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Biodiversity Exam||Verified Exam!!||, University-Level
Biology Course, 2026/2027 -Question Practice Exam
with Verified Answers||Newest Exam!!!
what is a rhizome? - Answer-horizontal underground stem
what type of plants have a rhizome? - Answer-grass
What are new shoots that arise from axillary buds on
enlarged tips of slender underground rhizomes? - Answer-
tuber
What type of plants have tuber growth? - Answer-potatoes
What is a corm? - Answer-new plants arises from axillary
buds on short, thick, vertical, underground stems
What is an example of a corm plant? - Answer-gladiolus
What is a Bulb stem? - Answer-arises from a axillary bud
on a short underground stem and consists of fleshy leaves
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What is an example of a bulb plant? - Answer-onion
What does the epidermis consist of in plants? - Answer-
cuticle and guard cells w/ stomata
what is the cuticle made up of? - Answer-cutin and is
secreted by the epidermis to create a waterproof waxy
affect atop of leaves
What are vascular tissues responsible for? - Answer-
moving fluids through the plant
True or False: xylem cells are dead at maturity? - Answer-
True
What is are tracheids? - Answer-thinner tube-shaped cells
with perforated endplates, more restrictive of water flow
What is the vessel member? - Answer-large tube-shaped
cells with no endplates which allows for greater water flow
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What are the two types of cells are produced in the
phloem? - Answer-Sieve tube members and companion
cells
what are sieve tube members? - Answer-tube-shaped
cells that are the main transporters of sugars
True or false: Companion cells do NOT support the sieve
tube members metabolically. - Answer-False
What is the Apoplastic Pathway? - Answer-water passes
through the epidermis of root hairs and can move easily
between cells of the cortex
What is the Symplastic Pathway? - Answer-toxins and
other contaminants are filtered out before the water is
brought further up into the plant
What is parthenogenesis? - Answer-development of an
egg without fertilization
True or False: Propagation is taking a piece of the parent
plant and replanting it and hoping it grows? - Answer-True
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How do plants collect and conserve energy? - Answer-
through their leaves
what is the structure that provides positioning and support
of the leaves? - Answer-The Stem
What do the roots do? - Answer-provide anchorage and
absorb water from the ground
What part of the plant regulates gas exchange? - Answer-
Stomata
What is the function of guard cells? - Answer-surround the
stomata
What is a runner(stolon)? - Answer-New plants arise at the
nodes on an above-ground horizontal stem
What type of plants have a runner? - Answer-strawberries
What is tropism? - Answer-growth in response to a
stimulus
Biodiversity Exam||Verified Exam!!||, University-Level
Biology Course, 2026/2027 -Question Practice Exam
with Verified Answers||Newest Exam!!!
what is a rhizome? - Answer-horizontal underground stem
what type of plants have a rhizome? - Answer-grass
What are new shoots that arise from axillary buds on
enlarged tips of slender underground rhizomes? - Answer-
tuber
What type of plants have tuber growth? - Answer-potatoes
What is a corm? - Answer-new plants arises from axillary
buds on short, thick, vertical, underground stems
What is an example of a corm plant? - Answer-gladiolus
What is a Bulb stem? - Answer-arises from a axillary bud
on a short underground stem and consists of fleshy leaves
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What is an example of a bulb plant? - Answer-onion
What does the epidermis consist of in plants? - Answer-
cuticle and guard cells w/ stomata
what is the cuticle made up of? - Answer-cutin and is
secreted by the epidermis to create a waterproof waxy
affect atop of leaves
What are vascular tissues responsible for? - Answer-
moving fluids through the plant
True or False: xylem cells are dead at maturity? - Answer-
True
What is are tracheids? - Answer-thinner tube-shaped cells
with perforated endplates, more restrictive of water flow
What is the vessel member? - Answer-large tube-shaped
cells with no endplates which allows for greater water flow
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What are the two types of cells are produced in the
phloem? - Answer-Sieve tube members and companion
cells
what are sieve tube members? - Answer-tube-shaped
cells that are the main transporters of sugars
True or false: Companion cells do NOT support the sieve
tube members metabolically. - Answer-False
What is the Apoplastic Pathway? - Answer-water passes
through the epidermis of root hairs and can move easily
between cells of the cortex
What is the Symplastic Pathway? - Answer-toxins and
other contaminants are filtered out before the water is
brought further up into the plant
What is parthenogenesis? - Answer-development of an
egg without fertilization
True or False: Propagation is taking a piece of the parent
plant and replanting it and hoping it grows? - Answer-True
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How do plants collect and conserve energy? - Answer-
through their leaves
what is the structure that provides positioning and support
of the leaves? - Answer-The Stem
What do the roots do? - Answer-provide anchorage and
absorb water from the ground
What part of the plant regulates gas exchange? - Answer-
Stomata
What is the function of guard cells? - Answer-surround the
stomata
What is a runner(stolon)? - Answer-New plants arise at the
nodes on an above-ground horizontal stem
What type of plants have a runner? - Answer-strawberries
What is tropism? - Answer-growth in response to a
stimulus
