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Which portion of the flowering plant anchors the plant in the soil? |
| | A) | root system |
| | B) | shoot system |
| | C) | leaves |
| | D) | stem |
| | E) | reproductive system |
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Which portion of a flowering plant absorbs water and minerals? |
| | A) | flower |
| | B) | blade |
| | C) | stem |
| | D) | root |
| | E) | petiole |
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Which part of a plant is primarily responsible for photosynthesis? |
| | A) | flower |
| | B) | leaf blade |
| | C) | stem |
| | D) | leaf petiole |
| | E) | root |
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Which part of a flowering plant will store carbohydrate as starch? |
| | A) | flower |
| | B) | blade |
| | C) | stem |
| | D) | petiole |
| | E) | root |
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5 | |
Which part of a flowering plant connects the blade of a leaf to the stem? |
| | A) | petiole |
| | B) | leaf veins |
| | C) | nodes |
| | D) | internode |
| | E) | terminal bud |
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Which of the following structures provides nutrient molecules for growing plant embryos before the true leaves begin photosynthesizing? |
| | A) | petals of a flower |
| | B) | petiole |
| | C) | blade |
| | D) | stem |
| | E) | cotyledon |
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7 | |
Which of the following comparisons between a monocot and a dicot is NOT correct? |
| | A) | one cotyledon in seed—two cotyledons in seed |
| | B) | vascular bundles scattered in stem-vascular bundles in a distinct ring |
| | C) | leaf veins form a net pattern—leaf veins form a parallel pattern |
| | D) | flower parts in threes and multiples of three—flower parts in fours or fives and multiples of four or five |
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Which of the following comparisons between a monocot and a dicot is NOT correct? |
| | A) | two cotyledons in seed—one cotyledons in seed |
| | B) | leaf veins form a parallel pattern—leaf veins form a net pattern |
| | C) | flower parts in threes and multiples of three—flower parts in fours or fives and multiples of four or five |
| | D) | root phloem occurs between arms of xylem—root xylem and phloem occur in ring |
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9 | |
Flowering plants are divided into three groups: monocots, dicots, and tricots. |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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10 | |
An example of a monocot plant is corn (maize) and an example of a dicot is the bean. |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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Dermal, ground, and vascular tissue systems in plants arise from apical meristem tissue. |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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12 | |
Plants grow throughout their entire lives because of ______ that continues to divide. |
| | A) | vascular tissue |
| | B) | dermal tissue |
| | C) | meristem tissue |
| | D) | ground tissue |
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Which tissue forms the outer, protective covering of a plant? |
| | A) | dermal tissue |
| | B) | ground tissue |
| | C) | vascular tissue |
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14 | |
Which tissue system fills the bulk of the interior of a plant? |
| | A) | dermal tissue |
| | B) | ground tissue |
| | C) | vascular tissue |
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Which tissue system conducts water and nutrients in a plant? |
| | A) | dermal tissue |
| | B) | ground tissue |
| | C) | vascular tissue |
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16 | |
Xylem and phloem belong to the ______ tissue system. |
| | A) | dermal |
| | B) | ground |
| | C) | vascular |
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17 | |
Parenchyma and sclerenchyma cells belong to the ______ tissue system in plants. |
| | A) | dermal |
| | B) | ground |
| | C) | vascular |
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18 | |
Which of the following cells protect the inner body parts and prevent the plant from drying out? |
| | A) | epidermal cells |
| | B) | parenchymal cell |
| | C) | sclerenchymal cell |
| | D) | sieve-tube cell |
| | E) | tracheid cell |
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Which of the following cells are relatively unspecialized and correspond best to the generalized plant cell? |
| | A) | epidermal cells |
| | B) | parenchymal cell |
| | C) | sclerenchymal cell |
| | D) | sieve-tube cell |
| | E) | tracheid cell |
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20 | |
Which of the following cells are often hollow, nonliving, with extremely strong walls, and support other plant tissues and organs? |
| | A) | epidermal cells |
| | B) | parenchymal cell |
| | C) | sclerenchymal cell |
| | D) | sieve-tube cell |
| | E) | tracheid cell |
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21 | |
Which of the following cells are hollow and nonliving at maturity? |
| | A) | epidermal cell |
| | B) | parenchymal cell |
| | C) | tracheid |
