Kingdom Plantae

Question 1

Node

Answer 1

Points on a stem where new branches and leaves develop

Question 2

Apical bud

Answer 2

Tip of a plant or tip of a branch

E.g. flower bud

Question 3

Auxiliary bud

Answer 3

Junction between petiole and stem

E.g. leaf bud

Question 4

Function of the stem

Answer 4

Support the aerial parts of the plant
Storage E.g. stem tuber of a potato
Photosynthesis
Formation of buds, leaves and flowers

Question 5

Tap root

Answer 5

Main root with smaller roots growing from it

E.g. dandelion, carrot

Question 6

Fibrous root

Answer 6

Many smaller roots growing from the main plant

E.g. grass, clovers

Question 7

Adventitious roots

Answer 7

Resemble fibrous roots
Can grow anywhere on stem/branches
E.g. Ivy, banyan trees

Question 8

Adventitious bud

Answer 8

Developed when an apical bud has been cut off

Found anywhere in plants

Question 9

Cotelydon?

Answer 9

A food reserve

Question 10

Monocotelydon

Answer 10

1 cotyledon 
Parallel veins
Long, narrow leaf
Scattered vascular bundles
Flower parts in multiples

Question 11

Dicotyledon

Answer 11

2 cotyledon
Netted veins
Broad leaves
Flower parts in four or five

Question 12

Function of leaves

Answer 12

Photosynthesis
Transpiration
Food storage.e.g. cabbage

Question 13

Lenticels

Answer 13

Opening of the leaf that allows for gaseous exchange

Question 14

Classification of a stem

Answer 14

Node
Internode
Auxiliary bud
Apical bud

Question 15

Xylem Tracheids

Answer 15

Coniferous trees and the vessels in deciduous trees
Tapered ends
Pits present
Lignified walls
Separate cells

Question 16

Xylem

Answer 16

Dead at maturity

Food travels upwards only

Question 17

Xylem vessels

Answer 17

Cylindrical cells
Connected end-to-end
Form a piping system 
Lignified walls for strengths
Pits for lateral movement of water

Question 18

Phloem

Answer 18

Food travels upwards of downwards

Question 19

Cotyledon

Answer 19

An embryonic seed leaf

A direct food source and to produce food in photosynthesis

Question 20

Meristem

Answer 20

Composed of many unspecialized cells that are continuously dividing by mitosis
Found in shoot, root tips and buds

Question 21

Bud

Answer 21

An undeveloped shoot

Question 22

Daytime

Answer 22

Plant photosynthesis and excretes oxygen through stomata

Question 23

Night

Answer 23

No photosynthesis and excretes carbon dioxide