chapter test review from class Flashcards
what is the study of living things
biology
living things
organisms
the study of plants
botany
the study of the human body
anatomy
the non-woody plants
herbaceous/herb
could be a woody or herbaceous plant
vine
one main root with tiny secondary roots branching off of it
taproot system
a slender main root with many other slender secondary roots branching off of them
fibrous root system
flowers that produce seed covered by fruit
angiosperms
squared stem
mint family
several flowers that make up one flower
the composite family or the sunflower family
five open petal design
rose family
enriches the soil in which it grows
the pea family
the family that withholds the three most common poisonous plants
the cashew family
the family that withholds the tomato and the most poisonous plants
the nightshade family
used for food and seasonings
the parsley family
the movement of nitrogen
the nitrogen cycle
the bacteria that legumes hold
nitrogen-fixing bacteria
the family that holds the most important angiosperms
The grass family
the four characteristics of dicots
two cotyledons, broad flat leaves with branching veins,petals of 4-5, taproot system
live for one year
annuals
live for two years
biannual’s
plants that live for three or more years
perennials
three most important cereal crops
corn, wheat, rice
a creeping horizontal plant stem or runner that takes root at points along its length to form new plants
stolon
trees that lose their leaves every winter
dicideous
trees that don’t lose their leaves during winter
evergreen
elongated droopy flowers
catkins
the branches and the leaves of a tree make up ________
the crown
the fruit of the maple tree
samara
symbol of the american south
magnolia
petal like leaves
bracts
tree who’s bark peels off like paper
birch
Americas largest deciduous tree
sycamore
fruit of the oak tree
acorn
a group of structures designed to do a function together as a unit to perform a particular job for an organism
system
the plant system above ground
shoot system
a structure within a system that has a definite form and performs a definite function or functions for the system.
organ
the flat part of the leaf
blade
contain developing leaf or stem structures
bud
the parts of a “leaf you need to know on a picture”
stipules,midrib,margin,petiole,blade,veins.
more than one blade per PETIOLE
compound
One leaf per PETIOLE
simple
One leaf per NODE
alternate
Two leafs per NODE
opposite
three or more leafs growing from each NODE
whorld
multiple leaves growing at the base of the plant stem
rosette
going up
xylem
going down
phloem
the growth and repair of a plant
meristematic
the waxy layer over the plant…. i guess
cuticle
the middle portion of the leaf which forms the bulk of the leaf is called (also has something to do with the photosynthesis)
mesophyll
the horizontal veins in a leaf the runs side by side
parallel(only in monocots)
has a midrib
pennite
the basic measure of all living things
cell
the part of the cell that plants have but not humans and animals
cell wall
what makes up the cell wall(we also can’t digest it as humans)
cellulose
what causes the green color in photosynthesis
chlorophyll
make their own food
autotroughs
can’t make their own food
heterotrophs
the process whereby a plant’s chloroplasts capture
the radiant energy of light and convert it into the chemical energy of food is called
photosynthesis
what is glucose
sugar
the opposite of photosynthesis
cellular respiration
the storage food form for plants
starch
three main parts of photosynthesis
intensity of light, water, temperature
the process of which a plant loses water vapor through its leaves and stems
transpiration
the six main parts of transpiration
intensity of light, humidity, soil water, wind speed, temperature and amount of carbon dioxide