| | D) | sieve-tube cell |
| | E) | companion cell |
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22 | |
Which of the following plant cells transports water and minerals from the roots to the leaves? |
| | A) | epidermal cell |
| | B) | parenchymal cell |
| | C) | sclerenchymal cell |
| | D) | vessel element |
| | E) | sieve tube cell |
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23 | |
Which of the following transports organic nutrients, usually from the leaves to the roots? |
| | A) | epidermal cell |
| | B) | parenchymal cell |
| | C) | sclerenchymal cell |
| | D) | xylem |
| | E) | phloem |
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24 | |
Which of the following comparisons is NOT correct? |
| | A) | dermal tissue--epidermal cell |
| | B) | ground tissue--parenchyma and sclerenchyma cells |
| | C) | vascular tissue--xylem and phloem |
| | D) | xylem--tracheids and vessel elements |
| | E) | phloem--guard cells and vessel elements |
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25 | |
Which of the following cells will transport water from the roots to the leaves more freely? |
| | A) | sieve-tube cell |
| | B) | companion cell |
| | C) | tracheids |
| | D) | vessel elements |
| | E) | parenchymal cell |
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26 | |
Which of the following cells will always have at least one companion cell associated with it? |
| | A) | parenchyma cell |
| | B) | sclerenchyma cell |
| | C) | tracheid |
| | D) | vessel element |
| | E) | sieve-tube cell |
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27 | |
Which of the following cells have perforated end walls and cytoplasm, but no nuclei? |
| | A) | sclerenchyma cell |
| | B) | tracheid |
| | C) | vessel element |
| | D) | sieve-tube cell |
| | E) | companion cell |
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28 | |
Which of the following is NOT a function of a plant root? |
| | A) | storage of photosynthetic products |
| | B) | absorb water from the soil |
| | C) | absorb minerals from the soil |
| | D) | anchors a plant in the soil |
| | E) | site of photosynthesis |
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29 | |
The xylem is found in separate regions between the arms of the phloem in dicot roots. |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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30 | |
Because of the Casparian strip, water and minerals must pass through endodermal cells in order to reach the vascular cylinder. |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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31 | |
Which zone in a dicot root contains apical meristem? |
| | A) | zone of cell division |
| | B) | zone of elongation |
| | C) | zone of maturation |
| | D) | root cap |
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Which part of the root provides a protective cover for the root tip? |
| | A) | zone of cell division |
| | B) | zone of elongation |
| | C) | zone of maturation |
| | D) | root cap |
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In which part of a root will cells get longer as they specialize? |
| | A) | zone of cell division |
| | B) | zone of elongation |
| | C) | zone of maturation |
| | D) | root cap |
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Which part of a root has cells that are mature and fully differentiated? |
| | A) | zone of cell division |
| | B) | zone of elongation |
| | C) | zone of maturation |
| | D) | root cap |
| | E) | root hairs |
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Which part of a root increases tremendously the total absorptive surface area? |
| | A) | zone of cell division |
| | B) | zone of elongation |
| | C) | vascular cylinder |
| | D) | root cap |
| | E) | root hairs |
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36 | |
Root hairs extend from which of the following tissues in the dicot root? |
| | A) | epidermis |
| | B) | cortex |
| | C) | endodermis |
| | D) | vascular cylinder |
| | E) | pericycle |
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37 | |
Which of the following tissues in a dicot root contains starch granules and functions to store food? |
| | A) | epidermis |
| | B) | cortex |
| | C) | endodermis |
| | D) | vascular cylinder |
| | E) | pericycle |
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38 | |
The ring of waxy material that borders the endodermal cells on four sides is known as the ______ . |
| | A) | plasmodesmata |
| | B) | Casparian strip |
| | C) | cotyledon |
| | D) | pericycle |
| | E) | vascular cambium |
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39 | |
Which layer of tissue in the dicot root forms a boundary between the cortex and the vascular cylinder? |
| | A) | epidermis |
| | B) | Casparian strip |
| | C) | endodermis |
| | D) | zone of maturation |
| | E) | pericycle |
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Which tissue in the dicot root regulates the entrance of minerals into the vascular cylinder? |
| | A) | epidermis |
| | B) | cortex |
| | C) | endodermis |
| | D) | root hairs |
| | E) | pericycle |
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Which layer of cells within the dicot root retains the capacity to divide and start the development of branch or secondary roots? |
