Exam 5 Flashcards
Extradorinary attributes of Plants
Longevity: bristelcone pine; 4,848 yrs old
Height: redwood 380.1ft
Weight: Giant sequoia; 1,910 tons
Energy: produce 176 billion tons of carb. Per yr
What are plants?
Create Own food. ; cell walls made of cellulose
Multicellular ; Photoautrophic
Don’t move ; Live typically on land
Have tissues & organs (roots, stems, leaves)
What move upwards from roots to stems to leaves?
Water & minerals
What flows bothways between shoots & roots
Sugar
_ Macronutrients; _% of plant weight
_ Micronutrients; _% of plant weight
9 Macro; 99.7%
9 micro; .3%
Nitrogen (N) 1.5%
Component of nucleic acids,
proteins, and chlorophyll
Potassium (k)
1.0%
Helps regulate opening
and closing of stomata
Calcium (Ca)
0.5% Important to formation of cell walls; helps maintain
membranes
0.5%
Important to formation of cell walls; helps maintain
membranes
Magnesium (Mg)
0.2%
Component of chlorophyll
Phosphorus (P)
0.2% Component of nucleic acids,
Phospholipids & ATP
Sulfur
.1%
Component of proteins
Iron (Fe)
Component of proteins
in electron transport chains (etc)
Nickel (Ni)
The only element not also required
by humans
Sodium (Na)
Only required by some plants
What macronutrients are inall organic compounds?
COH:
Carbon (45%)
Oxygen (45%)
Hydrogen (6%)
Shoot system includes:
Root system includes:
Leaves, stems
Roots
Function of:
Leaves:
Stems:
Roots:
L: photosynthetic
S: supports, position, conduct (management)
R: absorb, anchor
Monocots vs. Eudicots
Monocots: Eudicots:
1 cotyledon 2 cotyledon
Parallel veins branching veins
(VT) arranged randomly (VT) arranged orderly ring
Scattered bundles
In 3’s flower parts In 4 or 5’s flower parts
Fibrous roots taproot
Eu:
Dicot:
Eu: true
Dicot: 2 seed leaves
3 tissue system of plant body:
Dermal: outer protective covering
vascular: xylem (water) & phloem (sugar)
ground: all other tissue, metabolic
Xylem conducts _ and dissolved _ absorbed by the _ to _ throughout the plant
Goes _
Water
Minerals
Roots
Tissues
Up
Phloem conducts _ produced by _ in the _ to _ throughout the plant
goes _ and has _ tube
Sugar
Photosynthesis
Leaves
Tissues
Down
Sieve
What do roots do?
Absorb water minerals oxygen
Secure plant in place
Convert sugar to starch for storage
Root structure:
Dermal: epidermis absorbs water
Ground: cortex stores starch & minerals
Vascular: cylinder contains xylem & phloem