Lecture 29-32

Question 1

A group of cells that consist of one or more cell types that together perform a specialized function are known as?

Answer 1

Tissues

Question 2

Several types of tissue that together carry out a function are known as?

Answer 2

Organs

Question 3

Where do plants sustain growth?

Answer 3

In apical meristems

Question 4

What adds thickness to woody plants (growth)

Answer 4

Lateral meristems

Question 5

What does vascular cambium do?

Answer 5

Adds layers of vascular tissues (a secondary xylem and a secondary phloem)

Question 6

What does cork cambium do?

Answer 6

Replaces the epidermis with periderm (makes it thicker and tougher)

Question 7

What are the two lateral meristems?

Answer 7

Vascular cambium and cork cambium

Question 8

A waxy coating called the ____ helps prevent water loss from the epidermis

Answer 8

Cuticle

Question 9

In woody plants, protective tissues called _____ replace the epidermis in older regions

Answer 9

Periderm

Question 10

The vascular tissue of a stem or root is collectively called the ____

Answer 10

Stele

Question 11

Ground tissue internal to the vascular tissue is?

Answer 11

Pith

Question 12

Ground tissue external to the vascular tissue is?

Answer 12

Cortex

Question 13

What do parenchyma cells have and not have?

Answer 13

Have thin and flexible primary walls, but lack a secondary wall

Question 14

_________ increases the chances that germination will occur at a time and place most advantageous to the seedling

Answer 14

Seed dormancy

Question 15

Seed germination depends on ____, which is?

Answer 15

Imbition, the uptake of water due to low water potential of a dry seed

Question 16

Three main functions of a root

Answer 16

Anchor the plant, absorb minerals and water, store carbohydrates

Question 17

Primary root growth occurs at the _____

Answer 17

RAM, root apical meristem

Question 18

As the root pushes through soil, it is protected by what?

Answer 18

Root cap protects it

Question 19

Define nodes, internodes, axillary buds

Answer 19

Where leaves attach, between leaves, form a lateral shoot/branch

Question 20

Compare eudicots and monocots in terms of vascular bundles

Answer 20

In eudicots, arranged into a ring…. In monocots, scattered throughout

Question 21

Compound leaf

Answer 21

Blade is divided into leaflets

Question 22

The epidermis in leaves is interrupted by _____

Answer 22

Stomata

Question 23

What is stomata?

Answer 23

Pores that allow CO2 and O2 exchange between the air and photosynthetic cells

Question 24

Most monocots have ___ veins, while eudicots have ___ veins

Answer 24

Parallel, branching

Question 25

Secondary growth is a solution to what problem?

Answer 25

When plants grow tall, they require more support for their greater capacity