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Plant Physiology Final Topics 2011

The final is scheduled for 10 am Tuesday of finals week. Small variations on that time can be arranged for people with conflicts. There will be 40 questions, typically a little shorter than the ones on the unit tests. Many will be modified from quiz and test questions. You probably want to review your old tests and quizzes, but the answers on the weblog may help you more.

No labs on this final.
1. really basic plant anatomy – xylem, phloem, meristematic (dividing) and elongation regions
2. really basic structure & function of cells – walls, organelles, membranes
water potential
3. the critical equation and its parts
4. reasonable values of the component parts (problem?)
5. water potential of cells, soil & saline solutions
water movement
6. why water moves
7. transpiration -- driving force, routes, what limits & controls
8. evidence for water under tension
9. apoplast/symplast/endodermis
control of stomatal opening
10. environmental factors
11. how they open & close
12. membrane transport -- types, routes, electrochemical potential
minerals
13. roles in plant
14. uptake & uses
15. phloem – how it works, what it does
reactions
16. activation energy vs. G
17. enzymes / photosynthesis
18. photo half – structure & function
19. synthesis half – structure & function
20. variations on photosynthesis – C3, C4, CAM
21. carbohydrates – simple & complex carbos
22. respiration – structure & function
23. phosphorylation – all the kinds that go on (energy & control)
24. lipids – structure & function
25. nutrient assimilation –incorporation into carbon compounds (or whatever they are used for)
26. N fixation
27. defense compounds—classes, examples & uses
28. growth & development – what we mean
29. gene expression – main story
30. signal transduction – main story
plant hormones – effects, where produced and used
31. auxin
32. gibberellin
33. cytokinin
34. ethylene
35. ABA
36. general information about hormones
37. temperature effects – different types
light effects
38. how phytochrome works and what it does
39. blue light effects
40. tropisms (not just light)

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