Exam 1 Jeopardy

Introduction to Plants and Botany

100

Most algae are classified in the kingdom:

• Plantae
• Animalia
• Protista
• Myceteae

• Protista

200

Photosynthesis first arose in:

• Eukaryotic algae
• Multicellular plants
• Prokaryotic cyanobacteria
• Fungi

• Prokaryotic cyanobacteria

300

The trees in a forest:

• Carry out a metabolism that is unique to plants and has no relationship to the general principles of chemistry
• Carry out a metabolism that is random and uncontrolled
• Are all genetically identical
• Are adapted to grow and reproduce in forest conditions

• Are adapted to grow and reproduce in forest conditions

400

The origins of agriculture developed:

• 2.8 billion years ago when photosynthesis originated
• During the industrial Revolution when humans burned great quantities of fuel.
• During an interglacial period of the Pleistocene Ice Age
• About 25,000 years ago with the hunters and gatherers.

• During an interglacial period of the Pleistocene Ice Age

500

A change to a gene’s information, called a(n) ____________________________, generates new information that could result in offspring possessing a different trait or suite of traits than its parents.

Mutation

Overview of Plants

100

The energy captured by photosynthesis ultimately comes from:

• Glucose
• Organic compounds
• Sunlight
• Carbon dioxide

• Sunlight

200

The term that best describes all the dicots minus the basal angiosperms is:

• Monocot
• Dicot
• Basal angiosperm
• Eudicot

• Eudicot

300

Red maple trees growing close together in a temperate forest directly interact with each other as they:

• Compete for air
• Compete for resources such as water, minerals and sunlight
• Create a shady environment for small wildflowers
• Are genetically identical

• Compete for resources such as water, minerals and sunlight

400

_____________________________ is the central metabolism by which plants acquire energy; it occurs only when ___________________________, _________________________, and ____________________ are present.

Photosynthesis

Light, Carbon Dioxide, Water

500

The reproductive organs of flowers include:

• Stems, leaves, roots and sporangia
• Seed cones and pollen cones
• Sepals, petals, stamens, and carpels
• Sporangia and spores

• Sepals, petals, stamens, and carpels

Ethnobotany

100

The first crop plants were cultivated about 11,000 years ago following:

• The beginning of the Pleistocene Epoch
• The end of the Pleistocene Epoch
• The beginning of the Holocene Epoch
• The end of the Holocene epoch

• The end of the Pleistocene Epoch

200

Which food has the lowest glycemic index?

• White rice
• Whole grain bread
• Sweetened breakfast cereals
• Black beans

• Black beans

300

The fermentation of tea leaves

• Improves flavor by destroying astringent phenols
• Results in an ethyl alcohol by-product used in other beverages
• Yields pure caffeine that is then added to soft drinks
• Creates the infusion commonly referred to as black tea

Creates the infusion commonly referred to as black tea

400

Tetrahydrocannabinol is harvested from:

• The seeds of an evergreen tree
• A liquid latex found in secretory canals of fruits from perennial plants
• The sap of leaves of succulent plants
• Secretory trichomes found on the carpellate inflorescences of an annual plant

• Secretory trichomes found on the carpellate inflorescences of an annual plant

500

The Scoville scale measures the heat units in peppers, a quality that results from the chemical ________________.

capsaicin

Cell Structure

100

The mucilage made by roots cells is transported in vesicles and released into the surrounding soil as a lubricant for the growing root tip. This is an example of

• Facilitated diffusion
• Active transport
• Exocytosis
• Endocytosis

• Exocytosis

200

A key characteristic of eukaryotic cells that distinguishes them from prokaryotic cells is:

• The presence of a plasma membrane
• Possession of DNA
• The presence of a membrane-bound nucleus
• The ability to perform ordered metabolic reactions

• The presence of a membrane-bound nucleus

300

Major differences between plant and fungal cells is that plant cells:

• Have cell walls
• Contain chloroplasts and have walls composed of chitin
• Are narrow, long tubes with many nuclei
• Possess plastids and cell walls contain cellulose

• Possess plastids and cell walls contain cellulose

400

If a cell is capable of protein synthesis, it must contain

• Dictyosomes
• Mitochondria
• Chloroplasts
• Ribosomes

• Ribosomes

500

Which of the following is paired incorrectly?

• Smooth ER / lipid synthesis
• Dictyosome/protein modification
• Chromoplast/Photosynthesis
• Microtubule/chromosome movement during cell division

• Chromoplast/Photosynthesis

Stems and Primary Tissues

100

Which of the three basic types of plant cells has thick, lignified secondary walls?

• Parenchyma
• Epidermis
• Collenchyma
• Sclerenchyma

• Sclerenchyma

200

A plant’s cuticle would be thickest in a(n):

• Aquatic plant
• Desert plant
• Tropical rainforest plant
• Temperate forest plant

• Desert plant

300

In what structure would you most likely expect to find sclerenchyma as the main supporting tissue?

• Root tips
• Mature parts of roots
• A young tendril
• Mature stems

• Mature stems

400

If you pinch off the terminal apical meristem of a stem, branches often develop, making a plant bushier. The origin of those branches is the:

• Leaf tissue of the node
• Leaf scars
• Stem tissue at mid-internode
• Axillary buds

• Axillary buds

500

• Because columns of water are pulled up a plant, the walls of tracheary elements are constantly pulled slightly inward. Which type of secondary wall is least likely to collapse under this tension?
• annular
• helical
• scalariform
• reticulate

• scalariform

Leaves

100

Which of the following is a function of some types of leaves?

• Protection
• Support
• Storage
• All of the above

• All of the above

200

Which of the following are advantages of compound leaves?

• Protection against wind damage
• Resistance to tearing by flowing water
• Support of internal tissues
• All of the above
• A & B are correct

• A & B are correct

300

Which of the following are leaf adaptations to minimize transpiration?

• The presence of a thick cuticle
• Stomates sunken into epidermal cavities
• A & B are both correct
• A greater number of stomata in the upper epidermis than in the lower epidermis

• A & B are both correct

400

Which of the following leaf adaptations would you expect to find in desert plants?

• Hairless leaves
• Stomata confined to the upper epidermis
• Thin cuticle
• Thin palisade layer

• Thin palisade layer

500

One characteristic that distinguishes spongy mesophyll from palisade parenchyma is:

• The loose arrangement of cells in the spongy mesophyll
• The tight packing of cells in the spongy mesophyll
• The presence of cutin on the surface of palisade parenchyma cells
• That spongy mesophyll cells are alive, while palisade parenchyma are dead at maturity

• The loose arrangement of cells in the spongy mesophyll