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Basic Biology Practice Test: Plant Structure, Growth, and Development
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Basic Biology Practice Test: Plant Structure, Growth, and Development
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1. Shoot elongation in a growing bud is due primarily to
2. Which of the following have unevenly thickened primary walls that support young, growing parts of the plant?
3. One important difference between the anatomy of roots and the anatomy of leaves is that
4. Most of the growth of a plant body is the result of
5. If you were able to walk into an opening cut into the center of a large redwood tree, when you exit from the middle of the trunk (stem) outward, you would cross, in order,
6. What would be a plant adaptation that increases exposure of a plant to light in a dense forest?
7. Cells produced by lateral meristems are known as
8. Which of the following best describes advantages conferred by compound leaves versus simple leaves?
9. What effect does 'pinching back' have on a houseplant?
10. Heartwood and sapwood consist of
11. Which of the following cell types is least likely to be capable of cell division?
12. A mutation allows only A gene activity in a developing flower. Which flower part(s) will develop in this plant?
13. Which part of a plant absorbs most of the water and minerals taken up from the soil?
14. Which of the following are most responsible for supporting mature, nongrowing parts of the plant?
15. Before differentiation can begin during the processes of plant cell and tissue culture, parenchyma cells from the source tissue must
16. Based on the ABC hypothesis, what would be the structure of a flower from the outermost whorl that had normal expression of genes A and C and expression of gene B in all four whorls?
17. Pores on the leaf surface that function in gas exchange are called
18. Which of the following root tissues gives rise to lateral roots?
19. The innermost layer of the root cortex is the
20. ________ is to xylem as ________ is to phloem.
21. Water is most likely to enter a mesophyll cell
22. The vascular bundle in the shape of a single central cylinder in a root is called the
23. Which of the following arise, directly or indirectly, from meristematic activity?
24. One major advantage of using Arabidopsis thaliana as a model system for studies of plant form and function is its
25. Which structure is incorrectly paired with its tissue system?

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