Plant Science Test 1

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imbibition

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is a stage in seed germination

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Rest

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is triggered by short days or decreasing temperature

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Physiological Dormancy

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Is a form of dormancy caused by internal conditions

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Ethylene

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hormone favors pistillate formation in monoecious plants

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Abscisic acid

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is the only plant hormone produce in plastids

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Phototropism

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is the growth response to light

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Parthenocarpy

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is the development of a fruit without seeds

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Day-Neutral

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plant is not affected by photoperiod

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Abscisic acid

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is a plant hormone that protects plants from drought stress causing the stomata to close when the soil starts to get dry

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Short days

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is the first thing that triggers hardening off or cold acclimation of woody plants for the winter

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Auxin

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Though it primarily promotes shoot apical dominance ________ can be used in tissue culture to stimulate adventitious root formation

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Meter

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Correct unit to report Length under the Systeme International

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Kelvin

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Correct unit to report temperature under the Systeme International

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Garden Cultivation

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The word horticulture as derived from latin means________

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GMO

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The word cultivation means ______

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Stamen

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A __________ consist of a filament and an anther

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Epidermis

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The outer layer of a root is called the _______

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30%

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The root makes up ______ percent of the dry weight of an entire plant

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Vascular Cambium

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The _________ is a lateral meristem in stems that results in growth in diameter

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Respiration

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What is the function of mitochondria

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Seed

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is a mature ovule varying considerably in size shape structure and mode of dissemination

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Auxin

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4-D Is a synthetic form of _________ that can be used as a herbicide at high concentrations

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Radicle and Plumule

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The first two organs of a plant are :

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Parenchyma

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_______ tissue is made up of living thin-walled cells with large vacuoles and many flattened sides

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Short day

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A _____ plant that responds when the photoperiod is shorter than a critical level

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Eukaryotic cell with a cell wall

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What typ of cell is a plant cell?

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Caspian strip

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Which tissues in the root controls the uptake of water and nutrients in the root and ensures that the water and nutrients stay in the root once absorbed

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Tonoplast

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The membrane that surrounds the vacuole is called the ________

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Nucleus

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Function is information storage

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Endoplasmic reticulum

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Where are proteins synthesized?

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Sustainable

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______ farming practices consider not only what is good for today but what will allow future generations to flourish

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GMO

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Plants that are genetically altered in the laboratory are identified as _______

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Introduction

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Information you need to know before experiment

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Results

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Detailed explanation on how the experiment was performed

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Field cultivation

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The word agriculture as derived from latin means ______

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.20

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Hectares is the amount of land that it is estimated will support one adult on a vegetarian diet

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Ethylene

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Used commercially to ripen fruit

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Cytokinin

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Promotes cell division and adventious shoot formation

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Auxin

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Produced in shoot, influencing adventious root formation in cuttings

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Gibberellic acid

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Promotes flowering and increases fruit size of seedless grapes

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Abscisic acid

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Initiates plant responses to cold and water stress

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Photoperiodism

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Response to variations in day length

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Senescence

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Terminal, Irreversible deterlorative changes in plants leading to death

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Vernalization

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Cold temperature treatment to induce flowering

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Forcing

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Vernalize plants in cooler, then transfer to greenhouse for flowering

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Parnthenocarpy

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Formation fo fruit without stimulation of pollination and fertillization

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Photomorphogenisis

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Highly intergrated processes of germination , de-etlolation and stem growth

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Germination

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Includes imbibition increase in biological activity radicle and shoot emergence

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Chilling Requirement

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Durration required for cold induction of flowering

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Stratification

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Time at low temperatures in which seeds imbibe water before germination is possible

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Conventionally

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The ability to feed the world on 0.2 hectares of land per person when world population peaks at 8 billion will require that the land be farmed ___________

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Sink

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Tropical forrest are a major ___________ for carbon that might remain atmospheric carbon dioxide if not sequestered in these forest

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Joule

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System International unit for Energy

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Cubic meter

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System International unit for Volume

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Eukaryotic with cell wall

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Plants are?

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Eukaryotic

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Animals are?

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Prokaryotic

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Blue green algae is?

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Prokaryotic

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Bacteria are?

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photosynthesis

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Chloroplast function?

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Protein synthesis

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Endoplasmic reticulum function?

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store genetic information

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Nucleus function?

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protein synthesis

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Ribosome function?

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storage

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Vacuole Function?

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energy production

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Mitochondrion Function?

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Storage

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Leucoplast Function?

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apical meristem

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undifferentiated actively dividing cells at the terminus of a stem

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cork cambium

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actively dividing cells that form a sheet around the stem to produce bark

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apical meristem

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undifferentiated actively dividing cells at the terminus of a root

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Vascular cambium

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actively dividing cells that form a sheet around the stem to produce the xylem and phloem

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intercallary meristem

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actively dividing cells at the base of grass leaves

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sclerenchyma

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thick-walled cells found throughout the plant as fibers

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Parenchyma

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Living thin walled cells with large vacuoles and many flattened sides

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Phloem

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a structurally complex tissue that conducts foot and metabolites from the leaves to the stem, flowers , roots and storage organs

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epidermis

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single exterior layer of cells

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collenchyma

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the walls and corners of the cells are thickened, primarily by cellulose to provide reinforcement

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xylem

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a structurally complex tissue that conducts water and dissolved minerals from the roots to all parts of the plant