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| Which of the following is true about monocots and dicots? |
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| Monocots are flowering plants. |
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| Based upon the size of the particles, the three classifications of soil, from largest particle size to smallest particle size are: |
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| The ground tissue that fills the area between the epidermal cells and the vascular tissue in flowering plants is called the __________. |
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| Cohesion of water molecules in the xylem of a plant is a result of: |
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| hydrogen bonds between the oxygen of one water molecule and a hydrogen of another water molecule. |
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| Plants can have one of two kinds of roots, a taproot or a fibrous root system. Which of the following describes the differences between these two systems? |
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| Only answers a) and c) are true descriptions |
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| In trees, the epidermis on the stem and roots is replaced by a protective covering of dead: |
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| In mycorrhizal associations, the fungi benefit the plant by: |
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| All of the above are correct. |
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| holes created by open guard cells in a leaf. |
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| What type of plant tissue can be described as "elongated but flexible, stringy cells"? |
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| Which of the following soil textures has the greatest ability to hold water? |
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| Which of the following is NOT a function of a plant's stem? |
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| serve as the primary site of photosynthesis in the plant |
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| There are two different analogies to describe how fluid is transported through a plant; that of the drinking straw (negative pressure) and that of the hose (positive pressure). Which of the following properly links the type of vascular tissue with its corresponding analogy? |
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| xylem: straw; phloem: hose |
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| Phloem and xylem are both cells that transport fluids throughout a plant, but differ in many ways. While phloem cells are __________, xylem cells are __________. Furthermore, phloem moves nutrients in __________ directions while xylem moves water in ___________ directions. |
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| alive; dead; both lateral and horizontal; only lateral |
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| Water is moved from the roots to the tops of trees using which of the following physical principles? |
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| All of the above are involved in water transport. |
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| Sugars produced in the leaves of a plant are transported elsewhere in the plant through: |
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| sieve tubes that make up the phloem. |
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| Plants have specialized cells to move water, nutrients, and sugars from one part of the plant to another. The _________ transports water and mineral nutrients, while the ____________ transports sugars. |
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| When mineral concentrations are higher inside root cells than in the soil: |
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| plants must use ATP to import more minerals. |
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| The _____________ is the region of the plant that undergoes rapid mitotic cell division and is the plant's main source of cells. |
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| Which is NOT true about plant nutrition? |
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| No plant can grow without soil. |
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| Carnivorous plants digest small invertebrate animals. These animals are broken down by the plant's enzymes and the products are used to supplement the plant's supply of: |
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