BOTANY 



Monday 3.45-5.45 p.m. 



A teacher's certificate covering the laboratory instruction must be presented as part 

 of the examination. 



Answer any ten questions. No extra credit will be given for more than ten questions. 



A. Select some green flowering plant familiar to you as a basis for answering 

 questions 1-6: 



1. Describe by use of words and by fully labelled sketches the parts of a seed 



of this plant. 



2. Describe the important steps in the germination of this seed. Illustrate by 



means of sketches. 



3. Make a diagram of a cross section of the stem of the plant growing from this 



seed. Label all parts. 



4. What in general is the method of venation in the leaves of this plant ? 



5. Describe very carefully an experiment proving that your plant is able to 



produce starch. 



6. Discuss any provisions found in this plant for (a) cross-pollination and 



(b) seed dissemination. 



B. A study of plant groups. 



7. Name in order of complexity, the great groups or phyla into which the plant 



kingdom is divided. 



8. Describe characters of a representative plant for each of the groups given 



in;. 



9. Indicate those characters, in the plants just described that are important from 



the standpoint of advance from lower to higher plant forms. 



10. Outline the life history of a fern plant. Illustrate by means of labelled 



sketches. 



11. Enumerate those qualifications in the sporophyte of Angiosperms by which 



it is able to, meet successfully modern conditions. 



12. Give fifteen minutes to the discussion of any botanical topic, not included in 



the above questions, which has been of special interest to you. 



