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. 



1. Discuss protoplasm as the basis of plant activity. Make a labeled diagram 



of an active cell. 



2. Name the groups of plants associated on the basis of their environment, 



and discuss the characteristics of a representative plant of each group. 



3. How do the nutritive processes of plants with chlorophyll differ from 



those without chlorophyll ? 



4. Show by sketches the important stages in the life cycle of (i) an alga, 



(2) a fungus, (3) a moss, or liverwort. Name the parts in each sketch. 



5. Give the main characteristics of (i) a gymnosperm, (2) a monocotyledon, 



(3) a dicotyledon, in such form as to compare the three. 



6. Give a brief account of the life of a plant from seed to seed. Use diagrams 



freely to illustrate the account. 



7. Describe three experiments in plant physiology. Sketch and label the 



apparatus used in two of them. 



8. Give the characteristics of flowers pollinated by insects, and compare with 



them the characteristics of flowers pollinated by wind. Illustrate. 



9. Name the fundamental plant parts represented by the edible portion of a 



cabbage, a radish, a sweet potato, a common potato, and a strawberry. 

 Of what use to the plant are these parts ? 



10. Enumerate ten plants from which manufactured products are derived. In 



each case indicate the part used. 



11. Give the chief divisions of the vegetable kingdom in a classification showing 



natural relationship. Give examples of each division. 



12. Discuss briefly the important relations between plants and animals. Illus- 



trate by examples. 



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