Plant Classification, Stems, & Leaves

Question 1

Botany:
Plant Classification

Answer 1

Vascular and Non-Vascular Plants

Question 2

Botany:
Plant Classification:
1. They have specialized vascular tubes that transport water and food.

Answer 2

Vascular Plants

Question 3

Botany:
Plant Classification:
1. They lack a specialized vascular system.

Answer 3

Non-Vascular Plants

Question 4

Botany:
Vascular Tubes

Answer 4

Xylem and Phloem

Question 5

Botany:
Vascular Tubes:
1. Transports water and minerals
2. One-way flow (upward)
3. Bulk Transport

Answer 5

Xylem

Question 6

Botany:
Vascular Tubes:
1. Transports water and food
2. Two-way flow
3. Osmotic Transport

Answer 6

Phloem

Question 7

Botany:
Vascular Plants Classification

Answer 7

Seed-Bearing and Spore-Bearing Plants

Question 8

Botany:
Vascular Plants Classification:
1. Plants that produce seeds

Answer 8

Seed-Bearing Plants

Question 9

Botany:
Vascular Plants Classification:
1. Plants that produce spores

Answer 9

Spore-Bearing Plants

Question 10

Botany:
Seed-Bearing Plants Classification

Answer 10

Angiosperms and Gymnosperms

Question 11

Botany:
Seed-Bearing Plants Classification:
1. A seed is produced by flowering plants and is enclosed within an ovary.
2. Leaves are flat in shape.

Answer 11

Angiosperms

Question 12

Botany:
Seed-Bearing Plants Classification:
1. A seed is produced by non-flowering plants and are unenclosed or naked.
2. Leaves are scale-like and needle-like in shape.

Answer 12

Gymnosperms

Question 13

Botany:
Angiosperms Classification

Answer 13

Dicot and Monocot

Question 14

Botany:
Angiosperms Classification:
1. Have a pair of cotyledons
2. Have a taproot system

Answer 14

Dicot

Question 15

Botany:
Angiosperms Classification:
1. Have a single cotyledon.
2. Have a fibrous root system.

Answer 15

Monocot

Question 16

Botany:
Plant Structure:
1. Plant axis that connects the roots to the leaves and flowers.
2. Passageway of nutrients from the soil to the different parts of the body.

Answer 16

Stem

Question 17

Botany:
Plant Structure:
1. Above part of a plant with its appendages

Answer 17

Shoot

Question 18

Botany:
Plant Structure:
1. The point of attachment of leaves

Answer 18

Nodes

Question 19

Botany:
Plant Structure:
1. Regions between nodes
2. Vascular system carrying substances from nodes to nodes.

Answer 19

Internodes

Question 20

Botany:
Plant Structure:
1. A bud that grows from the axil of a leaf that may develop into vegetative or floral bud.

Answer 20

Axillary Bud

Question 21

Botany:
Plant Structure:
1. Also known as ‘Terminal Bud’
2. A bud that is found at the extreme tip of each stem.
3. Produces a plant hormone called auxin

Answer 21

Apical Bud

Question 22

Botany:
Plant Structure:
1. The angle between the leaf and the stem

Answer 22

Axil

Question 23

Botany:
Plant Structure:
1. Modified leaves or lateral branches capable of twinning around small objects.

Answer 23

Tendrils

Question 24

Botany:
Plant Structure:
1. Large, globe-shaped, underground immature leaves that functions as a food storage.

Answer 24

Bulbs

Question 25

Botany: Plant Structure: 1. Enlarged underground stems that store food for the plant.

Answer 25

Corms

Question 26

Botany: Plant Structure: 1. Horizontal underground stems with non-green, fleshy, distinct nodes and internodes. 2. Brownish in color. 3. Allows a plant to spread underground.

Answer 26

Rhizomes

Question 27

Botany: Plant Structure: 1. Horizontal like rhizomes, but they grow only for a short period and are mainly a means of storing nutrients.

Answer 27

Tubers

Question 28

Botany: Plant Structure: 1. Raised circular areas on stems and roots. 2. Allows gases to pass into the plants.

Answer 28

Lenticles

Question 29

Botany: Plant Structure: 1. The arrangement of leaves on the stem

Answer 29

Phyllotaxy

Question 30

Botany: Plant Structure: Phyllotaxy: 1. Only one leaf is present at each node.

Answer 30

Alternate Phyllotaxy

Question 31

Botany: Plant Structure: Phyllotaxy: 1. Two leaves per node

Answer 31

Opposite Phyllotaxy

Question 32

Botany: Plant Structure: Phyllotaxy: 1. Three or more leaves per node.

Answer 32

Whorled Phyllotaxy

Question 33

Botany: Plant Structure: 1. The large, flat, green structures involved in photosynthesis.

Answer 33

Leaves

Question 34

Botany: Plant Structure: Leaves: 1. Has a blade of just one part.

Answer 34

Simple Leaf

Question 35

Botany: Plant Structure: Leaves: 1. Has a blade that is divided into several individual parts.

Answer 35

Compound Leaf

Question 36

Botany: Plant Structure: 1. Also known 'Lamina' 2. Flat, light-harvesting portion of the leaf.

Answer 36

Leaf Blade

Question 37

Botany: Plant Structure: 1. The stalk that holds the blade out into the light.

Answer 37

Petiole

Question 38

Botany: Plant Structure: 1. The main or central vein of a leaf that provides a frame to the leaf blade.

Answer 38

Midvein

Question 39

Botany: Plant Structure: 1. Vascular tissues composed of xylem and phloem. 2. Small channel that transport water and minerals to and from the leaves of a plant.

Answer 39

Veins

Question 40

Botany: Plant Structure: 1. The main axis that acts as a support for compound leaves.

Answer 40

Rachis

Question 41

Botany: Plant Structure: 1. Leaf-like units that make up a compound leaf.

Answer 41

Leaflet

Question 42

Botany: Plant Structure: 1. Leaves that do not have a petiole and are directly attached to the stem.

Answer 42

Sessile Leaf

Question 43

Botany: Plant Structure: 1. Leaves that are attached to the stem by a very short petiole.

Answer 43

Subsessile Leaf

Question 44

Botany: Plant Structure: 1. Leaves that are attached to the stem by a long petiole.

Answer 44

Petiolate Leaf