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BOT 461 EXAM 1 Study Guide Test. Carl Linnaeus - CORRECT ANSWER The father of taxonomy - used reproductive organs to calssify - adopted binomial (genus, species) binomial naming rules - CORRECT ANSWER - first name singular noun - second = adj, noun, posessive noun - tautonyms (repitition) not allowed plant and animal species ___ have same scientific name - CORRECT ANSWER can have nomenclature types: holotype - CORRECT ANSWER type specimen or name bearing specimen nomencl...

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BOT 4802 Exam 1 Questions & Answers. Scala Naturae - CORRECT ANSWER "the ladder of nature" "the great chain of being" - helped categorize things from less to more complex. Something greatly adapted from christian culture. (Aristotle helped organize things linearly like this from less complex to more complex.) (pictures on a ladder, humans on top) the Linnean hierarchy - CORRECT ANSWER Linnaeus helped popularize the idea of nested hierarchies for scientific classification in...

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BOT 130 Final Exam Questions & Answers. Describe Hawaii's vegetation zones in terms of rainfall, temperature, elevation and important plant components - CORRECT ANSWER Coastal: Rainfall is 15-40 inches per year, elevation is 0-300 m (about 900 ft), hot, plants adapted to high salinity and heat Dryland: Rainfall is less than 51 inches per year, elevation is below 1,500 m (about 5000 ft), warm, plants adapted to low to average water intake and some adapted to volcanic areas Mesic/Wet:...

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BOT 1010C Exam 1 Questions & Answers. Basics of the Cell - CORRECT ANSWER - cell membrane - organelles [w distinct structures inside] - cytoplasm [fluid inside cell] Prokaryotic Cell - CORRECT ANSWER - no nucleus - no membrane bound organelles - DNA throughout cell [circular] - ribosomes make proteins - binary fission - bacteria Eukaryotic Cell - CORRECT ANSWER A type of cell with a membrane-enclosed nucleus and membrane-enclosed organelles. Examples of organisms with these ce...

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BOT 330 Final Exam WITH 100% Correct Answers. The things that matter in the ecological effects of disturbance - CORRECT ANSWER 1. Size 2. Frequency 3. Severity 4. Specificity Size of the disturbance - CORRECT ANSWER -Canopy gap sizes can vary depending on disturbance and species -Physical environment changes with gap size - increase in light and windspeed and decrease in relative humidity with increasing size -For small disturbances - dominated by shade tolerant species - dispersal ...

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BOT 350 Lab Exam Questions & Answers. Viola - CORRECT ANSWER What genera are contained within the family Violaceae Raphanus - CORRECT ANSWER What genera are contained within the family Brassicaceae (Cruciperae) Acer - CORRECT ANSWER What genera are contained within the family Sapindaceae Ribes (and it is the only genus in the family) - CORRECT ANSWER What genera are contained within the family Grossulariaceae Silique and Silicle. -a silique is 3x longer than wide -a silicle...

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BOT 324 Final Exam Study Questions & Answers. Trametes versicolor - CORRECT ANSWER White-rot fungi that breaks down lignin and cellulose in corn stover to produce sugars Saccharomyces cerevisiae - CORRECT ANSWER Fungi that ferments the sugars from corn stover into fuel ethanol Ashbya gossypii - CORRECT ANSWER Fungi that produces Riboflavin on an industrial scale Aspergillus niger - CORRECT ANSWER Fungi that produces citric acid on an industrial scale Astaxanthin - CORRECT ANSW...

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BOT 3050 - Questions and Definitions Latest Update. What determines distribution? - CORRECT ANSWER Rainfall Temperature What affects temperatures? - CORRECT ANSWER Ocean Currents Global Tilt What causes temperature-rainfall uncoupling? - CORRECT ANSWER Rain Shadows Atmospheric Circulation What factors influence plant community composition - CORRECT ANSWER - Tolerance to resource availability/environmental conditions - Proximity to a source of immigrants - Interactions betwee...

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BOT 107: Exam 1 Questions & Answers. First thing that happened due to the introduction of Polynesians - CORRECT ANSWER large flightless birds go extinct almost immediately How long did it take before large flightless birds went extinct due to Polynesian introduction - CORRECT ANSWER almost immediately How many useful plants were introduced to Hawaii by Polynesians? - CORRECT ANSWER 30 Ethnobotony - CORRECT ANSWER the study of the relationships between plants and people Tahitia...

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BOT 350 Exam 1 Complete Study Test. Mycology - CORRECT ANSWER The study of fungi heterotrophic - CORRECT ANSWER Organisms that obtain their nutrients or food from consuming other organisms Eucharyotic - CORRECT ANSWER Domain of fungi, contains nuclei 1. Fruiting body produces spores 2. Spore germination 3. Mushroom mycelium 4. fruiting body begins to form from mycelium - CORRECT ANSWER Life cycle of mushrooms Cap - CORRECT ANSWER Variably shaped/sized/colored upper part of...

