Chapter 6 - The Plant Body [Roots]

Question 1

(identification) Primary functions of Roots

Answer 1

Anchorage to the soil, absorption of water and minerals, conduction of water and solutes, storage.

Question 2

(identification) Embryonic root, the first root to come out.

Answer 2

Radicle

Question 3

(enumeration) 2 root systems

Answer 3

Tap root and Fibrous roots

Question 4

(identification) fruits with no flowers

Answer 4

Gymnosperms

Question 5

(identification) Flowers with fruits

Answer 5

Angiosperms

Question 6

(enumeration) External anatomy of root

Answer 6

Root cap, region of cell division, region of elongation, region of differentiation or maturation

Question 7

(identification) thimble - shaped mass of parenchyma cells at the tip of each root

Answer 7

Root cap

Question 8

(identification) Cells here divide once or twice per day

Answer 8

Apical Meristems

Question 9

(identification) forms the epidermis

Answer 9

Protoderm

Question 10

(identification) forms the ground tissue

Answer 10

Ground system

Question 11

(identification) forms the primary phloem and xylem

Answer 11

Procambium

Question 12

(identification) [Region] Cells become longer and wider

Answer 12

Region of Elongation

Question 13

(identification) [Region] Root hairs develop, increase the surface area for the absorption of water

Answer 13

Region of Maturation or Differentiation

Question 14

(identification) Roots - Circle formation if c.s.

Answer 14

Monocot (lmao sorry na)

Question 15

(identification) Roots - Cortex kalat-kalat

Answer 15

Dicot (Sorreh)

Question 16

(T/F) Epidermis regulates mineral absorption

Answer 16

False, Endodermis

Question 17

((identification) ____________ roots arise from the Pericles of the steele

Answer 17

Lateral

Question 18

(enumeration) Modified Roots

Answer 18

Food storage, propagative roots, pneumatophores, aerial roots, photosynthetic roots of some orchids, contractile roots some herbaceous dicots and monocots, buttress roots looks(?), parasitic roots, symbiotic roots

Question 19

(identification) large and store large quantities of starch and other carbohydrates

Answer 19

Storage roots

Question 20

(identification) Spongy roots, extend above the water surface and enhance gas exchange between the atmosphere and subsurface roots

Answer 20

Pneumatophores

Question 21

(identification) Scientific name of Black Mangrove

Answer 21

Avicennia nitida

Question 22

(identification) Legumes, form mutualism between a plant and bacterium

Answer 22

Symbiotic roots

Question 23

(identification) What is the Scientific name of Licorice?

Answer 23

Glycyrrhiza Glabra