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Botany Exam #2
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10/28/2005

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Term
Xylem
Definition
Conducts water and minerals up from roots
Term
Phloem
Definition
Conducts orgnic materials from the leaves to the other parts of the plant
Term
All leaves have?
Definition
Auxillary buds
Term
Ozone formation
Definition
O + O2 + UV light -> O3
Term
UV wavelengths
Definition
200nm -400nm
Term
Ozone is mostly located in the _________
Definition
stratosphere (10-25 miles above the earth)
Term
How ozone protects us
Definition
absorbs 95% of harmful solar UV
Term
How O2 got in the atmosphere
Definition
cyanobacteria evolved 02 as a photosynthetic biproduct
Term
CFC's were/are used in ?
Definition
refrigerants, aerosol, bubbles in plastic foam, solvent fo rcomputer chips
Term
CFC's take how long to hit the stratosphere?
Definition
11-20 years
Term
Reactiveness (if that is a word) of CFC
Definition
fairly unreactive
Term
CFC's remain in the atmosphere for?
Definition
65-385 years
Term
The ozone depletion process
Definition
Uv radiation breaks down CFC's, CL destroys ozone.
Term
One Cl can destroy
Definition
100,000 03 molecules
Term
Agricultural distibution
Definition
76% croplands
17% rangelands
7% oceans
Term
world popullation
Definition
6.5 billion 2005
9.3 billion 2050
Term
First Green revolution
Definition
1950-1970
Plant moncultures of highly bred or engineered crops.

Use lots of fertilizer, pestecides and water

do multiple croppings per year
Term
2nd green revolution
Definition
same as first just add fast growing dwarf crops
Term
High input agriculture
Definition
uses 8% of worlds oil
Term
World grain production
Definition
wheat, corn , rice
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U.S production of grain
Definition
17%
Term
percentage of americans that our full time farmers
Definition
2
Term
agricultural sales
Definition
bigger than auto,steel, and housing combined
Term
industrialized farming in the U.S. is only possible with __________
Definition
cheap oil
Term
Energy used to produce crops
Definition
< the energy in the crop
Term
energy used to produce livestock
Definition
3X > energy produced
Term
developing countries produce ___ percent of the worlds food.
Definition
20
Term
Charles Darwin
Definition
British Naturalist, "Evolutionary concept"
Term
evolutionary concept
Definition
animals from galapagos looked like animals from south america.
Term
Alfred Russel Wallace
Definition
studied plants and animals of malaysia. similar findings to drawin.
Term
Davinci
Definition
thought fossils were remains of extinct organisms.
Term
De lamarck
Definition
organisms can pass traits acquired during lifetime to offspring in addition to those transmitted genetically.
Term
four premises of natural selection.
Definition
1 overproduction - lots of offspring
2 variation - between individuals
3 competition - not enough to go around
4 survival of the fittest - most fit individuals will reproduce
Term
spines are
Definition
modified leaves
Term
a tendril is a
Definition
modified leaf
Term
roses have
Definition
prickles not thorns
Term
Convergent evolution
Definition
independant evolution towards similar results.
Term
vestigial organs
Definition
small organs that "appear to have no function
Term
Mimicry
Definition
resemblance of an organism (but nor related)
Term
spine
thorn
Definition
modified leaf
modified stem
Term
Hardy weinberg- no evolution if...
Definition
random mating
no mutations
no migration
no selection
Term
genetic drift
Definition
random evolutionary changes in small pop
Term
migration
Definition
gene flow, from natural range to new range
Term
natural slection leads to
Definition
adaptation of populations
favorable phenotypes
Term
species
Definition
reproductively isolated organisms with a common gene pool
Term
energy metabolism
Definition
mostly oxidation and reduction
Term
oxidation
Definition
remove electrons
Term
reduction
Definition
give electrons
Term
Drives hotosynthesis
Definition
light (photons)
Term
Chloroplast
Definition
where photosynthesis occurs
Term
organelle
Definition
membrane bound
Term
products of light absorption
Definition
NADPH (electron)
ATP (energy)

used for carbohydrate synthesis
Term
net results of photosynthesis
Definition
O2 and carbohydrates
Term
Melvin Calvin
Definition
figured out how sugars are synthesized
Term
Respiration
Definition
cytoplasm - glycolysis
sugar breakdown
Term
net results of respiration
Definition
atp production
oxygen consumption
processed carbon skeleton
CO2
Term
Homologous
Definition
same origin
Term
herbaceous
Definition
not woody
Term
lignin
Definition
woody
Term
3 types of plant tissue
Definition
ground
vascular
dermal
Term
ground tissue
Definition
photosynthesis
structural support
storage
Term
Parenchyma (Ground)
Definition
photosynthesis and storage
Alive, thin primary cell walls
Term
collenchyman cells (Ground)
Definition
structural support
alive, thick cell walls
Term
sclerenchyma cells (ground)
Definition
support
dead at maturity, thick secondary lignified cell walls
Term
Vascular tissue
Definition
plumbing in the plant
Term
Dermal tissues
Definition
epidermis
guard cells(stomata)
root hairs
Term
Meristems
Definition
cell division and growth
Term
apical meristem
Definition
primary growth
Term
lateral meristems
Definition
secondary growth
Term
at base of every leaf
Definition
tiny bud, apical meristem
Term
monocot
Definition
x3 leaves, parallel venation
Term
dicot
Definition
x4 or 5, netlike venation
Term
dicot
Definition
x4 or 5, netlike venation
Term
transpiration
Definition
gas exchange
Term
wilting
Definition
losing turgid
(water pressure)
Term
wilting
Definition
losing turgid
(water pressure)
Term
modifications of leaves
Definition
tendrils
spines
budscales
fleshy (onion)
succulent - full of water
Term
Ecological pyramids
Definition
Numbers
Biomass - total mass
Energy - total energy
Term
ecological efficiency
Definition
percentage of usable energy as biomass transferred from level to level

typically 10%
Term
GPP
Definition
Gross Primary Productivity
-rate of conversion of solar energy to chemical energy
Term
Limits number of consumers
Definition
finite resources
carrying capacity
Term
homologous organs
Definition
common evolutionary origin
Term
analogous organs
Definition
different evolutionary organs
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