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    BIOLOGY 11

    Second Long Examination


    (Sample)
    I.

    MULTIPLE CHOICE. Choose the letter of the best answer. USE CAPITAL LETTERS.

    1. The function of the brightly-colored bracts in some plants (e.g. the Christmas flower, Euphorbia
    pulcherrima) is:
    A. To store pigments other than chlorophyll a and b.
    B. To protect the parts of the flower involved in sexual reproduction.
    C. To attract agents of pollination.
    D. To serve as alternate warehouses of starch.
    2. Ms. Terry, a girl who is bored out of her mind, decides to remove all the bark of a tree with a
    chain saw. Which of the following is the consequence of her action?
    A. The plant dies, because oxygen cannot be absorbed any more by the leaves.
    B. The plant dies, because the leaves are not able to get water.
    C. The plant dies, because the roots are not able to get food.
    D. The plant dies, because the stem loses the protection it needs to fend off unwanted pests.
    3. What is the purpose of pits in vessels and tracheids?
    A. They help facilitate migration of water molecules between neighboring cells.
    B. They help establish a communication pathway for neighboring vessels and tracheids.
    C. They help lessen the accumulated internal pressure inside the plant.
    D. They help give support to the sclerenchyma cells.
    4. Which of the following best describes the lateral root?
    A. It originates from the root epidermal cells.
    B. It originates from the outermost layer of the roots vascular cylinder.
    C. It originates from the root cortex.
    D. It originates from root ground tissue.
    5. What is the effect of cutting off the shoot apical meristem of some garden plants?
    A. It promotes apical dominance, hence stimulating the longitudinal growth of the plant.
    B. It removes apical dominance, hence stimulating the growth of axillary buds.
    C. It promotes apical dominance, hence inhibiting lateral growth of the plant.
    D. It removes apical dominance, hence inhibiting the plant from exhibiting further growth.
    6. Which of the following is the odd one out?
    A. Potato
    B. Gabi

    C. Carrot

    7. These are the points in the stem where the leaves are attached.
    A. Internodes
    B. Axillary buds
    C. Petioles

    D. Onion
    D. Nodes

    8. In a cross section of a leaf, the palisade mesophyll layer is largely composed of:
    A. Collenchyma cells B. Sclerenchyma cells C. Parenchyma cells
    D. Vascular bundles
    9. What type of xylem differentiation is exhibited in a dicot root?
    A. Exarch
    B. Endarch
    C. Both A and B

    D. Neither A nor B

    10. What is the difference between the 2O xylem cells of spring wood and summer wood?
    A. The 2O xylem cells of spring wood have thinner cell walls than the 2O xylem cells of summer
    wood.
    B. The 2O xylem cells of spring wood have thicker cell walls than the 2O xylem cells of summer
    wood.
    C. The 2O xylem cells of spring wood have smaller diameters than the 2O xylem cells of spring
    wood.
    D. The 2O xylem cells of spring wood contribute to stem support unlike the 2O xylem cells of
    summer wood, which do not.
    For nos. 11 15, the specimen in consideration is a dicot. Use the following choices: (choices
    may be used once, more than once, or not at all.)
    A. Root
    B. Leaf
    C. Stem
    D. None of the above
    A, C
    B
    D
    C
    C

    11.
    12.
    13.
    14.
    15.

    Exhibit/s secondary growth.


    Exhibit/s only primary growth.
    Vascular bundles are scattered.
    Vascular bundles are arranged around an axis.
    Pith is present.

    16. Which of the following statements about trichomes and root hairs is true?
    A. They are both outgrowths of the epidermis.
    B. They both function to reduce water loss.
    C. They are both short-lived.
    D. They both function to defend the plant against predators.
    17. During a hot, summer day, one would expect the stomata of a leaf to be:
    A. Closed; in order to minimize water loss
    B. Open; in order to allow gas exchange
    C. Closed; in order to facilitate photosynthesis via efficient harvesting of light energy
    D. Open; in order to increase the rate of transpiration
    18. What facilitates the transpirational pull on xylem sap?
    A. Cohesion
    B. Adhesion
    C. Both A and B

