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Vascular tissue system

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Function: conduction of water, nutrients, sugars, and hormones throughout the plant.
Tissues: xylem- conducts water and nutrients up roots, stems and leaves.
Phloem- conducts water, sugars, hormones, etc. down and up roots, stems and leaves; moves from where produced (called sources) to where needed (called sinks).

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Dermal tissue system

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Function: protection from the environment
Tissues: epidermis- single layer of cells on primary (herbaceous) plant parts.
Periderm or bark - corky tissue that replaces epidermis on secondary (woody) plant parts

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Ground or fundamental tissue system

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Function: storage. Support. Filler tissue and site of photosynthesis
Tissues: cortex- outer region of stems and roots
Pith- center of stems
Mesophyll- middle of leaves and flower pedals

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What are the three basic cell types that compromise most of the tissue of plants?

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Parenchyma
Collenchyma
Sclerenchyma

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What is the parenchyma?

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  • thin non-lignified primary cell walls
  • filler. Storage, protection, photosynthesis
  • ex: flesh of potato, lettuce leaf.
  • isodiametric
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What is the collenchyma?

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  • unevenly thickened, non-lignified primary cell walls
  • support in growing tissues
  • ex: strings in celery stalks
  • longer than wide
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What are the two types of sclerenchyma?

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Fiber(bamboo cane): Long slender and pointed on ends

Sclereid(seed coat) or stone wall(pear fruit): multi shaped or columnar.

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What is sclerenchyma?

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Evenly thickened , lignified (tough), secondary cell walls. Dead at maturity.

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What is the cell wall?

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Primary: herbaceous tissue,
Secondary: lignified tissue

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What is a polysaccharide?

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A polymer or chain of sugars

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What are the three polysaccharides?

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Cellulose: forms a matrix of microfibrils( chains of beta-1, 4-linked glucose)
Hemicellulose: filler between cellulose microfibrils (chain of misc. sugars)
Pectin: cementing agent or filler; high middle lamella and fruit;(chains of gala turnip acid)

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What is lignin?

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Tough polymer of phenolic compounds; high in secondary cell wall

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What is protein?

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Mainly structural (most commonly hydroxyproline)
A polymer or chain of amino acids
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What are the components of a cell wall?

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Polysaccharide
Lignin
Protein

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What is plasmalemma or plasma membrane?

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The membrane that surrounds the cytoplasm; composed of a bilayer of phospholipids and proteins; its selectively permeable and regulates absorption into cells and leakage from cells.

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What is plasmodesmata?

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Tubular plasma membrane extensions through cell walls; connect adjacent cells

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What is cytoplasm?

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Cytosol plus organelles; most metabolism occurs in the cytosol or the organelles

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What are the two components of cytoplasm?

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Cytosol

Organelles

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What is cytosol ?

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Fluid portion of the cytoplasm ; a solution of dissolved/suspended compounds

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What are organelles?

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Specialized structures in cytoplasm, each with specific functions

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What are the components of an organelle?

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Nucleus:location of DNA and some RNA

Mitochondrion:major site of respiration, called the power house of the cell

Plastid: double membrane bound bodies for storage and photosynthesis

Endoplasmic reticulum: tubular membranes for communication across the cytoplasm ; site of protein and membrane synthesis

Ribosome: dense spheres of RNA ; protein synthesis occurs on their surface

Vacuole: storage of organic acids, salts, anthocyanins(blue, red, purple pigments), metabolic wastes, enzymes and metabolites

Golgibody or dictyosome:disk shaped membranes for membrane and polysaccharide synthesis

Micro body: membrane bound storage bodies with various functions

Microtubule: tubular rods used in mitosis and cellulose orientation in cell walls

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What are the components of plastic?

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Leucoplast: colorless plastids. There are two, amyloplast(starch storage with chains of sigma-1’ 4-linked glucose). The second is elaioplast (fat and oil storage)

Chromoplast: colored plastids for storage of carotenoids( Orange and yellow pigments)

Chloroplast: green plastids that contain chlorophyll; the site of photosynthesis

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What are the components of a vacuole?

