemicals in high concentration are called   vacuoles   The name given to plants that grow during one season and then flower during the next growing season, after which they die   biennial  
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Continuous masses of cells in the cortex of stems and roots, in the pith of stems, in leaf mesophyll and in the flesh of fruits is called   parenchyma   Plants have joints where the leaves emerge and these joints are called   nodes  
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The leafless pieces of stem between these are called   internodes   A sheet of growing tissue is called a   cambium  
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The epidermis has small openings which allow gas exchange which are called   stomata   The epidermis has small hair or bristle-like structures called   trichomes  
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Thick roots which extends directly down into the soil and may exceed 50 ft. in length are called   tap roots   The absorptive roots of a plant which spread out in the upper 2 ft. of soil are called   fibrous roots  
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Small extensions of cells which occur near the root tip and help increase surface area of the roots are called   root hairs   Thick roots which originate from above ground plants parts are called   prop roots  
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A strip of impermeable material found in the cell wall of cells in the roots endodermis is called the   casparian strip   A leaf which has more than one part is called a   compound leaf  
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These arrangement of the leaves can be grouped into two categories. When arranged like fingers on a hand, the arrangement is called   palmate leaf   When leaves have a central stalk and small leaflets arise laterally they are called   pinnate leaf  
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The veins on leaves can be situated in one of two manners. Most monocot leaves have veins which are alongside of each other in a   parallel   Most dicot leaves have crisscross veins which are in a   net like (netted)  
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A swollen stem structure that occurs at the base of a stem and contains many compressed leaf-liked structures is called a   bulb   A swollen stem structure that occurs underground and is used for food storage is   tuber  
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Small openings in the bark of trees and the epidermis of apples and pears which allow for gas exchange are called   lenticels   The annual accumulation of secondary growth is evident as ____ which appear due to unfavorable climatic conditions.   growth rings  
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A flower which has both male and female parts is called   perfect   A grouping of flowers on a single plant is called an   inflorescence  
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The mature ovary of a flowering plant is called a   fruit   A mature ovary of a plant in which the seeds are scattered inside of a fleshy body is called a   berry  
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A mature ovary of a plant in which the seed is enclosed in a hardened shell with a fleshy outer layer is a   drupe   Many flowers have become showy and colored in an attempt to entice animals to collect and transmit   pollen  
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The main carbohydrate of energy storage in plants is   starch   The main unit of cell wall construction is the carbohydrate   cellulose  
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Carbohydrates are composed of which of the following elements   oxygen, hydrogen, and carbon   Carbohydrates are made up of units of ___ that are bonded together into long chains that are called___ because they are made of many repeating units   monomers, polymers  
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Triglycerides are made up of one unit of ____ and three units of ___   glycerol, fatty acid   A fatty acid that has the presence of double bonds between carbons is called   unsaturated  
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Fats which are solid at room temperature are made of ____ fatty acids   saturated   Proteins are made of long sequences of   amino acids  
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Organic molecules that consist of a phosphate group, a 5 carbon sugar and a nitrogen base and have the function of information storage and retrieval are   nucleic acid   Molecules that are not water loving are called   hydrophobic  
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Movement of water across a semi-permeable membrane is called   osmosis   The process by which the energy stored in a sugar is released is called   respiration  
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If the release of energy stored in a sugar occurs in the absence of oxygen, the resulting products are either ethanol or lactate, and the process is called   fermentation   All of these reactions are catalyzed by proteins called   enzymes  
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The main transporter of energy within the plant is a small molecule made of a nucleotide and phosphorus called   ATP   The green pigment which captures light energy is called   chlorophyll  
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One of the photosynthetic systems which is specialized for desert plants which cannot keep their stomata open during the heat of the day is called   CAM   The first form of carbon fixation that was discovered occurred when CO2 combines with ribulose bis phosphate to form PGA is called   C3  
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The second form of carbon fixation that was discovered occurs when CO2 combines to form malate which is then transported to another part of the leaf is called   C4   The part of the leaf in which the malate in the previous question is transported to is called the   bundle sheath  
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The word that refers to chemicals made of carbon backbones   organics   The enzyme that begins the process of photosynthesis and is the most abundant enzyme on the face of the earth   Rubisco  
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An organic compound synthesized by the plant and which is trans-located to another part of the plant, where, in uM concentration it elicits a response is called a   hormone   The first of these to be discovered causes meristems to bend and is called   auxin  
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Another of these, the discovered in fungi, cause plant elongation is called   gibberellin   Maturation of fruits and plant organs is promoted by   ethylene  
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Response of a plant to light is called   phototropism   Response of a plant to gravity is called   gravitropism  
