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BIO306 Final Exam (Botany)
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MCQs on the biology of plant life. Examines what makes plants unique among other kingdoms, then investigates their anatomy and physiology, environmental adaptations, evolution, and role in global ecology.
 

BIO306 Final Exam (Botany)
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1. Which biome is noted for its great stands of spruce, fir, hemlock, and pine?
2. Where are ferredoxin and flavoproteins that carry out the NADP+ reductase reactions of PSI found?
3. Which of the following statements about the dark reactions of photosynthesis is false?
4. In temperate areas where rainfall is between 10 and 30 inches a year, which biome is the climax community, because it is too wet for desert and too dry for forests?
5. Pangaea, the formation of one large supercontinent on Earth, began to break up and many new species evolved as a result of the formation of new continents, during which period?
6. Which biome occupies the most extreme environments, with little or no moisture and extremes of temperature, acting as harsh selective agents on organisms that occupy these areas?
7. How do most plants obtain nitrogen?
8. Which of the following statements concerning collenchyma cells is false?
9. Which biome is probably the richest biome, both in diversity and in total biomass?
10. Which of the following is a photosynthetic pigment?
11. Which biome is a coniferous forest, extending across most of northern Eurasia and North America?
12. The water cycle includes which of the following?
13. Chlorophyll absorbs which of the following colors of light?
14. Approximately, how old is the Earth?
15. Which biome is dominated by shrubs with small but thick evergreen leaves that are often coated with a thick, waxy cuticle, and with thick underground stems that survive the dry summers and frequent fires?
16. What distinguishes the three tissues:parenchyma, collenchymas, and sclerenchyma?
17. Botanists believe that which of the following is a reason that a plant would be carnivorous?
18. The only plant-like organisms were protists and fungi, during which period?
19. Gymnosperms became abundant, during which period?
20. Which of the following statements regarding chloroplasts is false?
21. In plant communities, which of the following resource is competed for?
22. Which of the following statements about meristems is false?
23. Angiosperms first appeared, during which period?
24. Which organelle is unique to plant cells, opposed to animal cells?
25. Dominant plants include beech, maple, oak, and other deciduous hardwood trees, in which biome?