Ch 10 Plants Flashcards
Bryophytes
primitive plants that lack vascular tissue. live in moist environments because no roots or xylem, tiny. EX: moss
traecheophytes
have transport vessels, xylem and phloem, separated into ancient seedless (ferns, spore reproducing) and modern seed plants (can be further divided into gymnosperms and angiosperms)
gymnosperms
conifers, cone bearing plants. needle shaped leaves, thick cuticle, and stomates in stomatal crypts enable minimal water loss. EX: cedar, sequoia, redwoods, pines, yew
angiosperms
flowering plants. most diverse. further separated into monocotyledons and dicotyledons
Characteristics of monocots
one cotyledon, scattered vascular bundles, parallel leaf veins, flowers in 3’s, fibrous roots
characteristics of dicots
two cotyledons, vascular bundles in ring, netlike leaf veins, flowers in 4’s or 5’s, taproots
examples of monocots
grasses, wheat, palm trees, corn, oat, rice. provide most of the food for world
examples of dicots
daisies, roses, carrots, and most flowery plants.
modifications so plants can live on land?
cell walls made of cellulose, roots and hairs, stomata, cutin
stomata
open to exchange photosynthetic gases and close to minimize water loss
cutin
waxy coating on leaves, prevents water loss
meristem tissue
continually dividing into new cells until plant dies, unlike animals
primary growth of plants
vertical, elongation down into soil and up into air, new cells come from dividing growth layer called APICAL MERISTEM.
apical meristem
zone of cell division, located at buds of shoots and tips of roots.
three zones of plants cells at different stages of primary growth
zone of cell division, zone of elongation, and zone of differentiation. at the very end is root cap
zone of cell division
contains meristem cells actively dividing,
zone of elongation
cells elongate and push the root cap downward deeper into soil
zone of differentiation
cells undergo specialization into three meristems
Secondary growth
lateral growth, increase in girth. New cells provided by lateral meristem. responsible in enlargement of trunks.
function of roots
anchor plant, absorb nutrients from soil, and store food.
difference between structure of monocot and dicot roots
dicots have plus sign in middle, monocots have empty pith in middle
epidermis of root
covers entire surface and is modified for absorption.
root hairs
slender cytoplasmic projections fom epidermal cells, increase roots absorption surface area
cortex of plants
function is storage, consists of parenchyma cells that have plastids that store starch
stele
vascular cylinder, xylem and phloem, surrounded by pericycle
endoderm of plants
each endoderm is wrapped with Casparian Strip, function is to select which minerals enter vascular cylinder and body of plant
casparian strip
continuous band of waxy material that is impervious to water and dissolved materials. wraps endoderm.
symplast
continuous system of cytoplasm of cells interconnected by plasmodesmata
apoplast
network of cell walls and intercellular spaces within plant body that permits extensive extracellular movement of water in plant
mychorrhizae
in regions where roots lack root hairs, these supply plant with water and mineals. symbiotic structures
rhizobium
symbiotic bacteria that lives on legume roots. they fix nitrogen from air into usable for by root.
taproots
single large root that gives rise to lateral branch roots. in many dicots. some tap into deep soil water, others are for storage.
adventitious roots, and EX
roots that rise above ground; aerial roots like mangroves or other trees in swamps. prop roots like corn that support plant
difference between stem of monocot and dicot
dicot has vascular bundles in ring. monocot has bundles scattered
pith
parenchymal tissue cells midified for storage
function of epidermis
protection
function of waxy cuticle
minimize water loss
function of guard cells
control opening of stomates
function of palisade mesophyll thats tightly packed
photosynthesis
function of palisade mesophyll thats loosely packed
photosynthesis and diffusion and exchange of gases