Chapter 4 Test Flashcards

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1
Q

How do vascular plants differ from non vascular plants?

A

How they transport water and nutrients

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2
Q

What part of the leaf must strike for photosynthesis to begin.

A

Chlorophyll

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3
Q

What does the leafs cuticle do?

A

Reduces evaporation

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4
Q

What do today’s plants share with algae

A

The same form of chlorophyll

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5
Q

In what plant cell structure is water stored

A

Vacuole

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6
Q

All plants are

A

Autotrophs

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7
Q

What will absorb the most light?

A

Dark objects

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8
Q

What are a ferns frond called

A

Leaves

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9
Q

What produces the egg and sperm cells during the life cycle of plants?

A

Zygotes

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10
Q

What part of moss absorbs water and nutrients from the soil

A

Rhizoids

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11
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What are groups of similar cells that perform a specific function are called

A

Tissues

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12
Q

What does photosynthesis in plants produce

A

Sugar and oxygen

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13
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Why do ferns live in moist environments?

A

So the egg and Sperm cells can join

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14
Q

Where do ferns produce spores

A

On the underside of fronds

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15
Q

What is the most abundant pigment in leaves

A

Reflects green light

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16
Q

What are the reactants of photosynthesis

A

Carbon dioxide and water

17
Q

Where does the energy that powers photosynthesis come from

A

The sun

18
Q

All plants are eukaryotes that contain cells

A

True

19
Q

True or false:

In plants, sexual reproduction occurrs when a sperm cell and an egg cell unit in a zygote

A

True

20
Q

True or false:

During photosynthesis, carbon dioxide and water combine to produce sugar and oxygen.

A

True

21
Q

When light reflects a plants leaves, most of the green part of the spectrum is absorbed

A

False

22
Q

A miss is a type of vascular plant

True or false

A

False

23
Q

What are plants cells mainly made up of

A

Cellulose

24
Q

Sperm cells and egg cells are two kinds of sex cells or

A

Gametes

25
Q

In a plants life cycle, a spore develops into a stage known as the

A

Gametophyte

26
Q

The leaves of most plants appear green because they contain

A

Chlorophyll

27
Q

The orange, red, and yellow colors of many leaves during the fall are cause by

A

Accessory pigments

28
Q

Ferns and plants differ because

A

Ferns have vascular tissue