Final Exam Review - Plant Science

Plants that are triggered to undergo a developmental change as the days get shorter after are called…

short-day plants

What is calculated to estimate the development of
plants and is based on the amount of “heat units”
accumulated?

Growing degree days

A plant that completes its life cycle in 2 growing
seasons is called___.

Biennial

Which plant-essential macronutrient is a primary
component of ADP and ATP?

Phosphorus

The process by which mineral nutrients are
incorporated into functional elements in the plant is
called ____.

Assimilation

The law of _________ states that, when two or more
traits are involved, they will be inherited
independently

Independent assortment

Plants that exhibit firing or chlorosis along the leaf
margin of lower leaves likely are deficient in which
nutrient?

Potassium

The type of propagation that involves covering part of
a stem in still attached to the parent plant is called ___.

Layering

The type of germination in which the cotyledons rise
above the soil surface is called ___.

Epigeal

Plants belong to which taxonomic domain?

Eukarya

CO2 is fixed into glucose during which process of
photosynthesis?

Calvin or C3 cycle

Rings in tree trunks are a result of ________________.

Secondary xylem

The part of the grass flower denoted by the letter E in
the figure is called ____.

Ligule

The part of the seed that stores starches to be used as
an energy source for germinating seedlings is called
_____.

Endosperm

The process of damaging a seed coat mechanically or
chemically to allow the seed to imbibe water quicker
is called ___.

Scarification

What are the net products of photosynthesis?

C6H12O6 and 6O2

Cellular respiration occurs in and around which plant
cell organelle?

Mitochondria

Which plant hormone is mostly responsible for
phototropism?

Auxin

In which plant cell organelle does transcription mostly
occur?

Nucleus