Plant

Question 1

What is the function of the Epidermis?

Answer 1

Provide protection and helps in absorption.

Question 2

What does the Cortex do?

Answer 2

Transports water and nutrients from the Epidermis.

Question 3

What is the role of the Pericycle?

Answer 3

Supports the roots, vascular structure, and stores nutrients.

Question 4

What is the function of the Endodermis?

Answer 4

Regulates the flow of water, ions, and hormones.

Question 5

What does Xylem do?

Answer 5

Moves water upward and transports water and minerals.

Question 6

What is the function of Phloem?

Answer 6

Transports nutrients.

Question 7

What is the role of Pith?

Answer 7

Storage of nutrients.

Question 8

What are the characteristics shared by all plants?

Answer 8

All plants are eukaryotic and multicellular, have cell walls with the carbohydrate cellulose, most are terrestrial, and are autotrophs - photosynthetic producers.

Question 9

How many plant species are there in the world?

Answer 9

There are about 390,000 plant species in the world.

Question 10

What are the main criteria for organizing plants into groups?

Answer 10

Plants are organized into groups based on the presence or absence of seeds and the presence or absence of a vascular system.

Question 11

What are the four main plant groups (Phyla)?

Answer 11

1. Bryophytes (mosses, liverworts, hornworts)
2. Ferns (phylum Pteridophyta) and related phyla (whisk ferns, club mosses, horsetails)
3. Gymnosperms (conifers, evergreens)
4. Angiosperms (flowering plants)

Question 12

What is a seed?

Answer 12

A seed is a specialized plant structure containing an embryonic plant and food supply.

Question 13

What is a vascular system in plants?

Answer 13

A vascular system is a system of specialized cells or tissues that transport water and dissolved minerals (xylem) and food (phloem) between cells in the body of a plant.

Question 14

What is the plant phylum Bryophyta commonly known as?

Answer 14

Mosses

Question 15

What are the evolutionary adaptations of Bryophyta?

Answer 15

Movement onto land and they are not tall. They can only do diffusion to move water around.

Question 16

What is a characteristic of Pteridophyta?

Answer 16

Vascular tissues show up, containing xylem and phloem that can move material around (water).

Question 17

What is a significant feature of Gymnosperms?

Answer 17

They produce seeds that allow them to protect the embryophyte and can dry out.

Question 18

What is a key feature of Angiosperms?

Answer 18

They have flowers that coevolved with insects, giving them the ability to reproduce.

Question 19

What are examples of Bryophyta?

Answer 19

Liverworts and hornworts.

Question 20

What are examples of Pteridophyta?

Answer 20

Lycophyte and Equisetidae.

Question 21

What are examples of Gymnosperms?

Answer 21

Cycad and Conifer.

Question 22

What are examples of Angiosperms?

Answer 22

Rose, Orchids, Hydrangea, Hemp, and Strawberry.

Question 23

What is a defining feature of monocots?

Answer 23

Plant embryos have one cotyledon.

Question 24

What is a defining feature of dicots?

Answer 24

Plant embryos have two cotyledons.

Question 25

How is the vascular tissue organized in monocot roots?

Answer 25

Roots have vascular tissue arranged in a ring.

Question 26

How is the vascular tissue organized in dicot roots?

Answer 26

Roots have vascular tissue arranged in a star shape.

Question 27

How are vascular bundles arranged in monocot stems?

Answer 27

Vascular bundles in the stem are scattered throughout the ground tissue.

Question 28

How are vascular bundles arranged in dicot stems?

Answer 28

Vascular bundles in the stem are arranged in a distinct ring.

Question 29

What is the typical leaf venation pattern in monocots?

Answer 29

Veins are usually parallel to each other along the length of the leaf.

Question 30

What is the typical leaf venation pattern in dicots?

Answer 30

Veins are palmate or pinnate.

Question 31

What is the typical number of flower parts in monocots?

Answer 31

Flowers are in three parts, or multiples of three.

Question 32

What is the typical number of flower parts in dicots?

Answer 32

Flowers are in four or five parts, or multiples of four or five.

Question 33

Do monocots exhibit secondary growth?

Answer 33

No.

Question 34

Do dicots exhibit secondary growth?

Answer 34

Yes.

Question 35

What type of root system do monocots typically have?

Answer 35

Typically fibrous.

Question 36

What type of root system do dicots typically have?

Answer 36

Typically taproot.

Question 37

Give examples of monocots.

Answer 37

Asparagus, banana tree, lily, oats, wheat, rice, corn, and all other grasses, onion, orchid, palm tree, yam.

Question 38

Give examples of dicots.

Answer 38

Almond tree, beans, cabbage, cactus, citrus trees, coffee, oak tree, rose, strawberry, tea.

Question 39

Auxins

Answer 39

Regulates growth responses in plants (direction) Maintain the plants shape