Biology unit test 3 vocab

Question 1

Cotelydon

Answer 1

“seed leaf” that developed as a part of the seed; it provides nutrients to the developing seedling & eventually becomes the first leaf of the plant

Question 2

Seed

Answer 2

Ovule w/ a protective coating, encasing a mature plant embryo & a nutrient source

Question 3

Physiology

Answer 3

study of life processes in an organism

Question 4

Nastic movement

Answer 4

plant’s response to a stimulus such that the direction of the response is pre-programmed and not depended on the direction of the stimulus

Question 5

Hormone

Answer 5

Chemicals that circulate throughout multicellular organisms, regulating cellular processes by interacting w/ specifically targeted cells

Question 6

Tropism

Answer 6

the other kinds of movement a plant can have

Question 7

Translocation

Answer 7

process by which organic substances move through the phloem of the plant

Question 8

Transpiration

Answer 8

evaporation of water from the leaves of a plant