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Biology: Plants Flashcards

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1
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What are the major functions of epidermal tissue?

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  • forms the protective outer covering

- allows for the exchange of materials and gases into and out of the plant

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What type of plant tissue forms the protective outer covering?

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Epidermal Tissue

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What type of plant tissue allows the exchange of materials and gases into and out of the plant?

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Epidermal Tissue

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What are the major functions of ground tissue?

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  • provides strength and suport in the stem
  • stores food and water in the roots
  • where photosynthesis occurs in the leaves
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5
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What type of plant tissue provides strength and support in the stem?

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Ground Tissue

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6
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What type of plant tissue stores food and water in the roots?

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Ground Tissue

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What type of plant tissue is where photosynthesis occurs in the leaves?

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Ground Tissue

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What are the major functions of vascular tissue?

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  • moves substances from the roots to the leaves

- transports sugars from the leaves to other parts of the plant

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9
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What type of plant tissue moves substances from the root to the leaves?

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Vascular Tissue (Xylem)

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10
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What type of plant tissue transports sugars from the leaves to other parts of the plant?

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Vascular Tissue (Pholem)

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11
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Where does photosynthsis occur in a plant?

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In ground tissue in the leaves.

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12
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What important process occurs in the leaves of a plant?

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Photosynthesis

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13
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What is xylem?

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Xylem is the type of vascular tissue that moves water and minerals from the roots to the leaves.

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What is phloem?

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Phloem is the type of vascular tissue that transports sugar from the leaves to the rest of the plant.

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15
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What is the written equation for photosynthesis?

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Carbon Dioxide + Water —> Glucose + Oxygen

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What is the chemical equation for photosynthesis?

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CO2 + H2O —> C6H12O6 + O2

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17
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What does the following equation represent: carbon dioxide + water —> glucose + oxygen

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Photosynthesis

18
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What is represented by the following equation: CO2 + H2O —> C6H12O6 + O2

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Photosynthesis

19
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What is photosynthesis?

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It is the production of food (glucose) for a plant from carbon dioxide and water.

20
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What is the process called that makes food for a plant?

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Photosynthesis

21
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What is a byproduct of photosynthesis?

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Oxygen

22
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What is the primary product of photosynthesis?

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Glucose

23
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What are the four types of plant tissue?

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Meristematic, Epidermal, Ground & Vascular

24
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What are the four plant organs?

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Roots, Leaf, Stem & Flower

25
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What is the primary function of the roots?

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Anchor the plant in soil, collect water and store food.

26
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What plant organ anchors the plant in the soil, collects water and stores food?

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The Roots

27
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What is the primary function of the leaf?

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The leaf accomplishes photosynthesis.

28
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What plant organ accomplishes photosynthesis?

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The Leaf

29
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What is the primary function of the stem?

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Transport water and nutrients throughout the plant and support the leaves and flowers.

30
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What plant organ supports the plant and transports nutrients and water throughout the plant?

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The Stem

31
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What is the primary function of the flower?

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The flower is a sex organ, it needs to produce seeds through sexual reproduction.

32
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What plant organs produces seeds through sexual reproduction?

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The Flower

33
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What are stamen?

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The male sex organs, they contain pollen which is the male sex cell. Think of the men in stamen.

34
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What are the male sex organs in a plant known as?

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Stamen

35
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What are pistils?

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The female sex organs of the flower. Pistil starts with pist, which women usually are.

36
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What are the female sex organs in a plant known as?

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Pistils

37
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What is the stamen composed of?

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Anther and Filament

38
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The anther and filament are both parts of what?

A

Stamen

39
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What is the pistil composed of?

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Stigma, Style and Ovary

40
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The stigma, style and ovary are all parts of what?

A

Pistil

41
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How does a flower produce seeds?

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Well, when a mommy flower and a daddy flower love each other very much… no, but they just make the pollen and an egg from the ovary unite to become a seed.

42
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What is a seed surrounded by flesh called?

A

Fruit

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