What is the name of the cells that are located on either side of stomata?
A. stomatal cells
B. guard cells
C. epidermal cells
D. side cells
What term refers to taking nitrogen from the air and making it into compounds that the plant can use?
A. fixation
B. deamination
C. denaturation
D. nitrification
What is the symbiotic relationship between a young root and a fungus called?
A. mycorrhizae
B. fungus
C. lichen
D. commensalism
In which type of symbiotic relationship do both members benefit?
A. mutualism
B. fungus
C. lichen
D. commensalism
What plant tissue conducts water and nutrients up through vascular plants?
A. Phloem
B. Xylem
C. Epidermis
D. Vascular
What plant tissue conducts sugars and solutes throughout a vascular plant?
A. Phloem
B. Xylem
C. Epidermis
D. Vascular
What is another name for the A Horizon of soil?
A. hardpan
B. subsoil
C. topsoil
D. humus
What term refers to the process by which organic compounds are distributed throughout the phloem?
A. Transpiration
B. Translocation
C. Turgor Pressure
D. Deamination
What term refers to the evaporative water loss from a plant's above ground parts, leaves especially?
A. Transpiration
B. Translocation
C. Turgor Pressure
D. Deamination
What term refers to the internal fluid pressure on cell walls as water moves into a cell by osmosis?
A. Transpiration
B. Translocation
C. Turgor Pressure
D. Deamination
What are the slender extension of specialized epidermal cells on roots that increase the root's ability to absorb water and minerals?
A. Root stems
B. Root threads
C. Root hems
D. Root hairs
The opening and closing of stomata is controlled in part by the
ion concentration in the guard cells.
A. N
B. O
C. H2O
D. K+