Chapter 2.5 Monocot families

Question 1

________ have 1 cotyledon, parallel veins, petals in multiples of 3, and a fibrous root system.

Answer 1

MONOCOTS

Question 2

_______ have 2 cotyledons, branching veins, petals in multiples of 4 and 5, and a taproot system.

Answer 2

DICOTS

Question 3

Members of the _____ family grow from a bulb, some members do not have bulbs and instead use thick leaves to store their food. These include aloe, yucca, tulips, hyacinths, and trilliums.

Answer 3

LILY

Question 4

Most plants in the _______ family grow from bulbs the rest grow from corms- thick,vertical, underground stems or rhizomes- horizontal stems lying along or just under the ground.

Answer 4

AMARYLLIS

Question 5

The _____ family is a seemingly insignificant organism that is taken for granted. Fertilized flowers produce grass fruits, or grains.

Answer 5

Grass

Question 6

the ______ is the place where the leaf attaches to the stem.

Answer 6

NODE

Question 7

The ______ is the broad portion of a leaf.

Answer 7

BLADE

Question 8

a creeping stem that grows along the ground is a ______

Answer 8

STOLON

Question 9

A _____ is similar to a spike except that the flowers grow on small stems that branch off the main stem.

Answer 9

RACEME