    D. Neither A nor B

    19. Which of the following statements is true?


    A. All water molecules must take the symplastic route in order to enter the xylem.
    B. Water molecules taking the apoplastic route will reach the xylem by travelling along the
    cortical cells.
    C. Water molecules taking the symplastic route travel to the stele by solely crossing cytoplasmic
    channels called plasmodesmata.
    D. Water molecules can shift from the apoplastic route to the symplastic route anytime.
    20. Consider a part of the woody stem which has experienced secondary growth for ten years. What
    type of cell is present in the most number?
    A. Secondary xylem
    C. A and B occur in equal amounts
    B. Secondary phloem
    D. Not enough information given
    21. Ms. Terry, the same girl who mindlessly killed a tree in Multiple Choice question number two,
    decides to hammer a nail into the bark of another tree, upon which she hung a sign saying SAVE

    THE TREES. She hammered the nail 10 cm above the ground. What can be said about the nail
    after five years?
    A. The nail is now more than 10 cm above the ground, and it penetrates the bark more deeply
    than before.
    B. The nail is still 10 cm above the ground, and it penetrates the bark more deeply than before.
    C. The nail is still 10 cm above the ground, and it didnt penetrate the bark any further than
    before.
    D. The nail is now more than 10 cm above the ground, and it didnt penetrate the bark any
    further than before.
    22. Ms. Terrys friend, the nature-lover Ms. Tee, decides to have a trip to a swamp filled with
    mangrove trees. She then notices the pneumatophores of the mangrove trees. She then wonders
    what the function of these structures is. If Ms. Tee asked you what the function of
    pneumatophores is, what are you supposed to tell her?
    A. They provide more support to the mangrove trees stems.
    B. They provide an alternate means of reproduction for the mangroves.
    C. They provide the mangroves an alternate site for gas exchange.
    D. They provide the mangroves a better site for food storage.
    23. Which of the following best describes the growth of plants?
    A. Plants exhibit indeterminate growth, which means that they can grow continuously.
    B. Plants exhibit determinate growth, which means that they can only grow up to a certain size.
    C. Plants can exhibit determinate growth by cutting off their apical meristems.
    D. Plants can exhibit both indeterminate and determinate growth during the course of their life.
    24. Now, Ms. Terry wants to threaten Ms. Tee by expressing her evil intention to remove all the
    heartwood of a certain tree. I will do it! I will really do it! threatened Ms. Terry. I dont care,
    said nature-lover Ms. Tee. Ms. Terry was flabbergasted by this. Why did Ms. Tee not care about
    Ms. Terrys threat?
    A. Removing the heartwood would only do minimal damage to a tree, it would not totally kill
    the tree.
    B. Removing the heartwood would be beneficial to the tree, since it will help facilitate stem
    elongation.
    C. Removing the heartwood would not affect the tree in anywaythe tree will not be harmed,
    the tree will not be benefited.
    D. Removing the heartwood would greatly harm the tree; Ms. Tee was just being sarcastic.
    II.

    bulliform cells
    passive diffusion
    sclereids
    collenchyma cells

    water and minerals

    MATCHING TYPE. Match the descriptions in Column A to the items they describe in
    Column B.
    Column A
    1. It facilitates the rolling of leaves in some
    monocots.
    2. Mode of transport which is observed in
    the absorption of water by the root.
    3. These are cells which have lignified 2O
    walls and are specialized for support.
    4. These cells are often found just below
    the epidermal cells of young stems. They
    function for support.
    5. The components of xylem sap are _____

    A.
    B.
    C.
    D.
    E.
    F.
    G.
    H.
    I.
    J.

    Column B
    Sclereids
    Lenticels
    Vessels
    Tracheids
    Companion cells
    Ground meristem
    Procambium
    Passive diffusion
    Active transport
    Collenchyma cells

    plasmodesmata
    sieve tubes

    ground meristem
    tracheids

    root pressure

    III.

    phellogen = cork cambium

    IV.
    1 cork
    2 cork cambium
    3 2 phloem
    4 v. cambium
    5 2 xylem
    6 1 xylem

    and ___.
    6. It connects the companion cell to the
    sieve-tube element.
    7. In some plants, these help in the loading
    of sugars into the chains of cells which
    comprise the phloem of angiosperms.
    8. The cortex originated from this primary
    tissue.
    9. This is the more primitive of the two
    types of water-conducting cells of the
    xylem.
    10. This is the main cause of guttation.