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BOT 331 Exam 1 Review Practice Questions Correctly Answered. Main components of plant structure - CORRECT ANSWER Root and Shoot plasma membrane - CORRECT ANSWER A selectively-permeable phospholipid bilayer forming the boundary of the cells Phospholipids - CORRECT ANSWER a lipid consisting of a glycerol bound to two fatty acids and a phosphate group. integral proteins - CORRECT ANSWER embedded in the membrane peripheral proteins - CORRECT ANSWER bound to the surface of the mem...

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BOT 350 Lecture Exam 1 Questions & Answers. Endemic - CORRECT ANSWER Subset of native, restricted to a particular region Monopyhletic - CORRECT ANSWER Descended from a common evolutionary ancestor or ancestral group, especially one not shared with any other group. Taxonomy - CORRECT ANSWER Subset of systematics; taxonomists create classifications and floras, to communicate about pattern and distribution, respectively Systematics - CORRECT ANSWER Major branch of biology conce...

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BOT 300 Final Exam Study Guide Questions & Answers. Crop plants derived from vegetative structures of the plant body - CORRECT ANSWER Crop plants derived from vegetative structures of the plant body biennial and annual stems - CORRECT ANSWER Food From stems ex Celery Food from biennial bulbs ex beet that has 2 growth years Cabbage Lettuce Beet Swish Chard Sugar Beet Carrot Spinach Parsnip Celeriac Celery leaf and root crops - CORRECT ANSWER (edit) leaves: swiss chard, le...

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Bot 333 Exam 1 With Complete Solutions. Fungal taxonomy- domain - CORRECT ANSWER Eurkaryotes Fungal taxonomy- eukaryotic supergroup - CORRECT ANSWER Opisthokonta Fungal taxonomy- kingdom - CORRECT ANSWER Fungi Fungal taxonomy- phylum - CORRECT ANSWER ...mycota Fungal taxonomy- subphylum - CORRECT ANSWER ...mycotina Fungal taxonomy- class - CORRECT ANSWER ...mycetes Fungal taxonomy- order - CORRECT ANSWER ...ales Fungal taxonomy- family - CORRECT ANSWER ...aceae ...

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BOT 430 - Exam 1 Review Practice Test. Opisthokonts - CORRECT ANSWER organisms from an ancestor with posterior flagellum (includes fungi, animals, and some protists) Characteristics of Fungi - CORRECT ANSWER eukaryotic, spore bearing, no plastids, chitin in cell walls, heterotrophs, store food as glycogen, coencytic hyphae, dikaryotic, cell membrane has ergosterol Body plan - CORRECT ANSWER unicellular (yeasts), filamentous, or both (dimorphic) Hypha is basic cellular unit of filam...

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BOT Med Exam 1 Questions & Answers. Name the part of the plant: inside the calyx, brightly colored, can be separate or fuse - CORRECT ANSWER Corolla (petal) Name the part of the plant: Male part of the plant, inside the corolla - CORRECT ANSWER Stamen = anther + filament Name the part of the plant: Female part of the plant - CORRECT ANSWER Pistils = ovary + style + stigma Name the part of the plant: Outermost whorl of the flower, usually green - CORRECT ANSWER Sepal ...

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BOT 2100 Exam Questions with 100% Correct Answers. Fungi are more closely related to.... - CORRECT ANSWER animals than plants Hyphae - CORRECT ANSWER filamentous strands that secrete exoenzymes Mass of hyphae is called - CORRECT ANSWER Mycelium Coenocytic - CORRECT ANSWER Hyphae lacking septa Haustoria - CORRECT ANSWER a projection of fungal hyphae that functions as a penetrating and absorbing organ. The three major types of organisms on early earth - CORRECT ANSWER bacte...

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BOT 350 EXAM 1 REVIEW PRACTICE TEST. What is taxonomy? - CORRECT ANSWER DINC Description - CORRECT ANSWER The assignment of morphological characteristics to a taxon. identification - CORRECT ANSWER Is the process of associating an organism with a taxon name, or if the organism has not been described, identify it as a new taxon. Dichotomous keys are typically used for identification. nomenclature - CORRECT ANSWER Naming of taxa (notice that this is the plural of taxon) based o...

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BOT 101 - Exam 2 Final. Photosynthesis - CORRECT ANSWER carbon dioxide + water + light -> glucose + oxygen Chloroplasts (photosynthesis) - CORRECT ANSWER sites of photosynthesis thylakoids: spherical structures contain the pigment stroma: internal space in chloroplasts Phases of photosynthesis - CORRECT ANSWER light dependent: thylakoids light + water > ATP, oxygen objective: light to ATP light independent/calvin cycle: stroma ATP + carbon dioxide -> glucose obj...

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BOT 3015 Exam 1 Questions & Answers. Ribosomes are structures responsible for? - CORRECT ANSWER Protein Synthesis Increases in stem and root length before thickening via the apical meristem is... - CORRECT ANSWER Primary Growth Which tissue layer in plant stems is primarily responsible for the transport of water and minerals from the roots to the rest of the plant? - CORRECT ANSWER Xylem Which of the following parts of leaf anatomy is made up of a single layer of cells in both the...

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