BIOA02H3 Module 1 Questions With Complete Solutions
"The dose makes the poison. ... All things are poison, and
nothing is without poison, the dosage alone makes it so a thing
is not a poison." This is a statement by Paracelsus from the year
1538. For which lines of plant defense is this statement
especially true? Choose the most appropriate answers Correct
Answers Secondary compounds
Chemical defense
A typical plant produces up to several hundreds of defense
compounds and its production is under strict genetic control.
Without primary compounds, plants would most likely be
unable to germinate, photosynthesize, establish as a seedling or
reach maturity.
Much of the spices and herbs we use to make our food less
bland contain toxins plants used to fend their enemies.
Pregnant women and babies have a dislike for certain, especially
pungent plant foods because their content of plant chemicals
aimed to fend off plant herbivores might be toxic for mammals
with a small body size. Correct Answers T
After the death and decomposition of any organism, all amino
acids become an important source for one particular, typically
limiting macronutrient. Which one? Correct Answers Nitrogen
After their death, free-living _________-fixing bacteria
decompose and the ________ from their cells is released into the
,ground, where plants roots can take it up. To which nutrient
does this sentence apply? Correct Answers Nitrogen
apoplastic, symplastic Correct Answers lecture 10
Approximately how high up can a liquid be pushed by capillary
action?
Approximately how high up can a liquid be pushed by osmotic
pressure?
What is the physical limit of transpirational pull? Correct
Answers 1 m
> 1 m and < 10 m
> 10 m
At what developmental stage does the periderm take over from
the epidermis in its activity of sealing the stem? Correct
Answers In year 2
At which life stage is endozoochory happening? Correct
Answers lecture 1 (D)
Besides becoming bio-accessible through symbiotic rhizobia,
nitrogen is also fixed by free-living nitrogen-fixing bacteria.
Correct Answers T
Bryophytes like it... Correct Answers Wet
Clubmosses, quillworts and spikemosses belong to Correct
Answers Lycophytes
,Correct sequence of the tree of life leading up to flowering
plants, from oldest to youngest Correct Answers (P6)
Depending on the sexual system and number of flowers per
plant individual of a particular plant species, in which of the
three adaptations (temporal separation of genders, spatial
separation of genders, complete self-incompatibility) can selfing
accidents happen? Choose all appropriate solutions. Correct
Answers Temporal separation of genders
Spatial separation of gender
Eudiots Correct Answers lecture 7
For which two limiting macronutrients do plants use biotic
helpers to more effectively access them? Correct Answers
Nitrogen
Phosphorus
For which type of photosynthesis is the term 'Kranz anatomy'
commonly used?
Which type of photosynthesis is characterized by two rings of
cells inserted around the vascular bundle?
What type of plants are some of the most important plants
feeding the world, for example corn, cane sugar, sorghum or
millet?
In which photosynthetic pathway are the actions of PEP-
carboxylase and RuBisCO separated by the location within
leaves?
In which photosynthetic pathway is malate moved from
mesophyll cells to bundle sheath cells? Correct Answers C4
, Four out of the five following cell types make up one particular
complex tissue. Which cell type is a misft? Correct Answers
Sieve tube members
From the perspective of nutrient retention in soils, a high CEC is
good.
Only dissolved nutrients can be taken up by plant roots.
Generally speaking, more highly acidic soils have fewer soil
nutrients.
Besides becoming bio-accessible through symbiotic rhizobia,
nitrogen is also fixed by free-living nitrogen-fixing bacteria.
Only nutrients which are in solution in the soil water can be
taken up by plant roots. Correct Answers T
How do bryophytes take up water? Correct Answers Through
their shoots, leaves and 'roots
How many cell layers thick is the epidermis of plants? Correct
Answers 1
How many pollen sacks does an average anther have?
Group of answer choices Correct Answers 4
Hydrochory refers to..
