10/20 Plant Anatomy

Question 1

plants organized in what?

Answer 1

hierarchy

Question 2

root is the same as what in a human?

Answer 2

heart

Question 3

tissue is the same as what in a human?

Answer 3

muscle tissue

Question 4

organs

Answer 4

composed of several types of tissues that carry out a particular function.

Question 5

tissue

Answer 5

composed of a group of cells with a common function and structure

Question 6

what are the three basic plant organs?

Answer 6

roots, stems and leaves

Question 7

shoot system needs….

Answer 7

water and minerals

Question 8

root system needs….

Answer 8

photosynthetic products from shoot sys

Question 9

monocots

Answer 9

have one cotyledon

Question 10

dicots

Answer 10

have two cotyledon

Question 11

what are the 3 types of tissues?

Answer 11

dermal, vascular and ground

Question 12

dermal tissue fx?

Answer 12

protects against dehydration, insects, animals, and pathogens

Question 13

epidermis

Answer 13

one single layer

Question 14

waxy coating on leaves and stems

Answer 14

cuticle

Question 15

fx of cuticle

Answer 15

prevent dehydration and pathogens

Question 16

stomata

Answer 16

tiny openings on leafs that allows plants to breathe

Question 17

vascular tissue transport materials between what?

Answer 17

leafs and roots (photosynthetic products)

Question 18

xylem

Answer 18

transports water and dissolves minerals

Question 19

phloem

Answer 19

transport organic nutrients (sugars)

Question 20

cell wall

Answer 20

made up of cellulose

Question 21

chloroplast

Answer 21

photosynthesis

Question 22

central vacuole

Answer 22

filled up with water (firmness) makes up cell rigid

Question 23

root

Answer 23

have vascular tissue in the center (pith)

Question 24

Stem

Answer 24

have vascular tissue in the edges “ring” (cortex)

Question 25

plant cells have 3 unique parts

Answer 25

chloroplast, the sites of photosynthesis, central vacuole

Question 26

Parenchyma

Answer 26

alive(Y), 1cellwall(Y), 2cellwall(N), fx photosynthesis, storage, metabolic process

Question 27

Collenchyma

Answer 27

alive(Y), 1CW(Y), 2CW(N), fx flexible support, elongate, "string of celery"

Question 28

Sclerenchyma

Answer 28

alive(N), 1CW(Y), 2CW(Y), fx support

Question 29

secondary cell wall location

Answer 29

inside

Question 30

primary cell wall

Answer 30

outside

Question 31

xylem (water conducting cells)

Answer 31

alive(N), 1CW(Y), 2CW(Y), fx support and water transport (diff, xylem wider and tracheids thinner opening)

Question 32

tracheids (water conducting cells)

Answer 32

alive(N), 1CW(Y), 2CW(Y), fx support water tansport (similarities openings for water transport)

Question 33

sieve tube members (sugar conducting cell)

Answer 33

alive(Y), 1CW(Y), 2CW(N), fx transport sugar

Question 34

companion cell (sugar conducting cell)

Answer 34

alive(Y), 1CW(Y), 2CW(N), fx transport and production of proteins

Question 35

taproot

Answer 35

carrot, radishes, potato

Question 36

does not have a endodermis

Answer 36

stem

Question 37

potato eye

Answer 37

axillary buds

Question 38

cactus spine and not leafs

Answer 38

too much sun, too much surface area, less water loss

Question 39

roots fx

Answer 39

anchors plant in the soil, absorb&transport minerals and water, stores food

Question 40

monocot roots

Answer 40

thin roots spread out shallowly in the soil

Question 41

dicot root

Answer 41

have one main vertical taproot with many small secondary lateral roots growing outward

Question 42

root hair

Answer 42

is an extension of an epidermal cell

Question 43

ex of prop roots

Answer 43

corn

Question 44

ex aerial roots

Answer 44

orchids

Question 45

ex of climbing roots

Answer 45

ivy

Question 46

ex of aquatic roots

Answer 46

water hyacinth

Question 47

ex sucker root

Answer 47

mistletoe

Question 48

ex food storage root

Answer 48

carrot

Question 49

why would farmers harvest carrots, beets or sweet potatoes befor plant's flower (veggie)

Answer 49

make the flower sweeter

Question 50

stem fx

Answer 50

support the leaves and flowers

Question 51

green stem fx

Answer 51

perform photosynthesis

Question 52

what are buds?

Answer 52

undeveloped shoots

Question 53

stolons or runners

Answer 53

grow horizontal along the ground surface, reproduce asexually

Question 54

rhizomes fx

Answer 54

store food and have buds, they spread and form new plants

Question 55

peeling onion is removing what?

Answer 55

leaves attached to a short stem

Question 56

leaves

Answer 56

photosynthesis, composed of lamina (blade) and petiole (stalk)

Question 57

types of leaves

Answer 57

simple leaf, and compound leaf

Question 58

simple leaf

Answer 58

one blade per leaf, has bud by stem

Question 59

compound leaf

Answer 59

many distinct blade per leaf, no bud but has bud wher the rachins meet the stem (branch)

Question 60

epidermis covered by waxy coat?

Answer 60

cuticle and prevents water loss but also prevents gas exchange

Question 61

trichomes

Answer 61

leaves covered with hairs, fx catch water, reduce airflow and produce wax

Question 62

palisade mesophyll

Answer 62

tightly packed cells on the upper surface

Question 63

spongy mesophyll

Answer 63

loosely arranged cells