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Lecture 9: Plant Structure 1 Flashcards

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What are roots?

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An organs that serves to anchor the plant in the soil. In addition, it also serves to absorb minerals and water. As well as stores carbohydrates from photosynthesis.

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What is the taproot?

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The main root in dicots

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What are lateral roots?

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Apart of the taproot where it is not the main root but instead it is the roots that branch from the sides.

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What is the purpose of lateral roots?

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They are adapted to find water deep underground

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What are fibrous root system?

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The root system in monocots where there is no “main” root. Instead, there are thin/shallow roots that are like a mat and spread below the soil surface so absorb water quickly

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What are root hairs?

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Hairs that increase surface area to absorb water

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What is the root cap?

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A cap that protects apical meristem

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Name the 5 modified roots?

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  1. Prop roots
  2. Storage roots
  3. Strangling aerial roots
  4. Buttress roots
  5. Pneumatophores
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What are prop roots?

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Roots that are above ground to brace support top HEAVY trees

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What are storage roots?

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Roots that store water and carbohydrates for the plant

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What are strangling aerial roots?

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Roots that wrap around the host plant and extend toward the ground

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What are buttress roots?

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Roots that are above ground and have architectural support to hold up LARGE trees

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What are pneumatophores?

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Roots (also air roots) that require air for underwater root systems

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What are stems?

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Organs that raise leaves and reproductive structures

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What are nodes?

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A point where leaves are attached

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What are internodes?

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The space in between nodes

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What are apical meristem?

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The growing point(or bud) at the top and bottom for vertical growth(up or down)

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What are axillary meristem?

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The growing point(or lateral buds) at nodes on the sides to form branches

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What is apical dominance?

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Found in many trees and is where the apical bud is the dominant and not the axillary buds are inhibited. In short, it grown up rather than on the sides.

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20
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Can apical dominance be manipulated?

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Yes. This can be done by pruning and cutting the apical bud to make it wider and not taller.

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Name the 4 modified stems?

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  1. Rhizome
  2. Bulb
  3. Stolon
  4. Tuber
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What are rhizomes?

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The horizontal stems that grown underground.

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What is an example of a rhizome?

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Ginger, turmeric, and lotus

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What are bulbs?

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The underground storage structure where it is a short stem with fleshy leaves

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What are examples of bulbs?

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Onion, garlic, lilies, and tulips

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What are stolons?

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Horizontal (also runner) stems that shoot for asexual reproduction

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What is an example of stolons?

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Strawberries because the stem grows to the side

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What are tubers?

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Enlarged ends of stolons or rhizomes for storing food

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What is an example of a tuber?

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Potatoes where they are not roots but instead an enlarged rhizome.

30
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What are leaves?

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The main photosynthetic organ of a plant

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What are blades?

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The flat part of the leaf

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What are petioles?

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The leaf stalk of the leaf

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What are the types of leaves?

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  1. Simple
  2. Compound
  3. Doubly Compounds
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What is a simple leaf?

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A single and undivided blade

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What is a compound?

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A blade that is divided into multiple leaflets (pinnate)

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What is a pinnate?

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The multiple leaflets from one axillary bud

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What are doubly compounds?

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Leaflets that are divided into smaller leaflets(bipinatte)

38
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What are the 5 modified leaves

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  1. Tendrils
  2. Spines
  3. Storage leaves
  4. Reproductive leaves
  5. Bracts
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What are tendrils?

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The leaves that cling to surfaces to allow vines to climb

40
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What are spines?

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Sharp needles for protection

41
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What are storage leaves?

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Leaves that store water

42
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What are reproductive leaves?

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Plantlets for asexual reproduction

43
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What are bracts?

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Brightly colored to attract pollinators to flowers

44
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What is the epidermis in dermal tissue?

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The layer of cells on the outside

45
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What is the cuticle?

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The waxy coating on the epidermis

46
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What are trichomes?

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The hairy defense mechanism against herbivores. These can secrete sticky or toxic substances.

47
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What are the three dermal tissue in plants?

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  1. Epidermis
  2. Cuticle
  3. Trichomes
48
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What are the 2 vascular tissue structures?

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  1. Xylem
  2. Phloem
  3. Stele
49
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What is xylem?

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Conducts water and dissolved minerals to the plant.

50
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What are some minerals in xylem?

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  1. Nitrogen for nucleic acids
  2. Potassium for enzyme cofactor
  3. Magnesium for chlorophyll
  4. Phosphorus for phospholipids, nucleic acids, and ATP
51
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What is phloem?

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Conducts the transportation of organic materials like carbohydrates and proteins

52
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What is the stele?

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The vascular bundle of roots. In dicots the xylem is like a cross while the phloem is in between. In monocots the xylem is in a inner ring while the phloem is the outer ring

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What are the 2 structures of ground tissue?

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  1. Pith
  2. Cortex
54
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What is the pith(medulla)?

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The soft, spongy middle filler tissue

55
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What is the cortex?

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The outer filler layer below the epidermis

56
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What are the types of growth?

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  1. Indeterminate growth
  2. Determinate growth
57
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What is indeterminate growth?

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Always growing (includes stem, roots)

58
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What is determinate growth?

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Growth stops after reaching a certain size (includes flowers, leaves)

59
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What is the stomata?

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Pores for gas exchange

60
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What are the guard cells?

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Two cells that control opening/closing of stoma

61
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What are the types of dicot mesophyll?

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  1. Palisade mesophyll
  2. Spongy mesophyll
62
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What is palisade mesophyll?

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Tall mesophyll cells on top side that absorb light

63
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What are spongy mesophyll?

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Loosely arranged shorter cells for CO2 and O2 circulation

64
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What are bundle sheath cells?

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Cells that surround vascular tissue

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