chapters 21, 25, 26 Flashcards
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the location in plants where sugar originates
sink
the places in the plants where sugars are unloaded
what do carnivorous plants obtain by eating their prey?
nitrogen
cation takes place between
soil and roots
phloem
the plant vascular tissue that carries organic nutrients
benefits of having humus in soil
decreases rain runoff, retains positively charged minerals, aerates soil, increases the benefits of fungi and bacterial decompostion
guard cells
the cells that bulge to open stoma during he day, and shrink to close the stoma at night
casparian strip
the layers of the impermeable lignin and suberin bordering four sides of the root endodermal roots cells that forces water to move into the endodermal cells rather than between
tracheids
conducting cells that are tapered at both ends
water potential
a measure of the capacity to release or to take up water, determined by water pressure and osmotic pressure
gibberellins
plant hormones was discovered in infected rice seedlings that grew extremely tall and slender with “foolish seedling disease”
ions is associated with auxin and used during signal transduction that causes a plant to bend towards a light sources
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How does gibberellin actually work
It attaches to a plasma membrane receptor and results in gene activation to produce the enzyme amylase that releases sugars for additional cell growth, division, and elongation.
gibberellin
A chemical messenger from the embryo that stimulates a seed to digest the endosperm
auxin
plant hormone produced in apical meristems inhibits the growth of axillary buds
ethylene
plant hormones stimulates the ripening of fruit and inhibits plant growth
cytokinin
following plant hormones prevents plant tissues from senescing, or aging
auxin
plant hormone- Indoleacetic acid (IAA) is the most commonly occurring form
In Plasmodium, sexual reproduction occurs in the
mosquito
In Plasmodium while asexual reproduction occurs in
humans
A common cause of amoebic dysentery is
Entamoeba histolytica.
endosymbiotic theory of organelles
Eukaryotic cells acquired mitochondria and plastids by engulfing free-living bacteria and developed a symbiotic relationship with them. Mitochondria were derived from aerobic bacterium while choloroplasts were derived from cyanobacterium.
organisms belong to the supergroup Excavates
Kinetoplastids, Diplomonads, euglenoids & parabasalids
Members of Supergroup Rhizarian
The organisms pictured are foraminiferans, members of Supergroup Rhizarian and have a skeleton called a test.
These organisms may be used as index fossils to date sedimentary rock.
The Egyptian pyramids are built of this type of limestone.