Botany

Question 1

Two types of vascular tissue and what they transport

Answer 1

• xylem- moves water and nutrients

- Phloem- moves food (glucose and cellulose)

Question 2

Where are the two types of vascular tissue found?

Answer 2

roots, stems, and leaves

Question 3

What are the three functions of a root?

Answer 3

1. supplies water and nutrients
2. anchors the plant
3. stores extra food

Question 4

What are the two types of roots?

Answer 4

Taproot and Fibrous

Question 5

What are the three functions of a stem?

Answer 5

1. support the plant body
2. transport materials
3. some store materials

Question 6

What are the two stem types?

Answer 6

Herbaceous (smaller plants) and woody stems (harder, plants grow taller)

Question 7

What is the function of the leaves?

Answer 7

to make food for the plant through photosynthesis

Question 8

What are the two important products of photosynthesis?

Answer 8

1. glucose (sugar)

2. oxygen

Question 9

What is the equation for photosynthesis?

Answer 9

carbon dioxide+water+sunlight=sugar+oxygen

Question 10

Why is cellular respiration important for plants?

Answer 10

-plant cells use oxygen to produce energy from glucose to survive
Sugar+oxygen——>carbon dioxide+water+energy

Question 11

6 characteristics of all plants

Answer 11

1. photosynthesis
2. cuticle
3. cell walls
4. multicellular
5. producer
   6 reproduction

Question 12

chlorophyll

Answer 12

green pigment responsible for absorption of light to provide energy for photosynthesis

Question 13

cell wall

Answer 13

support and protect plant cells

Question 14

producer

Answer 14

make their own food/energy as sugar and stores extra as starch

Question 15

rhizoid

Answer 15

root-like structure in nonvascular seedless plants

Question 16

spore

Answer 16

reproductive cell or multicellular structure that is resistant to stressful environmental conditions and can develop into an adult without fusing into another cell

Question 17

stoma

Answer 17

one of many opening in a leaf or stem that enables gas exchange to occur

Question 18

transpiration

Answer 18

moisture carried through plants and changes to vapor and releases to atmosphere

Question 19

cuticle

Answer 19

waxy coating over a leaf that protects it and prevents water loss

Question 20

sepal

Answer 20

one of the outermost rings modified leaves that protect the flower bud

Question 21

petal

Answer 21

one of the ring or rings of the usually brightly colored leaf-shaped parts of a flower

Question 22

stamen

Answer 22

male reproductive part, produces pollen and consists of an anther at the tip of a filament

Question 23

anther

Answer 23

saclike structures that produce pollen

Question 24

pistil

Answer 24

female reproductive part, produces seeds, consists of ovary, style, and stigma

Question 25

ovary

Answer 25

lower part of a pistil that produces egg in ovules

Question 26

ovule

Answer 26

contains the egg

Question 27

pollen

Answer 27

tiny granules that contain the male gametophyte of seed plants

Question 28

pollination

Answer 28

transfer of pollen from the male reproductive structure to the female structures of seed plants

Question 29

seed coat

Answer 29

coat that surrounds and protects the seed

Question 30

dormant

Answer 30

describes the inactive state of a seed or other plant part when conditions are unfavorable to growth

Question 31

germination

Answer 31

sprouting of a seed

Question 32

tropism

Answer 32

movement of plant in response to its environment

Question 33

limiting factor

Answer 33

something limiting plant growth (sunlight, water, CO2, nutrients, oxygen, temp)

Question 34

sexual reproduction

Answer 34

1. pollination
2. pollen tube grows to ovule
3. fertilization- sperm and egg fuse in ovule
4. ovule develops into a seed
5. ovary around ovule become a fruit
6. seed germinates