Chapter 12 Flashcards

1
Q

Which of the following is not a characteristic of all plants?

a. multicellular
b. plastids
c. cell walls
d. green color

A

green color

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2
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Which of the following does not belong with the other three?

a. stems
b. cellulose
c. roots
d. leaves

A

cellulose

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3
Q

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

A

node

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4
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The root systems of grasses that consist of many nearly equal-sized roots are

A

fibrous root systems

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5
Q

In an opposite leaf arrangement, how many leaves are attached at the node?

A

two leaves are attached at a node

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6
Q

An annual growth ring is composed of

A

xylem, springwood, summerwood

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7
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The plant tissue that carries water from the roots to the leaves is

A

xylem

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8
Q

Nonvascular plants do not contain

A

xylem or phloem

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9
Q

The two main groups of seed plants are

A

gymnosperms and angiosperms

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10
Q

Angiosperms produce

A

fruit

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11
Q

What is the minimum number of leaflets a leaf must have to be a compound leaf?

A

two

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12
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Do any nonvascular plants produce seeds? If so, name one.

A

There is no such plant

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13
Q

Name one gymnosperm

A

pine, spruce, cycad, ginkgo

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14
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major component of plant cell walls

A

cellulose

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15
Q

caused by the presence of water inside plant cells

A

turgor pressure

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16
Q

a chloroplast, for example

A

plastid

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17
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made primarily of long, hollow cells that transport water

18
Q

a collection of xylem, is also known as ________

19
Q

conducts sugar solution

20
Q

arrangements of xylem and phloem in leaves and nonwoody plants

A

vascular bundles

21
Q

the type of cell that can be used to make rope or cloth

22
Q

the outermost tissue of leaves, young roots, and young stems

23
Q

a waxy substance secreted by the epidermis

24
Q

the region to the outside of the xylem in a tree trunk

25
produced by the cork cambium
cork
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term for plants that have water-conducting tissue
vascular
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the rootlike anchoring structure of mosses
rhizoid
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the plant group that contains the true mosses
bryopphytes
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another nonvascular plant besides the mosses and liverworts
hornwort
30
a fern leaf
frond
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an immature, coiled fern leaf also known as a fiddlehead
crosier
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a plant which has silica in its cell walls
horsetail
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the plant group having seeds that are not completely covered
gymnosperms
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the plant group known as the flowering plants
angiosperms
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True or False | Leaves are organs
True
36
True or False | Roots branch at nodes
False
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True or False | A prime root system has one main root
False
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True or False | Herbaceous stems are usually flexible
True
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True or False | The petiole is the structure that attaches the leaf blade to the node
True
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True or False | Ferns do not require water for their reproduction
False