Botany Structure Competitive Review Questions 2008
1. What structure contains seeds in angiosperms?
2. What kind of veins do monocots have?
3. How are monocot flower parts arranged?
4. How many cotyledons does a bean seedling have?
5. Is an apple tree an angiosperm or a gymnosperm?
6. What structures do angiosperms use to hold their seeds for reproduction?
7. Is corn (a type of grass) a monocot or a dicot?
8. What does deciduous mean?
9. What is a cotyledon?
10. What kind of venation does corn have?
11. How many cotyledons does a palm tree have?
12. An example of a non-vascular plant is__.
13. A structure on the outside of plant leaves that prevents dehydration is the ___.
14. What does phloem carry?
15. Give an example of a plant that has a tap root.
16. Bacteria in the soil convert atmospheric nitrogen into a form that plants can use
during the process of ____.
17. The function of lateral roots is to _____.
18. The function of root caps is to ___.
19. The function of the casparian strip is to__.
20. Define leaf node.
21. Stem growth in circumference takes place due to __ meristems.
22. Yearly increase in stem width occurs in ___. (monocots or dicots?)
23. What kind of wood_____ is found at the center of a tree trunk?
24. In translocation, what vascular tissue moves sugars? From where to where?
25. Excess water is released from leaves during the process of ___.
26. The function of endosperm is __.
27. The functions of the seed coat are __.
28. Free question. Is the answer A, B, or C ?
29. The function of a flower is __.
30. The Cohesion-Adhesion Theory explains___.
Matching For questions 31 through 37, choose from the following letters
31. Stigma
32. Filament
33. Petal
34. Sepal
35. Ovary
36. Style
37. Anther
A. supports stigma
B. supports anther
C. collects pollen
D. releases pollen
E. attracts pollinators
F. protects flower bud
G. contains eggs
Botany Structure Competitive Review Answers 2008
1. flower/ fruit
2. parallel
3. in threes or multiples of three
4. two
5. angiosperm
6. flowers/ fruit
7. monocot
8. loses its leaves in winter
9. seed leaf
10. parallel
11. one
12. moss / liverwort / hornwort / horsetail / club moss / whisk fern
13. cuticle
14. products of photosynthesis
15. beet /carrot / radish / dandelion
16. nitrogen fixation
17. increase absorption of water and nutrients
18. protect (apical) meristems / root tip tissue
19. channel water into vascular tissue
20. the place where one or more leaves are attached to a stem
21. lateral
22. dicots
23. heartwood
24. phloem moves sugars from leaves (source) to areas where they are stored (sink)
25. transpiration
26. to provide a food source for the embryo
27. to protect the embryo and to prevent dehydration of the embryo
28. the answer is C
29. reproduction
30. causes phloem to move water and nutrients
31. collects pollen
32. supports anther
33. attracts pollinators
34. protects flower bud
35. contains eggs
36. supports anther
37. releases pollen
NOTE: on the test, be able to label the following diagrams:
parts of a seed, stomata, leaf cross-section, types of stems cross-sections, parts of a flower, leaf: types,
venations, and margins