    K.
    L.
    M.
    N.
    O.
    P.
    Q.

    Bulliform cells
    Sieve tubes
    Water and minerals
    Sugars and oxygen
    Plasmodesmata
    Root pressure
    Fibers

    IDENTIFICATION. Identify what is asked.


    suberin
    1. The Casparian strip is made of _________________,
    which accounts for the strips
    impervious property to water.
    region of maturation
    2. The regionsunken
    of the
    root where root hairs begin to appear is called _______________________.
    stomata, hypodermis,
    lobed mesophyll, cuticle
    3. The _________________________
    in gymnosperms is an adaptation for the prevention of
    water loss during cold season.
    phelloderm
    phellem (cork)
    4. The phellogen is composed of the ________________
    and the 5. ____________________.
    petiole
    6. The _______________
    is a stalk connecting the leaf to the stem.
    outer
    7. The _______________
    end of a leaf is called the leaf apex.
    leaves
    8. The purple, edible part of Allium cepa are actually modified _______________.
    quiescent
    center
    9. Another name for the center of the apical meristem is the ______________________.
    tangential / lamellar
    10. This type of collenchyma cell exhibits thickened corners. ______________________

    SEQUENCING. Arrange the items as asked.


    A. An old part of the stem. If one were to hammer a nail to the center of an old stem, in what
    order will the nail encounter the following structures? The answers to this question are for
    numbers 1 up to 6.
    A. Vascular cambium
    D. 2O phloem
    B. Cork cambium
    E. Cork
    O
    C. 1 xylem
    F. 2O xylem
    B. Generation of a transpirational pull. Arrange the following events in order from the first
    occurring event up to the last occurring event. The answers to this question are for numbers 7
    up to 11. (Source of events: Campbell, 8th edition)
    A. Evaporation of the water film causes the air-water interface to retreat farther into the cell
    wall and to become more curved, which increases surface tension and transpiration rate.
    B. Water from the surrounding cells and air spaces are pulled.
    C. Water vapor diffuses from the moist air spaces of the leaf to the drier air outside via
    stomata.
    D. Water from the xylem is pulled into the surrounding cells and air spaces to replenish the
    water that was lost.
    E. Water vapor lost by transpiration is replaced by evaporation from the water film coating
    mesophyll cells.

    7 transpiration (water vapor diffuses from moist air spaces in leaf to drier air outside via stomata)
    8 water vapor lost by transpiration is replaced by evaporation from the water film coating mesophyll cells
    9 evap of water film (boundary layer) causes air-w interface to retreat farther into CW, become more
    curved, wc increases surface tension and transpiration rate
    10 water from surrounding cells and air spaces are pulled
    11 water from x is pulled into surrounding cells & air spaces to replenish lost water

    C. Apoplastic route. Suppose a water molecule is absorbed by the root from the soil. Trace the
    water molecules path until it reaches the vessels of the xylem. The answers to this question
    are for numbers 12 to 15.
    12 root epidermis
    A. Endodermis
    13 cortex
    B. Cortex
    14 endodermis
    C. Stele
    15 stele
    D. Root epidermis
    V.

    ANALOGY. Complete the following analogies:


    1. stomata : transpiration :: ________________
    : guttation
    hydathodes
    heavily lignified
    2. gymnosperm epidermis : heavily cuticularized :: gymnosperm hypodermis : __________
    reduce water loss
    3. root hair : increase surface area :: trichome : ______________________
    leaf sheath
    4. dicot : petiole :: monocot : ____________________
    5. vascular cambium : residual procambium and some cells of pericycle :: cork cambium :
    cortex
    ____________________________
    ground tissue pith & cortex
    6. protoderm : epidermis :: ground meristem : _______________
    7. phloem outer, xylem inner : collateral :: phloem outer, xylem in between 2 phloem :
    radial
    __________________
    active cotransport
    8. water : passive diffusion :: minerals : ______________________
    chlorenchyma
    9. epidermal cells : boundary parenchyma :: photosynthetic tissues : ___________________
    guttation
    10. transpiration : H2O (g) :: _________________
    : H2O (l)
    -ENDTOTAL POINTS: 70 points

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