Plant Growth-Summative

Question 0

What are all seeds protected by?

Answer 0

A seed coat

Question 1

What is a seed?

Answer 1

A seed is an embryonic plant enclosed in a protective outer covering along with some stored food, a flowering plant’s unit of reproduction.

Question 2

What 3 things will you find inside a seed? (describe)

Answer 2

-Embryo, or baby plant -Endosperm, which is food storing tissue -Cotyledons, which absorbs nutrients for the growing plant

Question 3

What does it mean when a seed is in dormant stage?

Answer 3

They are in a resting phase, not using much energy, low metabolic activity; Appear to be inactive to the eye.

Question 4

What does germination mean?

Answer 4

The growth of a plant from the seed stage to the adult stage when it can produce new seeds.

Question 5

What two things will make the seed begin to grow?

Answer 5

-An adequate amount of water/hydration (makes the seed swell) -A warm temperature

Question 6

What is the food plants produce called? How do they produce this?

Answer 6

-Glucose -Going through photosynthesis

Question 7

What does food provide for the plants?

Answer 7

Energy

Question 8

Along with the glucose plants produce, what other 5 things do plants need in order to grow?

Answer 8

Light, air, water, a suitable temperature, and minerals.

Question 9

What do plants need to grow healthy?

Answer 9

Nutrients/minerals

Question 10

1.__________ replaces minerals to soil that has been depleted so plants can grow healthy. Why is this not food? 2.__________________________

Answer 10

1. Fertilizer 2. it does not provide energy

Question 11

How many minerals are needed for plant growth?

Answer 11

13

Question 12

What are the main benefits of the following nutrients: Nitrogen, Phosphorous, Potassium

Answer 12

-Nitrogen: Promotes the growth of healthy leaves. -Phosphorous: Promotes strong, healthy roots, and helps flowers bloom. -Potassium: Helps plants withstand dramatic temperature changes and protects them from disease.

Question 13

What are the other 10 nutrients known as?

Answer 13

Micronuutrients, or trace elements

Question 14

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Answer 14

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Question 15

Name examples of Monocots: (list at least 3)

Answer 15

Cereal grains, rice, corn, wheat, rye, grasses

Question 16

Name examples of Dicots: (list at least 3)

Answer 16

Beans, peanuts, peas, apples, broccoli, most shrubs and trees, and almost anything grown in a garden

Question 17

Define life cycle:

Answer 17

The coarse of development from birth to the stage when it can reproduce (from seed to adult plant that makes seeds)

Question 18

What process did Dr. Williams use to shorten the life cycle of the Wisconsin Fast Plant?

Answer 18

Selective Breeding

Question 19

In what ways, other than length of life cycle, did Dr. Williams alter the Wisconsin Fast Plant?

Answer 19

He made them shorter, with thicker stems, able to thrive in small places with other plants, and produce higher than average amount of seeds.

Question 20

Why did he have the goals of ways to alter the Wisconsin Fast Plant?

Answer 20

He wanted to change these qualities so that they could thrive in a lab and be used to study plants in classrooms; As well as to grow food for large populations.

Question 21

How can you prove that the Wisconsin Fast Plant is dicot?

Answer 21

There were two cotyledons that emerged out of the soil, and the vein patterns on the leaves look like crumpled paper.