Anemochory refers to... Correct Answers Water dispersal
Wind dispersal
"The dose makes the poison. ... All things are poison, and
nothing is without poison, the dosage alone makes it so a thing
is not a poison." This is a statement by Paracelsus from the year
1538. For which lines of plant defense is this statement
especially true? Choose the most appropriate answers Correct
Answers Secondary compounds
Chemical defense
A typical plant produces up to several hundreds of defense
compounds and its production is under strict genetic control.
Without primary compounds, plants would most likely be
unable to germinate, photosynthesize, establish as a seedling or
reach maturity.
Much of the spices and herbs we use to make our food less
bland contain toxins plants used to fend their enemies.
Pregnant women and babies have a dislike for certain, especially
pungent plant foods because their content of plant chemicals
aimed to fend off plant herbivores might be toxic for mammals
with a small body size. Correct Answers T
After the death and decomposition of any organism, all amino
acids become an important source for one particular, typically
limiting macronutrient. Which one? Correct Answers Nitrogen
After their death, free-living _________-fixing bacteria
decompose and the ________ from their cells is released into the
,ground, where plants roots can take it up. To which nutrient
does this sentence apply? Correct Answers Nitrogen
apoplastic, symplastic Correct Answers lecture 10
Approximately how high up can a liquid be pushed by capillary
action?
Approximately how high up can a liquid be pushed by osmotic
pressure?
What is the physical limit of transpirational pull? Correct
Answers 1 m
> 1 m and < 10 m
> 10 m
At what developmental stage does the periderm take over from
the epidermis in its activity of sealing the stem? Correct
Answers In year 2
At which life stage is endozoochory happening? Correct
Answers lecture 1 (D)
Besides becoming bio-accessible through symbiotic rhizobia,
nitrogen is also fixed by free-living nitrogen-fixing bacteria.
Correct Answers T
Bryophytes like it... Correct Answers Wet
Clubmosses, quillworts and spikemosses belong to Correct
Answers Lycophytes
,Correct sequence of the tree of life leading up to flowering
plants, from oldest to youngest Correct Answers (P6)
Depending on the sexual system and number of flowers per
plant individual of a particular plant species, in which of the
three adaptations (temporal separation of genders, spatial
separation of genders, complete self-incompatibility) can selfing
accidents happen? Choose all appropriate solutions. Correct
Answers Temporal separation of genders
Spatial separation of gender
Eudiots Correct Answers lecture 7
For which two limiting macronutrients do plants use biotic
helpers to more effectively access them? Correct Answers
Nitrogen
Phosphorus
For which type of photosynthesis is the term 'Kranz anatomy'
commonly used?
Which type of photosynthesis is characterized by two rings of
cells inserted around the vascular bundle?
What type of plants are some of the most important plants
feeding the world, for example corn, cane sugar, sorghum or
millet?
In which photosynthetic pathway are the actions of PEP-
carboxylase and RuBisCO separated by the location within
leaves?
In which photosynthetic pathway is malate moved from
mesophyll cells to bundle sheath cells? Correct Answers C4
, Four out of the five following cell types make up one particular
complex tissue. Which cell type is a misft? Correct Answers
Sieve tube members
From the perspective of nutrient retention in soils, a high CEC is
good.
Only dissolved nutrients can be taken up by plant roots.
Generally speaking, more highly acidic soils have fewer soil
nutrients.
Besides becoming bio-accessible through symbiotic rhizobia,
nitrogen is also fixed by free-living nitrogen-fixing bacteria.
Only nutrients which are in solution in the soil water can be
taken up by plant roots. Correct Answers T
How do bryophytes take up water? Correct Answers Through
their shoots, leaves and 'roots
How many cell layers thick is the epidermis of plants? Correct
Answers 1
How many pollen sacks does an average anther have?
Group of answer choices Correct Answers 4
Hydrochory refers to..
Anemochory refers to... Correct Answers Water dispersal
Wind dispersal
