Exam 1 Content Flashcards
How do plants grow?
1.) Production of new cells
2.) Cell enlargement
What do primary meristems do?
-Primary meristems generate new primary tissues at tips of roots and shoots (apical) and at site of new branches (auxiliary bud)
What do secondary meristems do?
-Secondary meristems increase girth of stems and roots
How do plants grow?
New stems and tissues
What are meristems?
Several layers of cells that generate tissues and make up organs
How do plant cells expand?
-increase amount of cytoplasm and number of organelles
-plant cells can take up a lot of water into central vacuole and expand cell walls
-expansion proteins unlock linkages between cell wall components allowing wall to stretch
Plant bodies contain…
cells, tissues, organs, organ systems
Plants grow by…
-production of new cells
-primary apical meristems: apical
-expansion of cells
-new materials
-water uptake
In ionic bonds…
-one atom gives up one or more electrons and becomes positively charged
-other atoms take electrons and become negatively charged
-attraction between oppositely charged ions is called ionic bond
-ex.) Na + Cl forms compound NaCl which can form ions Na+ and Cl-
In covalent bonds…
-form between atoms that share an electron; stronger than ionic bonds
-some atoms may share more than one pair of electrons
-double and triple bonds possible
-carbon has 4 electrons to share
-can share 2 electrons with oxygen atom or another carbon
-can form many different compounds
In hydrogen bonds…
-electrons shared between 2 atoms but atoms differ in size; electrons spend more time traveling around larger atom, so that part of molecule has partial (-) charge
-polar
-water molecules
-partial negative charge on one molecule is attracted to the partial (+) charge on another molecule; called hydrogen bond
-weak bonds
-important in determining characteristics of water
-maintaining correct structure of genetic material
Consequences of hydrogen bonding in water include…
-highly effective solvent- easily dissolve salts, many gases and polar organic compound
-cohesion- water molecules can be drawn from soil up through the roots and tree trunks to leaves to a height of 350 feet
Hydrophilic
-water-loving
-dissolve in water
-charged or polar
Hydrophobic
-water-hating
-don’t dissolve in water (often do in lipids)
-uncharged or non polar
In starch…
Alpha bonds C1 to C4
In cellulose…
Beta bonds C1 to C4
Characteristics of lipids include…
-fats and oils
-energy storage
-made from glycerol and fatty acids (long chains of CH2 groups)
-bends in the chain –> kinks –> don’t pack as tight –> liquid
-saturated fatty acid: all single bonds between C’s
-Monounsaturated: one double bond between C’s
-Polyunsaturated fatty acid: two or more double bonds between C’s
-fats contain mainly saturated fatty acids
-room temp: fats are solid and oils are liquid
-hydrophobic
Characteristics of proteins…
-large molecules made of 20 different amino acids
-most important role “machines” of the cell
-also some storage roles
-amino acids composed of carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen, and sometimes sulfur
-central carbon group (COOH), an amino group (NH2) and side chain (R)
-side chains (R) determine nature of AA
-hydrophobic, acidic (+), basic (-), polar
-small, large
-kinked
-Proteins tend to fold to expose hydrophilic groups and enclose hydrophobic groups in the interior
How do plants use secondary compounds?
-structural support
-entice animals to aid in reproduction (colors and odors)
-absorb harmful ultraviolet light
-distasteful and poisonous to animals and microbes that attack plants
Main types of plant secondary compounds…
-terpenes and terpenoids
-phenolics and flavinoids
-alkaloids
What is the function of the membrane?
-transport of water by osmosis- diffusion of water across cell membranes