Question 1

Which of the following structures is a stem adaptation instead of a root adaptation?

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A)  stolons
B)  rhizomes
C)  tubers
D)  corms
E)  These are all are stem adaptations.F) A) and B)
G) B) and E)

Question 2

Describe three of the key features that you can use to identify whether a plant is a monocot or a eudicot.

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Question 3

Which statement is NOT true about vascular tissue in plants?

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A)  In leaves,the vascular tissue is found in the leaf veins.
B)  In stems,the vascular tissue is found in the vascular bundles.
C)  Phloem cells are hollow and nonliving,and they form a continuous pipeline that transports sugars.
D)  Xylem cells are hollow and nonliving,and they form a continuous pipeline that transports water and minerals.
E)  In roots,the vascular tissue is found in the central vascular cylinder.F) A) and B)
G) A) and C)

Question 4

Which of these vascular tissue cells is alive but lacks a nucleus?

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A)  tracheid
B)  sieve-tube members
C)  vessel element
D)  companion cellE) B) and C)
F) None of the above

Question 5

All of the following are specialized epidermal cells EXCEPT

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A)  root hairs.
B)  trichomes.
C)  collenchyma.
D)  guard cells.E) B) and C)
F) A) and D)

Question 6

Describe the pathway that a drop of water would go through starting at the root system and leaving at the leaf.Be sure to indicate the various tissue types that the water will come in contact with along its pathway.

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Question 7

Which statement is NOT true of the epidermis of a plant?

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A)  The epidermis covers the entire body of a herbaceous plant.
B)  Guard cells are specialized epidermal cells found on root surfaces.
C)  The epidermis is impervious to gas exchange.
D)  Root hairs increase the surface area of epidermal cells on roots.
E)  Cork cells replace epidermal cells on older woody plants.F) B) and C)
G) B) and E)

Question 8

Damage to the parenchyma cells can lead to which of the following issues?

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A)  a decrease in the plant's ability to run photosynthesis or store the sugars produced from photosynthesis
B)  an increase in the plant's ability to run photosynthesis and storing the sugars produced from photosynthesis
C)  a decrease in the plant's ability to defend against predators
D)  a decrease in the structural support for various components of the plantE) C) and D)
F) B) and D)

Question 9

Which one or more of the following meristem and tissue matches are mismatched?

Accepted Answer

A)  protoderm - vascular tissue
B)  ground meristem - ground tissue
C)  procambrium - epidermal tissue
D)  None of these are mismatched.
E)  protoderm - vascular tissue and procambrium - epidermal tissueF) All of the above
G) A) and D)

Question 10

Using the word bank,name the labeled structures.Briefly describe their function (shoot system,root system,terminal bud,internode,node,stem,axillary bud,leaf,petiole).  E.________
F.________
G.________
H.________

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Question 11

An axillary bud may produce

Accepted Answer

A)  nothing-it is shed with the leaf.
B)  a lateral branch or a flower.
C)  wood and lateral branches.
D)  inhibitors of growth.E) B) and C)
F) A) and D)

Question 12

Consider the possibility that we discover a gene that regulates both the amount of root hairs and where root hairs grow on a root tip.Since the surface area provided by root hairs is so critical to their uptake of water and nutrients,expanding their growth area seems a great advantage.However,which of these might be a problem?

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A)  Growth of root hairs in the zone of cell division would interfere with root cell proliferation.
B)  Growth of root hairs in the root cap would cause them to be shredded off since this area takes substantial abrasion.
C)  Growth of root hairs in the zone of elongation would cause them to be shredded off as they anchored in soil and the root lengthened.
D)  All of these choices pose a problem.E) A) and D)
F) B) and D)

Question 13

Which statement is NOT true about woody stems?

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A)  Woody stems contain secondary growth.
B)  Secondary phloem accumulates to form the wood.
C)  The stem is organized into a central pith,wood,and outer bark.
D)  Cork cambium produces waterproof cork cells that become bark.
E)  The vascular cambium is located between the xylem and phloem of the vascular bundles in a woody stem.F) C) and D)
G) None of the above

Question 14

Which of the following tissues transports water and nutrients within the plant?

Accepted Answer

A)  epidermal tissue
B)  ground tissue
C)  meristematic tissue
D)  vascular tissueE) A) and C)
F) A) and B)

Question 15

All of the following are taproots that are consumed as vegetables EXCEPT

Accepted Answer

A)  carrots.
B)  celery.
C)  turnips.
D)  radishes.
E)  beets.F) B) and E)
G) D) and E)

Question 16

During the spring and fall each year thousands of maple trees are tapped for their fluids in order to make "real" maple syrup.If you were to tap into a maple tree to extract the syrup (sucrose) which tissue layer do you want to tap into?

Accepted Answer

A)  phloem
B)  xylem
C)  epidermis
D)  ground tissue
E)  peridermF) C) and D)
G) None of the above

Question 17

Which of the following statements is NOT correct about the arrangement of tissues in the eudicot root?

Accepted Answer

A)  The specialized root tissues are seen at the zone of maturation.
B)  The epidermis of the root has no cuticle on its outer surface,unlike other epidermal tissues.
C)  The pericycle is the outer layer of cells in the vascular cylinder,with the ability to form secondary or branch roots.
D)  The star-shaped phloem is located in the center of the vascular cylinder,with xylem arranged between the arms of phloem.
E)  The Casparian strip is a waxy lining on four sides of the cells of the endodermis,which forces water into the endodermal cells.F) B) and E)
G) A) and D)

Question 18

Mycorrhizae are associations between bacteria and the roots of select plants.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

Considering that leaf stoma have the conflicting functions of allowing gaseous carbon dioxide into the leaf,yet preserving the plant's supply of water,which of the following is (are) reasonable?

Accepted Answer

A)  A submerged-water plant would have no stoma.
B)  Tree leaves that orient flat and present the top side to the sun would have most of their stoma on the bottom of the leaf.
C)  Corn,oats,rice,and wheat-all monocots-have relative upright blades with sunlight hitting both sides and would have stoma distributed evenly on both sides.
D)  All of the choices are reasonable.
E)  None of the choices are reasonable,since stoma are found uniformly on all type of leaves.F) C) and D)
G) A) and C)

Question 20

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of plant cells?

Accepted Answer

A)  Centrioles are present during mitosis.
B)  Cell wall is present.
C)  Plasmodesmata are present.
D)  Plastids are present.E) All of the above
F) B) and D)

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Which statement is NOT true about woody stems?

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Describe the pathway that a drop of water would go through starting at the root system and leaving at the leaf.Be sure to indicate the various tissue types that the water will come in contact with along its pathway.

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Damage to the parenchyma cells can lead to which of the following issues?

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During the spring and fall each year thousands of maple trees are tapped for their fluids in order to make "real" maple syrup.If you were to tap into a maple tree to extract the syrup (sucrose) which tissue layer do you want to tap into?

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Describe three of the key features that you can use to identify whether a plant is a monocot or a eudicot.

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Which of these vascular tissue cells is alive but lacks a nucleus?

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Using the word bank,name the labeled structures.Briefly describe their function (shoot system,root system,terminal bud,internode,node,stem,axillary bud,leaf,petiole). E. F. G. H.

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Which statement is NOT true about woody stems?

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Damage to the parenchyma cells can lead to which of the following issues?

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Describe three of the key features that you can use to identify whether a plant is a monocot or a eudicot.

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