Chapter 13 and 14 Flashcards
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- What plants are non-vascular?
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Mosses
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- What kind of plant is mistletoe?
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Heterotrophic partially parasitic plant
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- What plants are vascular, but do not produce seeds?
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ferns
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- Name the 2 sub-groups of vascular, seed-bearing plants.
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Gymnosperm, angiosperm
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- In the life cycle of a typical moss, where is the sperm is produced?
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Antheridia
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- Where are the fern spores located?
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Sporangia
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- What are the non-flowering plants that produce seeds which are not enclosed in an ovary called?
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Gymnosperms
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- What is the mature ovary of an angiosperm called?
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Fruit
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- What phylum of plants are divided on the basis of monocot and dicot?
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Angiosperms
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- Do herbaceous plants lack woody structures and usually live for only one year?
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Yes
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- What are examples of meristematic tissue?
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cork cambium
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- What are examples of vascular tissue?
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Xylem and phloem
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- What are examples of structural tissue?
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Collenchyma
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- What is the primary function of a leaf?
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Absorb light energy from the sun
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- Leaf epidermal cells often secrete a waxy substance called what?
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Cuticle
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- A typical leaf vein is made up of what tissues?
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Pholeom
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- What cells surround the stomata?
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Guard cells
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- Is the outermost tissue of the root, the epidermis, two cells thick in its early stage of development?
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No, it’s one cell thick
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- What plant phylum produces softwoods for industry?
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Gymnosperm
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- By studying the annual rings of a redwood tree, a scientist can determine what information?
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Its age and the weather and conditions it went through
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- What does a typical herbaceous plant lack?
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Woody cork cambium
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- What are the functions of roots?
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Anchor plant, absorb water and dissolved minerals and food storage
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- What are the functions of a stem?
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Manufacture and support and display leaves, and they conduct materials to and from leaves for photosynthesis
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- Which trees are representative of the families in the phylum Coniferophyta?
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Pine Cyprus redwood
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25. The pine tree releases male reproductive gametes contained in the what structure?
Pollen cones, males cones
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26. What are the characteristics of the Anthophytes?
Produce flowers
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27. What are monocots and dicots?
Flowering plants
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28. What ia a mature ovary is called?
Fruit
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29. Leaves that have netted venation belong to which class of trees?
Dicotalydonae
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30. A plant that grows year after year is called what?
Perennial
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31. What is the region of active cell division in a plant?
Meristematic region
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32. Cells that are undergoing mitosis are usually found where?
Meristematic region
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33. What is found in the sap of phloem tubes?
Sap, water, sugars
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34. What do the vascular tissues do?
Transports water upwards and nutrients throughout the plant
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35. A leaf in which the blade is divided into more than one part is said to be what?
Compound leaf
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36. What are leaves called that lack petioles?
Sessile
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37. What is the stalk portion of a leaf called?
Petiole
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38. Which leaves have netted venation?
Dicot, Pinnate and palmate
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39. The “fuzziness” of certain leaf surface is do to the presence of what structure?
Epidermal hairs
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40. Why are stomata beneficial to the leaf?
Permit exchange of gases between atmosphere and leaf
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41. What is a fibrovascular bundle in a leaf called?
Vein
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42. What kind of tree loses its leaves in the fall?
Deciduous
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43. What are the storage tissues in roots?
Cortex
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44. What is a slender, horizontal, underground stem called?
Stolon
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45. What is a collection of underground storage leaves branching from small discs of stems called?
Bulbs
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46. A palm tree has what type of branching pattern?
Columnar
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47. To survive through the winter months, what must a woody stem form in the fall?
Dormant buds
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48. Hard, dark, inactive wood is called what?
Heartwood
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49. The age of a tree and the change of weather conditions it went through as it grew can be determined by studying what?
Spring wood compared to summerwood
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50. How does girdling kill a plant?
Starves roots
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51. What happens when a plant is over fertilized?
It burns
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52. What determines the amount of water that soil can contain?
Depends on the ground texture
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53. What composes topsoil?
Humus, loames, living organisms
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54. Is oxygen essential for roots to carry on cellular respiration?
Yes
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55. Which kind of soil water is most readily available to plants?
Capliarity
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56. What is the property of water molecules that causes them to stick together?
Cohesion
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57. What is turgor?
Stiffness
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58. Do plants eat food?
No, they absorb minerals
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59. What is the main energy source for food manufactured in plants?
Sun
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60. What is germination?
The beginning of the growth of an embryonic plant within a seed
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61. Besides manganese, boron, and chlorine, what minor essential elements are needed for plant health?
Copper, molybdenum, zinc
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62. What do the numbers 10-20-10 on a fertilizer bag mean?
Nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium
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63. What are plant auxins called?
Hormones
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64. What is an etiolated plant?
Without light
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65. What is the name of the period in which severe conditions cause a plant to stop growing?
Dormancy
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66. Why do farmers use vegetative reproduction for plants that can reproduce sexually?
Ensure same genetic characteristics
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67. How do tulips and daffodils reproduce?
Bulbs
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68. What is(are) the primary goal(s) of sexual reproduction in plants?
Produce new plants and recombine genes into different groupings for genetic variability, variety
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69. What is the sweet fluid that lures animals to flowers in order to help in pollination?
Nectar
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70. What is the process called in which a stem is cut off of one plant and placed into contact with the stem of a rooted plant?
Grafting
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71. What makes up a mature seed?
Endosperm, epicatale, radical
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72. What is the stalk that supports the flower?
Pedicel
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73. What is the enlarged end of the pedicel which bears the remainder of the flower parts?
Receptacle
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74. What is the outermost ring of the flower which serves to protect the floral parts as they form in the bud?
Sepals
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75. What are large, brightly colored floral parts called?
Petals
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76. What is the male reproductive structure of a flower?
Stamen
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77. What is the female reproductive structure of a flower?
pistil
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78. List the three proper conditions that must exist before a plant will germinate.
Moisture, temp, oxygen
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79. List the four main ways plants use water
Photosynthesis, turgor, hydrolysis, translocation
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80. Name six major nutrient elements needed by plants.
Nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium, sulfur, calcium, magnesium, iron
