BIOL 1108 Springthorpe UGA - Exam 3 / Actual Test
Questions & Certified Answers|| LATEST UPDATE
2025/26
Desert -CORRECTANSWER An extremely dry area with little water and few plants
Perennial -CORRECTANSWER comes back every year
(berries, asparagus, rhubarb, artichokes, kale/collards, garlic, radicchio, horseradish,
watercress, Jerusalem artichoke, ostrich ferns, ramps, scarlet runner beans, sorrel)
Annual -CORRECTANSWER have to replant
(all the other vegetables - cucurbits (cucumbers, zucchinis, melons, etc.),
nightshades/Solanaceae (tomatoes, tomatillos, eggplants, potatoes, peppers), beans,
amaranth, Brassicaceae (broccoli, mustard, cauliflower, etc.), carrots
How is Sonoran Desert climate changing -CORRECTANSWER Temperature +
Rainfall -
Climate Change effects on Precipitation -CORRECTANSWER •Distribution of
precipitation changes spatially and temporally
•More episodic (less frequent and more intense)
,•More floods and droughts (storms)
Plants make up ___% of the earth's biomass -CORRECTANSWER 80%
What molecule (not atom) makes up most of a plant's biomass? -CORRECTANSWER
Cellulose
What plant organ obtains water?
If it's dry, where do you want to allocate resources? -CORRECTANSWER Roots
What plant organ creates sugar used for growth?
If you want to be able to grow fast (cellulose), where should you allocate resources? -
CORRECTANSWER Leaves
What plant organ collects light? -CORRECTANSWER Leaves
If there are a lot of plants growing around you and you are in danger of being light
limited, where do you want to allocate resources? -CORRECTANSWER Stem, then
leaves
, What is the basic [unbalanced] reaction for photosynthesis? -CORRECTANSWER CO2
+ Water + Light --> Glucose (sugar) + O2
Besides photosynthesis why is water important for plants? -CORRECTANSWER
Structure
Turgor pressure -CORRECTANSWER created when the vacuole, full of water, exerts
outward pressure on the cell wall
How does water make a plant stand up? -CORRECTANSWER Turgor Pressure and
Osmosis
Turgid vs Flaccid -CORRECTANSWER
Physics of Equilibrium -CORRECTANSWER To reach equilibrium, it will be the thing
that is "high" that will lose to even out
•Think of it as moving from High to Low
What type of transport is reaching equilibrium -CORRECTANSWER •Passive transport,
does not require ATP
Questions & Certified Answers|| LATEST UPDATE
2025/26
Desert -CORRECTANSWER An extremely dry area with little water and few plants
Perennial -CORRECTANSWER comes back every year
(berries, asparagus, rhubarb, artichokes, kale/collards, garlic, radicchio, horseradish,
watercress, Jerusalem artichoke, ostrich ferns, ramps, scarlet runner beans, sorrel)
Annual -CORRECTANSWER have to replant
(all the other vegetables - cucurbits (cucumbers, zucchinis, melons, etc.),
nightshades/Solanaceae (tomatoes, tomatillos, eggplants, potatoes, peppers), beans,
amaranth, Brassicaceae (broccoli, mustard, cauliflower, etc.), carrots
How is Sonoran Desert climate changing -CORRECTANSWER Temperature +
Rainfall -
Climate Change effects on Precipitation -CORRECTANSWER •Distribution of
precipitation changes spatially and temporally
•More episodic (less frequent and more intense)
,•More floods and droughts (storms)
Plants make up ___% of the earth's biomass -CORRECTANSWER 80%
What molecule (not atom) makes up most of a plant's biomass? -CORRECTANSWER
Cellulose
What plant organ obtains water?
If it's dry, where do you want to allocate resources? -CORRECTANSWER Roots
What plant organ creates sugar used for growth?
If you want to be able to grow fast (cellulose), where should you allocate resources? -
CORRECTANSWER Leaves
What plant organ collects light? -CORRECTANSWER Leaves
If there are a lot of plants growing around you and you are in danger of being light
limited, where do you want to allocate resources? -CORRECTANSWER Stem, then
leaves
, What is the basic [unbalanced] reaction for photosynthesis? -CORRECTANSWER CO2
+ Water + Light --> Glucose (sugar) + O2
Besides photosynthesis why is water important for plants? -CORRECTANSWER
Structure
Turgor pressure -CORRECTANSWER created when the vacuole, full of water, exerts
outward pressure on the cell wall
How does water make a plant stand up? -CORRECTANSWER Turgor Pressure and
Osmosis
Turgid vs Flaccid -CORRECTANSWER
Physics of Equilibrium -CORRECTANSWER To reach equilibrium, it will be the thing
that is "high" that will lose to even out
•Think of it as moving from High to Low
What type of transport is reaching equilibrium -CORRECTANSWER •Passive transport,
does not require ATP