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Tonoplasts: membrane that surrounds the vacuole

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Define DNA?

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Deoxyribonucleic acid. A double helix chain of sugar- phosphates(deoxyribo sugar phosphates) connected by nucleic acids ( adenine, thymine, guanine, cytosine)

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Define RNA

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Ribonucleic acid. A single stranded chain of sugar phosphates(ribo sugar phosphates) containing nucleic acids (adenine, uracil, guanine, cytosine)

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What are nucleic acids?

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Organic acids that form base pairs of DNA and single based RNA

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What are the base pairing of nucleic acids between the double strands of DNA

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A-T (adenine, thymine)

G-C (guanine, cytosine)

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What are the base pairing of nucleic acids between DNA strands and RNA strands?

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A-U (adenine, uracil

G-C (guanine, cytosine

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Define gene.

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Length of DNA that codes for the production of a protein or protein sub unit.
Also codes for active RNA (such as tRNA)

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What is an enzyme?

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A protein that acts as a metabolic catalyst

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How do plants grow?

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Plants grow from localized areas called the meristem.

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What is the meristem?

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Discrete regions or groups of cells that posses continued cell division for the life of the plant or that organ.

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What types of growth do pants experience?

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Primary Growth and Secondary Growth.

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What is primary growth?

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Growth in LENGTH that gives rise to primary (herbaceous) tissues called the primary plant body.

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What 2 types of meristems give rise to primary growth?

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Apical meristem or apex: the growing points located at the tips of stems and roots

Intercalary meristem: the growth region at the base of grass leaves that causes leaves to elongate.

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What is secondary growth?

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Growth in WIDTH or DIAMETER that gives rise to secondary (woody or corky) tissue called the secondary plant body

-Lateral meristem: meristematic regions along the sides of stems and roots

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What are the 2 types of lateral meristems that give rise to secondary growth?

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Vascular cambium or cambium: a sheet-like meristem between the bark and wood along the sides of woody stems and roots; it gives rise to secondary xylem (wood) on the inside and secondary phloem on the outside.

Cork cambium or phellogen: gives rise to periderm (bark)

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What are the characteristics of monocots?

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Leaves: Linear; leaf base or petiole sheathing, parallel venation

Growth Habit: Herbaceous to woody, no true wood

General appearance: grass like leaves. Long and linear

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What are the characteristics of dicots?

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Leaves: Broad; petiole present, net venation

Growth Habit:; Herbaceous or woody

General Appearance: Broad leaves like lettuce, the typical trees outside.

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What are the characteristics of gymnosperms?

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Leaves: needle like, or scale like.

Growth habits: Herbaceous or woody

General appearance: needle like, pine trees or christmas trees

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What are the components of stem morphology?

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terminal bud
axillary or lateral bud
flower bud
leaf scar
internode
node
lenitcel
growth rings
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What is the terminal bud?

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a bud at the tip of a stem responsible for terminal growth

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What is a bud?

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an underdeveloped and elongated stem composed of a short axis with compressed internodes, a meristematic apex, and primoridal leave and/or flowers.

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What is an axillary bud or lateral bud?

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buds along side the axis of a stem; they were produced by the terminal bud during growth; once they grow out and form a lateral stem they become terminal buds of the lateral branch

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Define flower bud.

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a bud with a floral meristem that develops into flowers; usually larger than vegetative buds

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Define leaf scar.

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a scar marking the former point of attachment of a leaf or petiole to the stem

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Define internode.

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the part of the stem between two nodes

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What is a node?

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part of the stem marking the point of attachment of leaves, flowers, fruits, buds and other stems

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What is a lenticel?

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rough areas on stems composed of loosely packed cells extending from the cortex through the ruptured epidermis; serve as “breathing pores” for gas exchange, and only in young stems

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What are growth rings?

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bud scale scars from the last terminal bud; they denote flushes of growth. Can be used to age stem because one growth ring is usually produced per yer on temperate trees native to the Temperate Climate Zone

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