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)