1.plant Identification & Classification Flashcards
What are the basic parts of a plant
Roots , stem , flowers, fruit , leaves
What are the primary functions of a root
Anchoring , absorb water & nutrients , transport water & nutrients , store nutrients
Scientific definition of organic
Carbon based molecule produced by something that is or was alive
Inorganic meaning
Found in nature without necessarily having to be produced by something that was , or is alive
Ate protein , tat and carbs organic or inorganic
Organic
Are water a s mineral components organic or inorganic
Inorganic
Three body systems
Cells
Glue or intercellular matrix
Fluids
Latin name for dandelion is
Ebobilium officinale
Taraxacum officinale
Angelica officinale
Taraxacum officinale
Shape and strength of a stem often help a plant complete its local environment
T/F
True
Strawberry & spider plants have what type of root
Adventitious root
Biennials have a how many year cycle
Two
Where on the leaf would you find photosynthesizing
Top
Middle
Bottom
Middle
Describe a rhombic leaf shape
Some what diamond shaped
Monocots have 2 cotyledons by vascular bundles
False
What are the outer mist organ of a flower
Sepals
What kind of fruit does a dandelion have
Dry fruit
Two basic types of roots
Tap root
Fibrous root
Root hairs absorb cells which take in water & minerals by a process called
Osmosis
Diffusion
Or both
Both osmosis and diffusion
Stems main purpose is
To transport food
Conduct water & nutrients
Distribution of food produced in the leaves
All the above
All the above
A herb is a plant with a soft tissued stem or a woody plant with branches
Soft tissued stem
Shrub has a main trunk
False - a tree does
Shrubs - have many branches rising from the ground
Rhizome is a underground stem which serves as food storage and asexual reproduction
T/F
True
A petiole is in the middle of the leaf .
T/F
False -
petiole ( also called stalk ) is what attaches the leaf to stem
Arrangement in veins in a leaf are referred to as venation . In dicots the veins are parallel .
T/F
False - monocots the veins are parallel dicots they are branched and sub branched