Review Assignment 2           6/26/08              

 

  1. List 5 specific ways pollen is transferred.  
  2. List 5 specific ways plants attract pollinators.
  3. List 4 ways plants use to limit self fertilization.
  4. List  at least 5 specific ways seeds travel to alternate locations
  5. List 5 specific ways plants attract animals to move their seeds.
  6. List 5 other ways plants move..
  7. Draw and label the parts of a flower.

  1. A plant that requires two growing seasons to complete its life cycle is a(an) __________
  2. The fleshy edible part of the strawberry is actually the  ______________.
  3. Which of the following groups of fruits would be classified botanically as true berries?
    1. strawberries, raspberries
    2. apples, pears
    3. tomatoes, grapes
    4. olives, coconuts
    5. oranges, limes
  4. Seedless fruits that develop without fertilization occurring
    1. are said to be apomictic.
    2. do not have a mesocarp.
    3. are always stimulated to develop by the application of dilute hormone sprays.
    4. are said to be parthenocarpic.
    5. develop only from a receptacle.
  5. Which of the following groups of fruits would botanically be classified as nuts?
    1. almonds, walnuts
    2. coconuts, cashews
    3. peanuts, almonds
    4. brazil nuts, pecans
    5. acorns, hazel nuts
  6. What is the function of the endosperm?
  7. A fruit which is entirely soft and fleshy is a  ____________
  8. The seed leaves of an embryonic plant are called   _____________
  9. Heartwood is the younger, light-colored wood closest to the bark of a tree. 
    1. True
    2. False
  10. Sandwiched between the primary xylem and primary phloem of the herbaceous dicot stem is the 
    1. stele
    2. cortex
    3. vascular cambium
    4. pith
    5. cork cambium
  11. Buds are 
    1. shortened underground stems
    2. undeveloped shoots that contain embryonic meristems
    3. lateral meristems
    4. the same as lenticels
    5. none of the above
  12. In plants with secondary growth, the "wood" is 
    1. secondary phloem
    2. secondary xylem
    3. secondary cortex
    4. pith
  13. A horizontal underground stem is called a __________
  14. Primary growth is an increase in the length of a plant and occurs at
  15. The main function(s) of stems is/are ?
  16. Cork cells protect the stem against 
    1. mechanical injury
    2. mild fires
    3. temperature extremes
    4. water loss
    5. all of the above
  17. Which of the following function primarily in the lateral conduction of food in a stem? 
    1. resin canals
    2. laticifers
    3. tyloses
    4. lenticels
    5. rays
  18. Monocot stem vascular bundles are arranged 
    1. in a ring around the pith
    2. scattered throughout the stem
    3. in rays
    4. in a column in the center of the stem
    5. none of the above
  19. The vascular cambium produces 
    1. primary xylem and primary phloem
    2. cork cells and cork parenchyma
    3. buds
    4. secondary xylem and secondary phloem
    5. branches
  20. The vascular bundles of herbaceous dicot stems are 
    1. arranged in a ring around the pith
    2. scattered throughout the stem
    3. in rays
    4. in a column in the center of the stem
    5. none of the above
  21. An annual ring 
    1. consists primarily of cells produced by an apical meristem
    2. consists of one year's growth of xylem and phloem.
    3. consists of one year's growth of xylem.
    4. includes cortex and pith tissue.
    5. conducts food.