Chapter 9

Question 1

Structures that anchor non-vascular plants to surfaces.

Answer 1

Rhizoid

Question 2

What are the three major types of seedless vascular plants?

Answer 2

Ferns, club mosses, horsetails

Question 3

Opening in the leaf that allow gases in and out.

Answer 3

Stomata

Question 4

What are the different types of tree are gymnosperms?

Answer 4

Bristle-cone pine, coast redwood, sequoia.

Question 5

Process for using light to convert carbon dioxide and
water to glucose.

Answer 5

Photosynthesis

Question 6

Organisms that use an outside energy source, such as the sun, to make their own food.

Answer 6

Producer

Question 7

Plants that have a waxy, protective, layer on their leaves, stems, and flowers.

Answer 7

Cuticle

Question 8

Organic compound made of chains of glucose molecules.

Answer 8

Cellulose

Question 9

Composed tube-like cells that transport water and nutrients in some plants.

Answer 9

Vascular tissue

Question 10

Any changes in an organisms environment that cause a response.

Answer 10

Stimuli

Question 11

What are the three major kinds of stimuli?

Answer 11

Phototropism, phototropism, and gravitropism.