Chaptar 10

Question 1

Kingdom plantae

Answer 1

A

Question 2

Botany

Answer 2

The study of plans

Question 3

Node

Answer 3

A region on a stem where a leaf is or was attached

Question 4

Taproot system

Answer 4

A root system having one or a few main roots that are thicker and longer than the other roots of the plant

Question 5

Fibrous root system

Answer 5

A root system having a cluster of
roots that are about equal in size and lacking a taproot

Question 6

Woody stem

Answer 6

A hard, nonflexible plant stem

Question 7

Herbaceous stem

Answer 7

A soft, flexible, and often green plant
stem

Question 8

Vein

Answer 8

In plants, a structure containing vascular tissues in leaf blades

Question 9

Xylem

Answer 9

A vascular tissue made of long, hollow cells that
carry water and dissolved minerals upward in a plant

Question 10

Phloem

Answer 10

A vascular tissue that carries dissolved food in a plant

Question 11

Vascular bundle

Answer 11

A strand of vascular tissue (xylem and phloem) in leaves, nonwoody stems, and young plants

Question 12

Fiber

Answer 12

The indigestible cellulose and other roughage from
fruits and vegetables essential to good health; (10.2) a long,
thick-walled cell that supports a plant

Question 13

Epidermis

Answer 13

A tissue that serves as a protective covering in
plants

Question 14

Stomata

Answer 14

Openings between guard cells of a leaf that permit water vapor and gases to pass into and out
of the leaf

Question 15

Guard cell

Answer 15

One of the cells that surround a stoma on a
plant leaf and control the opening and closing of the stoma

Question 16

Transpiration

Answer 16

The release of water from plant leaves
through stomata

Question 17

Palisade layer

Answer 17

The upper layer of leaf tissue that consists of tall, thin, closely packed cells that carry on the majority of photosynthesis

Question 18

Spongy layer

Answer 18

The lower layer of leaf tissue consisting of
loosely packed cells that carry on photosynthesis and have
many air spaces between them

Question 19

Hormone

Answer 19

A chemical produced by living cells that
is transported to other body tissues where it causes a specific
effect

Question 20

Tropism

Answer 20

The growth of plants in response to external
stimuli such as light (phototropism), gravity (gravitropism),
and touch (thigmotropism)

Question 21

Phototropism

Answer 21

The growth and movement of a plant part in response to light

Question 22

Thigmotropism

Answer 22

The growth and movement of a plant part in response to touch

Question 23

Gravitropism

Answer 23

The growth and movement of a plant part
in response to gravity

Question 24

Photoperiodism

Answer 24

The response of a plant to changes in the length of light and dark periods