BIOL 1108 Exam 1 Questions & Answers (A+ Guide)

BIOL 1108 Exam 1 Questions & Answers (A+ Guide)-1. An organelle that is responsible for the red or orange color of fruits such as peppers and tomatoes is the . (a.) chromoplast b. chromosome c. amyloplast d. phelloderm e. chloroplast 2. What substance is found in secondary cell walls that makes them waterproof and very strong? (a.) lignin b. protein c. DNA d. pectin e. anthocyanin 3. Carnivory has evolved several times independently in plants that live in acidic bog habitats. These carnivorous plants use modified to capture insects, which are then digested for their . a. stems | carbon b. steles | oxygen c. roots | water d. leaves | carbon (e.) leaves | nitrogen 4. Which of the following series shows the order in which structures would be encountered if you started from outside a plant cell and moved into the cell in a direction that would take you into the large central vacuole? (a.) primary cell wall | secondary cell wall | cell membrane ! cytoplasm b. cytoplasm | cell membrane | primary cell wall | secondary cell wall c. cytoplasm | primary cell wall | secondary cell wall | cell membrane d. secondary cell wall | primary cell wall | cell membrane | cytoplasm e. cytoplasm | cell membrane | secondary cell wall | primary cell wall 5. Which of the following cell types would never occur in secondary xylem tissue? a. sclerenchyma fiber b. parenchyna c. vessel element d. tracheid (e.) companion cell 6. A complex tissue that consists of cells that are living at maturity and whose function is food transport is . (a.) phloem b. parenchyma c. collenchyma d. xylem e. sclerenchyma