Plant Nutrition Flashcards

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Photosynthesis balanced equation

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6CO2 + 6H2O –> C6H12O6 + 6O2

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Photosynthesis word equation

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Carbon dioxide + water –> glucose + oxygen

—> = light and chlorophyll

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Where does photosynthesis happen

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Leaves of plant

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Why are leaves green

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They reflect green light and absorb red blue and white

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What absorbs light

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Chlorophyll in chloroplasts in the plant cells

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Leaf functions

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Carry out photosynthesis
Get rid of waste products of photosynthesis
Export glucose to rest of plant

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Waxy cuticle

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Waterproof
Reduces water loss
Reduces infection

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Upper epidermis

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Protection
No chloroplasts
Absorbs harmful light but allows light for PS pass through

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Palisade cells

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Tightly packed
Elongated
Lots of chloroplasts
High rate of PS

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Spongy s

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Some chloroplasts
Some PS
Loosely packed with air spaces

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Air spaces

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Between spongy cells

Provide air channels allowing gas exchange

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Leaf vein- xylem

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Rigid vessels within lignin
Carry water and minerals from root to stem to leaf
Made of dead cells

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Leaf vein- phloem

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Responsible for carrying sugars to places where glucose is stored as starch

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Guard cells

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Change shape depending on water inside
Controls opening of stomata
For transpiration

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Stomata

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Space between guard cells

Controls gas exchange and water loss

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Adaptations for PS

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Air spaces
Palasides
Xylem

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Adaptations for importing raw materials

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Air spaces
Xylem
Upper epidermis

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Adaptations for waste products

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Air spaces

Stomata

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Adaptations for movement of materials in plant

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Phloem

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Tropism

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The growth response of a plant to directional stimulus

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Tropisms

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Phototropism- shoots grow toward light (positive) and roots mostly neutral, sometimes negative
Geotropism- shoots grow away from gravity (negative) and roots grow toward (positive)
Hydrotropism- roots grow toward source (positive)
Thigmotropism- shoots bend round support (positive) and roots grow away from objects (negative)

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Auxin

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Hormone which diffuses from top of plant
Shoot bends toward light
More hormones diffuse to dark side of plant so it grows longer

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Limiting factors of photosynthesis

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Light intensity
Carbon dioxide concentration
Temperature
Water concentration

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Light intensity

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Without enough light a plant can’t photosynthesis even if there is enough water or CO2, increasing light intensity will boost the rate of photosynthesis

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Carbon dioxide concentration

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Plant can’t photosynthesis with enough CO2 even if it has sufficient everything else

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Temperatures

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Too cold- rate of photosynthesis decreases

Too hot- enzymes denature when it’s too hot

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Different types of pollination

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Insect pollination
Wind pollination
(Self pollination)
(Cross pollination)

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What is pollination

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The transfer of pollen from the anther to the stigma

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What is insect pollination

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Transfer of pollen by insects

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Wind pollination

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Transfer of pollen by wind

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Self pollination

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Transfer of pollen from flower onto flower on the same plant

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Cross pollination

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Transfer of pollen from flower onto flower on different plant

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Fertilisation

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The fusion of male and female gametes

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Step 1 of fertilisation

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The pollen grain lands on the stigma

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Step 2 of fertilisation

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  • The pollen grain develops a pollen tube which grows down the style and makes its way towards the ovary
  • The nucleus of the pollen grain travels down the pollen tube
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Petals

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Large and colourful to attract pollinators

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Step 3 of fertilisation

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The poem nucleus reaches the ovule and fuses with the female nucleus

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Anther

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Contains pollen grains

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Ovule

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Will become seeds when they are fertilised

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Filaments

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Hold the anthers in place

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Ovary

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Where the ovules are

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Receptacle

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Bold in place the main parts of a flower

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Stigma

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A sticky surface for pollen to land on

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Sepal

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Protected the flower when it was a bud

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Style

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Provides a path from the stigma to the ovary for the pollen

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Petals for insect pollination

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Large and brightly coloured

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Petals for wind pollination

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Small and green

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Stamen for insect pollination

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Held within the flower

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Stamen from wind pollination

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Dangle out of flower

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Scent for insect pollination

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Attract the pollinators

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Scent for wind pollination

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None

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Anthers in insect pollination

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Positioned within the flower

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Anthers in wind pollination

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Held outside the flower so wind blows pollen away

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Flowers

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In any position on plant

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Flowers in wind pollination

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Close to the top of the plant so pollen can be blown off

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Stigma in insect pollination

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Usually solid shape with 3-5 lobes

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Stigma in wind pollination

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Feathery to catch as much pollen as possible

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Pollen in insect pollination

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Less as it is easily transferred to animals with little loss

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Pollen in wind pollination

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Large amount as much is lost in the wind

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How are seeds dispersed

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Animals
Wind
Water
Plant itself

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Why are seeds dispersed

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To give plants
Space
Light
Water

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What is seed germination

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The development of a plant from a dormant seed

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Stages of germination

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Water intake
Triggers enzymes to breakdown stored food
First root and first leaves (from embryo) appear
Seedling starts to grow

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Conditions needed for seed germination

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Water which rehydrates the seed
Oxygen which allowed respiration to occur
Warm temperature allowed enzymes to work better