Biology Unit 5 Test

Put the four stages of growth in order.

First- Germination Second- Growth Third- Maturation Fourth- Death

Amino Acids

The building blocks of proteins are

cotyledon

The four main zones of a root tip are all of the following, except _____.

dicot

bean

DNA

genes are made of this substance

monocot

grass

India

Agriculture was not a developed science in _ . That country's machinery, technology, and crop varieties did not advance with new developments in other parts of the world.

False

The facts of why onion cells produce an onion and not a walnut are well known to scientists.

Nicholas de Saussure

The first chemist to begin quantifying the process of photosynthesis was:

Grana, stroma

The first part of photosynthesis within the chloroplast occurs in the _ and the second in the _ of the chloroplast.

epidermis

The four parts of a seed include all of the following, except _____.

True

The vascular cambium is one example of cells that are meristematic, that is, staying young or continuing to divide.

vascular cambium

The width of a tree increases through direct growth of the:

produce a carbohydrate from CO2

The chemical energy stored in ATP during photosynthesis is used to:

is produced by chloroplasts

The basic food of a plant is:

True

The basic functions of a multi-cellular plant such as a rose are also conducted by a unicellular alga.

False

The bodies that break down food molecules to form RNA are the ribosomes.

cell wall

layers of cellulose outside the cell

fruit

seed dispersal

flower

seed production

protein

A compound containing O, C, H, N is a

netted veins, vascular rings

A dicot may be expected to have:

differentiate

maturates, develops specialized function

stem

support of leaves

Why do animals and humans need proteins in their diet?

they break down protein into amino acids needed for their particular protein synthesis

product of decomposition of starch, chemical associated with mitochondria, a form of chemical energy

ATP is a:

Vacuole

A part of the plant cell that may contain crystal or poisons harmful to living protoplasm is the

False

A plant makes its own proteins but an animal synthesizes the proteins it consumes as food.

False

A seed consists solely of a protected package of elements, nutrients and plant food requiring only water and solar energy.

True

A seed may be described as a packaged miniature factory.

False

A simple cell is a good description since most cells are so small and influence so little in life.

False

An annual plant bears fruit or flowers every year.

False

Between five and ten different types of cells are in the human body.

False

Cell activities are controlled by chemical messengers from the ribosomes.

genes

Inherited physical traits are directly related to:

True

Intelligent design is shown in the intricate detail and complexity of microscopic organisms.

True

The cell communication system for chemical messages and materials is thought to be the membrane system known as endoplasmic reticulum.

starvation

Malthus, an English economist, predicted worldwide _ in the 1800's.

True

Meristematic cells of different kinds of plants may look alike, but the DNA messages are different.

Bark

Old phloem cells become:

True

One definition of life in a plant is an uninterrupted succession of cells.

True

Plant cells are miniature factories that make thousands of chemical compounds for themselves and the whole world.

True

Plant cells convert solar energy into chemical energy.

primarily at night

Plant respiration occurs:

store starch

Potato tuber cells have leucoplasts which help

False

Problems of world hunger are due to the green plant's inefficiency in food production.

False

Proteins are made directly from carbohydrates, the first products of photosynthesis.

True

The full use of the green plant's built-in design and potential has not yet been reached.

disorder

The inevitable process causing increase in _ in the universe and loss in useful energy is called entropy.

False

The main difference among plants is size--trees, shrubs, herbs.

False

The meristematic cells of a carrot could produce a tree or an elephant just as easily.

is constant

The number of chromosomes within each species of plant or animal:

chromoplasts

The orange color of carrot roots and of marigold flowers comes from cell bodies known as

everything inside the cell membrane

The protoplast consists of:

False

The root cap cells elongate and differentiate forming phloem and xylem.

mangel

The sugar beet was developed from a plant root called _____.

Robert Hooke

Tiny chambers were first observed and described from microscope observations by a man named

False

Trees get wider when the vascular cambium adds new phloem to the rings of wood inside.

Two ways plant cells are like animal and human cells are that we both have a nucleus, mitochondria, and cytoplasm.

What are two ways plant cells are like animal and human cells?

vacuoles, chloroplasts, cell walls

What three parts of plant cells cause them to differ from animal and human cells?

root

absorption

mitochondria

body that releases energy from foods

nucleus

cell headquarters

endosperm

food supply, not part of the embryo seed plant

cotyledon

food supply, part of the embryo seed plant

leaf

food-making

chloroplast

food-making body

enzyme

organic catalyst, helps to cause other reactions

annual

plant that grows and dies in a year

entropy

running down

wood

xylem

meristem

youthful tissue (keeps growing)