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1
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Evolution of plants includes

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  • Development of pollen
  • Development if vascular tissue that conducts water and solutes throughout the plant body
  • Seed production
  • Flower production
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2
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Are plants eukaryotic or prokaryotic?

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Eukaryotic

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3
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Photosynthetic means…

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Plants use light energy to make sugar

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4
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Are plants unicellular or multicellular

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Plants are multicellular

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5
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Plants have a cell wall made of…

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Cellulose

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6
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What do plants store the food made as light energy as?

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Starch

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7
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Plants need what three things to flourish

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Water, sunlight, and minerals

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8
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Plants exchange ____ during photosynthesis

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gases

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9
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How do plants get water to the leaves?

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Through a transport system

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10
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What is the plant transport system composed of?

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Vascular tissue, stems, and roots

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11
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What are root structures designed to absorb?

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Water and minerals

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12
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What anchors plants?

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Roots

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13
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Plants house _____ _______ bacteria

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nitrogen fixing

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14
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What root is the largest in the system

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Taproot

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15
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What roots grow deep in soil?

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Taproot

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16
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What roots become thick and fleshy?

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Taproot

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17
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What roots are carrots, turnips, and dandelions?

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Taproots

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18
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Numerous equal sized small roots are…

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fibrous

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19
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Corns and greens are _______ roots

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fibrous

20
Q

What pushes the root through soil and delicate tissue?

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Root cap

21
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Meristematic Zone is the….

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mitotic growth region

22
Q

Apical meristem is located at the….

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tip of stems and roots

23
Q

Where does the length of plants increase?

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Apical meristem

24
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Newly formed cells are in the

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Elongation zone

25
Q

The differentiation zone or maturation zone is where the….

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beginning of the first root hair where the root cells begin to differentiate

26
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What do the root cells are the maturation zone differentiate into?

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Special cell types

27
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What do root hairs do?

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Increase the surface area for water absorbtion

28
Q

Quiescent center consists of…

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Rarely dividing pool of stem cells within the social meristem

29
Q

The epidermis is the _______ layer of the root

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outer

30
Q

What does the epidermis absorb?

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Water and essential materials

31
Q

Endodermis is the _________ boundary that separates the _____ vascular ______ from the ______ cortex and serves as a barrier for selective _________ uptake

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cylindrical
inner
tissue
outer
nutrient

32
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Vessels are….

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elongated tube-like structures

33
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What do vessels do?

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Conduct solutes and water

34
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Vascular cylinder is….

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A cylinder in the middle of the roots

35
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What does the vascular cylinder have?

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Xylem and Phloem

36
Q

What runs from the roots to leaves and is a network of tissues that transports water and minerals?

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Vascular tissue

37
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What does the xylem do?

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Carries water and minerals up to the roots, to the stems, and leaves

38
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What does phloem do?

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Carries dissolved food up/down and throughout the plant

39
Q

What captures light energy for photosynthesis?

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Leaves

40
Q

The leaf shape is broad and flat to increase __________ _____ for sunlight absorption

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surface area

41
Q

Why is the leaf shape broad and flat?

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To increase surface area for sunlight absorption

42
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The leaf shape is also capable of _________ against water _____ and preventing ____ buildup

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protecting
loss
snow

43
Q

The slide of a leaf is the…..

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flat section

44
Q

What does the blade collect?

A

Sunlight

45
Q

The petiole of the leaf connects the _____ to the ____

A

blade
stem

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