| | A) | epidermis |
| | B) | cortex |
| | C) | endodermis |
| | D) | vascular cylinder |
| | E) | pericycle |
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Which tissue(s) in the vascular cylinder retains its capacity to divide and start new branches or secondary roots? |
| | A) | cortex |
| | B) | epidermis |
| | C) | xylem and phloem |
| | D) | pericycle |
| | E) | endodermis |
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43 | |
Which tissue within the vascular cylinder appears star-shaped in dicot roots? |
| | A) | pericycle |
| | B) | xylem |
| | C) | phloem |
| | D) | endodermis |
| | E) | cortex |
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44 | |
Which of the following tissue is present more often in monocot roots than in dicot roots? |
| | A) | epidermis |
| | B) | cortex |
| | C) | endodermis |
| | D) | xylem and phloem |
| | E) | pith |
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45 | |
Just as the root is separated into zones of cell division, elongation, and maturation, so can the stem be separated as it grows from the apical meristem. |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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46 | |
An internode is a segment between the nodes on a stem. |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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47 | |
Which of the following cells remains undifferentiated and is capable of continually dividing and producing new cells? |
| | A) | meristematic cell |
| | B) | tracheid |
| | C) | vessel element |
| | D) | sieve-tube cell |
| | E) | companion cell |
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Which type of cell produces the cortex and pith of a plant? |
| | A) | leaf primordia |
| | B) | ground meristem |
| | C) | protoderm |
| | D) | sieve-tube cell with companion cell |
| | E) | procambium |
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49 | |
Which part of a plant functions to directly support leaves, flowers, and fruits, conducts substances, and helps store water and the products of photosynthesis? |
| | A) | root |
| | B) | stem |
| | C) | petiole |
| | D) | blade |
| | E) | bark |
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50 | |
The portion of a stem between two sequential node sis called a/an ______ . |
| | A) | primordial node |
| | B) | internode |
| | C) | petiole |
| | D) | terminal bud |
| | E) | axillary bud |
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51 | |
The shoot apical meristem is protected by ______ . |
| | A) | flowers |
| | B) | bark |
| | C) | a root cap |
| | D) | leaf primordia |
| | E) | an internode |
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52 | |
What will the cells of the shoot apical meristem become? |
| | A) | root cap |
| | B) | root hairs |
| | C) | root |
| | D) | stem and leaves |
| | E) | endodermis |
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53 | |
In temperate zones, what protects a terminal bud on a stem during the winter? |
| | A) | axillary buds |
| | B) | bark |
| | C) | bud scales |
| | D) | bud cap |
| | E) | root cap |
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54 | |
Axillary buds are found between the stem and the leaves and may give rise to branch shoots. |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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55 | |
All mature herbaceous stems exhibit both primary and secondary growth. |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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56 | |
Which of the following will be responsible for primary growth in plants? |
| | A) | vascular cambium |
| | B) | cork cambium |
| | C) | apical meristem |
| | D) | endodermis |
| | E) | Casparian strip |
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57 | |
Primary growth allows for growth in length of a stem whereas secondary growth allows a stem to increase in girth. |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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58 | |
Which of the following tissues is NOT present in a vascular bundle in the stem? |
| | A) | xylem |
| | B) | phloem |
| | C) | vascular cambium |
| | D) | epidermis |
| | E) | cork |
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59 | |
Which of the following tissues will divide to eventually form the secondary xylem and the secondary phloem? |
| | A) | vascular cambium |
| | B) | cork cambium |
| | C) | apical meristem |
| | D) | terminal bud |
| | E) | axillary bud |
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Each vascular bundle in a stem contains meristematic cells located ______ . |
| | A) | outside the phloem |
| | B) | outside the xylem |
| | C) | between the xylem and the phloem |
| | D) | inside the xylem |
| | E) | inside the phloem |
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What makes cork cells waterproof? |
| | A) | They are impregnated with suberin. |
| | B) | They are impregnated with the Casparian strip. |
| | C) | They are dead cells. |
| | D) | They have sieve plates that allow water to drain to the outside. |
| | E) | They secrete oil that protects the outer surface. |