MIDTERMS LAB

Question 1

Thin, flattered organ borne above the ground and specialized for photosynthesis.

Answer 1

LEAF

Question 2

A masa noun that refers to the cluster of leaves as a feature of plant.

Answer 2

FOLIAGE

Question 3

Morphology of leaf, examine carefully the variation of the leaf according to;

Answer 3

TYPE
VENATION
PHYLLOTAXY
MARGIN

Question 4

Structural components of a plant based on the attachments of lamina in the petiole.

Answer 4

TYPE

Question 5

Arrangement of leaves on an axis of stem.

Answer 5

PHYLLOTAXY

Question 6

Arrangement of veins in a leaf providing physical support and water/nutrient transport in the leaf.

Answer 6

VENATION

Question 7

Arrangement of the edges of the leaf.

Answer 7

MARGIN

Question 8

TYPES

Answer 8

•Simple
•Compound

Question 9

The leaf may be lobed or divided, but does not form distinct leaflets.

Answer 9

SIMPLE

Question 10

Separated into its own distinct leaflets, each with its own small petiole.

Answer 10

COMPOUND

Question 11

Leaf arrangement or PHYLLOTAXY

Answer 11

Alternate
Opposite
Whorled

Question 12

One leaf grows from each node

Answer 12

ALTERNATE

Question 13

Three or more leaves grow per node

Answer 13

WHORLED

Question 14

Two leaves grow per node

Answer 14

OPPOSITE

Question 15

Venations

Answer 15

Pinnate
Palmate
Reticulate
3 Main Veins
Parallel

Question 16

A leaf venation wherein leaves are diverge from the midvein towards the leaf margin

Answer 16

PINNATE

Question 17

A leaf venation wherein veins form a web-like structure

Answer 17

RETICULATE

Question 18

A venation of leaf wherein veins radiate from a single point at the base of the leaf

Answer 18

PALMATE

Question 19

Three distinct and prominent veins from one common point at the base of the leaf

Answer 19

3 MAIN VEINS

Question 20

Parallel to each other through the leaf and starts from the base and extends till the tips

Answer 20

PARALLEL

Question 21

MARGINS

Answer 21

ENTIRE
DENTATE
SERRATE
CRENATE
LOBED
PARTED

Question 22

An experiment that allows us to see the colorful pigments that leaves have hidden inside them.

Answer 22

LEAF CHROMATOGRAPHY

Question 23

The green leaf color which helps plants absorb the yellow and blue wavelengths of light. It is the main pigment used for photosynthesis, or harvesting energy from sunlight.

Answer 23

CHLOROPHYLL

Question 24

A plant’s loss of water, mainly through the stomata of leaves.

Answer 24

TRANSPIRATION

Question 25

One of the two main structural axes of a vascular plant. It is normally divided into nodes and internodes. It has thin pipes to carry water around the plant.

Answer 25

STEM

Question 26

It holds buds which grow into one or more leaves, conifer cones, roots, other stems, or flowers.

Answer 26

NODE

Question 27

Distance one node from each other.

Answer 27

INTERNODE

Question 28

Horizontal stems that grow below the ground and have long to short internodes.

Answer 28

RHIZOMES

Question 29

They store food; large bulbs surrounded by numerous fleshy leaves with small stem at lower end.

Answer 29

BULBS

Question 30

Irises, some grasses fern

Answer 30

RHIZOMES

Question 31

Onion, lilies, hyacinth, tulips

Answer 31

BULBS

Question 32

Resemble bulbs but composed almost entirely of stem tissue, with papery leaves.

Answer 32

CORMS

Question 33

Swollen, fleshy, underground stem

Answer 33

TUBERS

Question 34

Produced beneath surface of the ground and tend to grow in different directions.

Answer 34

STOLONS

Question 35

Horizontal stems that grow above ground and have long internodes.

Answer 35

RUNNERS

Question 36

Flattened, leaf-like stems

Answer 36

CLADOPHYLLS