Angiosperm Structure and Function

Question 1

Goal

Answer 1

understanding plant body morphology and what the function of those structures are

Question 2

Basic regions

Answer 2

Root system and shoot, which can be further divided into leaves and stems

Question 3

eudicots

Answer 3

more than 1 cotyledon; netlike veins; taproot; multiples of 4 or 5; ring of vascular bundles in the stem

Question 4

monocots

Answer 4

1 cotyledon, parallel veins; fibrous root system; multiples of 3; vascular bundles scattered; cannot create true wood

Question 5

Rosette

Answer 5

Short, upright shoot with very short internodes; protect the stem from herbivores and weeather; makes it difficult to uproot; wheeled arrangement at ground level

Question 6

Rhizome

Answer 6

horizontal stem, under or partly in ground, may bear leaves on upper and roots; stores starches, proteins, and other nutrients

Question 7

Stolen

Answer 7

Runner; horizontal stem above ground, may produce new plants at nodes; allow plant to quickly propogate nearby areas

Question 8

Bulb

Answer 8

Shoot with short stem and thick fleshy leaves. outermost leaves often thin, dry and protective. may be defined as underground bud; specialized for nutrition and energy storage

Question 9

cork cambium

Answer 9

comprised of the cambium itself and cork cells, it is a tissue found in eudicots and it is a lateral meristem

Question 10

vascular cambium

Answer 10

tissue between xylem and phloem that is partly responsible fo rsecondary growth

Question 11

xylem

Answer 11

transport tissue responsible for movement of water

Question 12

phloem

Answer 12

transport tissue responsible for movement of sugars and other metabolic products down from the leaves

Question 13

fruit

Answer 13

the ripened ovary plus enclosed seeds

Question 14

wind pollinated vs insect

Answer 14

wind - don’t have smell, or nectar, pollen is light and smooth ; insect - sweet smell, contains nectar, sticky pollen.