Biology term 2 must know terms

Question 1

Angiosperms

Answer 1

Plants that produce flowers–flowering plants

Question 2

Autotroph

Answer 2

An organism that makes its own food without needing other organisms

Question 3

Consumers

Answer 3

Organisms that need to eat to obtain energy. They do not make their own food

Question 4

Cross-Fertilization

Answer 4

Fusion of male and female gametes from different individuals of the same species

Question 5

Dermal Tissue

Answer 5

Outermost layer of plants, analogous to the skin of animals

Question 6

Eukaryote

Answer 6

Organisms whose bodies are made up of eukaryotic cells

Question 7

Fertilization

Answer 7

Process in sexual reproduction that involves the union of male and female gametes

Question 8

Food Chain

Answer 8

Sequence of organisms in an ecosystem that eat and are eaten by other organisms

Question 9

Germination

Answer 9

Process by which an organism grows from a seed or a spore

Question 10

Ground Tissue

Answer 10

Type of plant tissue that is not found in the dermal or vascular tissues

Question 11

Gymnosperms

Answer 11

Produce seeds that are not contained with an ovary or fruit

Question 12

Heterotroph

Answer 12

Cannot make its own food by carbon fixation

Question 13

Meristematic Tissue

Answer 13

A type of plant tissue that contains undifferentiated cells that can divide and differentiate into various types of specialized cells

Question 14

Non-Vascular

Answer 14

Any species of a plant which does not have specialized vascular tissues

Question 15

Phloem

Answer 15

Specialized food conducting tissue in plants that transports soluble organic compounds, such as amino acids and sugars, from the photosynthesized part of the plant (leaves) to non-photosynthesized parts (stem, flowers, buds, fruits, roots)

Question 16

Pollination

Answer 16

Transfer of pollen grains

Question 17

Producers

Answer 17

Organisms capable of creating simple carbohydrates

Question 18

Prokaryote

Answer 18

Single celled organism that does not have a true nucleus or membrane bound organelles

Question 19

Rhizome

Answer 19

Horizontal underground plant stem that sends out roots and shoots from nodes

Question 20

Root system

Answer 20

Ramose structure that exists subterranean or superterranean to the earth’s surface.

Question 21

Saprophyte

Answer 21

Decomposer that feeds and grows on dead organisms

Question 22

Seeds

Answer 22

Fertilized ovule containing a plant embryo

Question 23

Self-Fertilization

Answer 23

Fusion of male and female gametes produced by the same individual

Question 24

Shoot System

Answer 24

A shoot system is the part of a plant that is found above the soil and consists of the main stem, leaves, buds, branches, flowers, fruit and seeds

Question 25

Sori

Answer 25

Clusters of sporangia found on the undersurface of fern leaves

Question 26

Spores

Answer 26

Reproductive cells capable of developing into a new individual without fusion from a reproductive cell

Question 27

Vascular

Answer 27

Having vessels that conduct and circulate liquids