Botany Reviewer questions with verified answers
Adventituous organs Ans✓✓✓occur in unusual locations
apoplast Ans✓✓✓continuum consists of interconnected porous plant
cell walls
buttress roots Ans✓✓✓root mat that catches and absorbs almost all
inorganic minerals released from leaves
carrier proteins Ans✓✓✓inorganic materials pass the plasma membrane
through ____________
Casparian Strip Ans✓✓✓Special bandlike region in each cell that
ensures water and minerals enter the xylem only by passing through
endodermal cell.
cellulose Ans✓✓✓major component of cell wall which absorbs water
contractile roots Ans✓✓✓specialized roots that contracts and pulls the
plants to desirable depth in the soil
Corms Ans✓✓✓underground stems or buda specialized for asexual
reproduction
, Cortex Ans✓✓✓composed primarily of loosely arranged parenchyma
cells with large intercellular spaces
ectomycorrhizae Ans✓✓✓fungi encircles the root
endodermis Ans✓✓✓controls the amounts of water and dissolved
materials that enter the root center
endomycorrhizae Ans✓✓✓fungus penetrates the root cells
epidermis Ans✓✓✓single layer of protective tissue
Fibrous root system Ans✓✓✓several to many roots of the same size
develop from the end of the stem with many smaller lateral roots
Lubricating polysaccharides Ans✓✓✓excreted by the root cap which
reduces friction as root passes the soil
mycorrhiza Ans✓✓✓mutually beneficial association between fungus
and root that help plant absorb minerals from soil
natural graft Ans✓✓✓two types of roots that grow together by
secondary growth
nodules Ans✓✓✓develop on roots and house millions of rhizobia
Adventituous organs Ans✓✓✓occur in unusual locations
apoplast Ans✓✓✓continuum consists of interconnected porous plant
cell walls
buttress roots Ans✓✓✓root mat that catches and absorbs almost all
inorganic minerals released from leaves
carrier proteins Ans✓✓✓inorganic materials pass the plasma membrane
through ____________
Casparian Strip Ans✓✓✓Special bandlike region in each cell that
ensures water and minerals enter the xylem only by passing through
endodermal cell.
cellulose Ans✓✓✓major component of cell wall which absorbs water
contractile roots Ans✓✓✓specialized roots that contracts and pulls the
plants to desirable depth in the soil
Corms Ans✓✓✓underground stems or buda specialized for asexual
reproduction
, Cortex Ans✓✓✓composed primarily of loosely arranged parenchyma
cells with large intercellular spaces
ectomycorrhizae Ans✓✓✓fungi encircles the root
endodermis Ans✓✓✓controls the amounts of water and dissolved
materials that enter the root center
endomycorrhizae Ans✓✓✓fungus penetrates the root cells
epidermis Ans✓✓✓single layer of protective tissue
Fibrous root system Ans✓✓✓several to many roots of the same size
develop from the end of the stem with many smaller lateral roots
Lubricating polysaccharides Ans✓✓✓excreted by the root cap which
reduces friction as root passes the soil
mycorrhiza Ans✓✓✓mutually beneficial association between fungus
and root that help plant absorb minerals from soil
natural graft Ans✓✓✓two types of roots that grow together by
secondary growth
nodules Ans✓✓✓develop on roots and house millions of rhizobia
