Botany 1st Semester Exam Study Guide

CH 1, 7, 8, 9, 10, 22, 23, & 24

  1. Science differs from other disciplines, such as history and the arts, because science relied on ______explanations.
  2. In science a hypothesis is only useful if it can be ______.
  3. A controlled experiment allows the scientist to isolate and test a ______.
  4. When enough experimental data support a hypothesis, a hypothesis becomes a(n) ______.
  5. Biology is the study of ______.
  6. The process by which organisms keep their internal conditions relatively stable is called ______.
  7. What is the term for land, water, and air on Earth?
  8. What is the term for a group of organisms of one type of living in the same place?
  9. In he metric system the basic unit of length is the ______.
  10. On the Celsius temperature scale, how many degrees are between the freezing and boiling points of water?
  11. The basic unit of mass if SI is the ______.
  12. Know Lab Safety Rules! (Look in chapter one or the back of the book)
  13. Be able to label and give the function of basic cell organelles!
  14. ______is a thin flexible barrier around a cell.
  15. Which cell structure contains the cell’s genetic material and controls the cell’s activities?
  16. Prokaryotes lack ______.
  17. Eukaryotes usually contain a ______which contains ______material. They also have specialized ______.
  18. ______are examples or prokaryotes.
  19. ______& ______help provide the cell with energy.
  20. ______is an organelle that you would expect to find in plant cells but not in animal cells.
  21. The diffusion of water across a selectively permeable membrane is called ______.
  22. What is an organ? Give several examples.
  23. Organisms, such as plants, that make their own food are called ______.
  24. Organisms that cannot make their own food and must obtain energy from the foods they eat are called ______.
  25. What are the three parts of an ATP molecule?
  26. Photosynthesis uses sunlight to convert water and carbon dioxide into ______& high energy ______.
  27. Plant’s take in the sun’s energy by absorbing ______.
  28. Most plants appear green because chlorophyll does not ______green light.
  29. Which region of the spectrum is not absorbed well by chlorophyll?
  30. ______is released during cellular respiration.
  31. Cellular respiration uses one molecule of glucose to produce ______ATP molecules.
  32. What is the correct equation for cellular respiration?
  33. One cause of muscle soreness is ______fermentation.
  34. When during the cell cycle are chromosomes visible?
  35. Know all about the Cell Cycle diagram.
  36. Be able to label the structure of a chromosome.
  37. List the phases of mitosis in proper sequential order. Be able to describe each phase.
  38. A plant is a ______(unicellular/multicellular) ______(prokaryotes/eukaryote).
  39. Plants use the energy of sunlight to carry out ______.
  40. Bryophytes need standing water to ______.
  41. ______is a structure that is similar to roots.
  42. ______tissue is important to ferns because it can ______.
  43. List the four groups of gymnosperms.
  44. Angiosperms produce seeds inside protective structures called ______.
  45. The # of seed leaves distinguishes two classes of ______.
  46. Flowering plants that complete a life cycle within one growing season are called ______.
  47. A seed plant is anchored in the ground by its ______.
  48. ______tissue is the only tissue that produces new plant cells.
  49. Vascular tissue in plants consists of ______& ______.
  50. Pollen grains are produced by ______reproductive structures.
  51. In angiosperms, reproduction takes place in ______.
  52. A sticky secretion on the scales of seed cones traps ______.
  53. In an angiosperm, pollen grains are produced in the ______.
  54. The tough outer layer of a seed is called the ______.
  55. A ripened ovary that contains seeds is called a(n) ______.
  56. What type of fruit eating animals would assure the widest dispersal of a plant’s seeds?
  57. From a diagram of seeds, be able t tell what method is most likely for the seed’s dispersal.
  58. Seeds that are dispersed by animals are typically contained in ______.
  59. A period during which the embryo of a seed is alive but not growing in ______.
  60. The horizontal stems of a strawberry plant are called ______.
  61. The regions of tissue in a plant that produces cells that later become specialized tissues are the ______.
  62. Plants can respond to changing environmental conditions by the use of what chemicals?
  63. If the apical meristem of a mature plant is removed, the plant will most likely lose ______and grow ______branches.
  64. ______- the responses of plants to environmental stimuli.
  65. The response of a plant to changes in the length of day or night is called ______.
  66. A period of decreased activity in a plant is called ______.
  67. The brilliant colors of leaves in the fall are a result of the stopping of ______synthesis, which makes the ______pigments visible.
  68. How does a carnivorous plant obtain nitrogen?

There will be approximately 70 multiple choice questions on the semester test.

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