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The response of a plant, or any biological organism, to intervals such as 24 hr, 28 day or 14 days is called a   circadian rhythm   The response of a plant to touch is called   thigmonasty  
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An element that is required in amounts less than 100mg/kg dry weight is a   micronutrient   A plant that grows up to a defined height, flowers and dies has___ growth.   determinant  
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A plant which grows, flowers and continues to grow has ____ growth.   indeterminate   Organisms that are capable of manufacturing their own food using light as an outside energy source and elements and inorganic compounds are called   photoautotroph  
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Orangisms that are capable of maufacturing their own food using inorganic chemicals as an outside energy source and elements and inorganic compounds are called   chemoautotroph   Organisms that require an organic carbon source for energy are called   chemoheterotroph  
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Organisms which have the ability to grow in an atmosphere that does not contain oxygen are called   anaerobic   The breakdown of sugar into 3-carbon sugars is called   glycolysis  
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An amino acid which the human body must obtain from diet is called   essential   Soil particles that are large (0.02 to 2 mm) are called   sand  
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The process of dieing in plants or plant tissue is called   senescence   Growing of plants in a soil-less garden is called   hydroponics  
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Rain or irrigation water removes nutrients and other dissolved chemicals from the soil in a process called   leaching   The response of plants to varying day lengths is called   photoperiodism  
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The ability to do work is called   energy   The system which generates ATP and is found in the mitochondrion is called   electron transport chain  
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Growing plants from a single cell in a defined chemical medium is called   tissue culture   Classification of plants into binomial names was popularized by   Linneaus  
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Which of the following characteristics are part of the definition of a species   production of fertile offspring, ability to reproduce sexually, genetic self-compatibility, individuality   On which group or groups of organisms are all other groups dependent   plants  
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What makes the group or groups of organism in the preceding question (plants) so important   thay are autotrophic   Anaerobic bacteria normally grow in an atmosphere that   does not have oxygen  
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Thermoacidophilic bacteria are able to grow at temperature that   are elevated   Cyanobacteria are interesting among bacteria because they have the ability to   Photosynthesize  
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Which nucleic acids can be found in viruses   either DNA or RNA   The external coat of a virus is made of   protein  
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Free living single celled marine organisms which belong to the Protista are called   plankton   The group of plankton which have the ability to capture sunlight and are photoautotrophic are called   phytoplankton  
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Single celled algae which possess a silicia based shell are called   diatoms   The largest members of the algae include the giant seaweeds which grow of the coast of California and are colored   brown  
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A polymer which is harvested from algae and is often used as a thickener in things such as ice cream and culture media is called   agar   The body of a fungus is made up of small thread-like filaments called ___ which in combination is called a ____   hypae, mycelium  
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The large fruiting body of fungi of the Basidiomycotina is a   mushroom   These fruiting bodies are often edible and have a very high level of available   protein  
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Zygospores, acospores and basidiospores are all formed as a result of   sexual recombination   Associations of fungi with plant roots which result in increased absorption of nutrients for the plants are called   mycorrhizae  
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Associations of fungi with algae which result in free living organisms are called   lichens   Plant anchors, which only hold the plant to the substrate and DO NOT absorb nutrients or water are called either ___ when the plants are algae or __ when the plants are bryophytes   holdfast, rhizoid  
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The name given to plants of the genus Sphagnum which grow in large bogs and are harvested, ground and used to supply organic matter to soil is   peat moss   The major difference between Bryophytes and other lower "plants" such as fungi is that Bryophytes produce an ___ rather than a zygote.   embryo  
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The genetic state of a fungus where 2 haploid nuclei are found per cell is called   dikaryotic   Ferns are of interest because they reproduce by producing ____ on the lower surface of their leaves.   spores  
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The fern leaf as it forms and expands has the shape of a ____ which is often edible.   fiddlehead   Gymnosperms are of interest because they reproduce by means of a naked   embryo  
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The most commons Gymnosperms are trees which are used by man as either ornamentals or for wood and paper pulp and are called   conifers   Cycads are extremely ____ plants dating back to the Carboniferous period.   ancient  
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The Angiosperms are divided into two subgroups based on the presence of one or two   cotyledons      
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In plants, organelles that are colored green is called   chloroplasts   The storage part of a seed which emerges as a pair in dicotyledonous plants, but remains below the soil surface in monocotyedonous plants are called   cotyledons  
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The organelles in the previous question(chloroplasts) have the function of   photosynthesis   The process in which a seed absorbs water and begins growth is called   germination  
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