Plant Science Flashcards

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1
Q

Plants cannot…

A

Find water or food
Move quickly to escape predators
Avoid harsh weather
Locate a mate

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2
Q

-non-vascular
-restricted to a moist environment
-do not have true roots, stems or leaves

A

Phylum Bryophyta

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3
Q

Moss and liverworts

A

Phylum Bryophyta

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4
Q

Ferns

A

Phylum Filicinophyta

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5
Q

-vascular
-requires moist environment
-has true roots, stem and leaves

A

Phylum Filicinophyta

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6
Q

Cedar. Spruce, Douglas Fir and Giant Redwood Tree

A

Phylum Coniferophyta

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7
Q

-vascular
-produce seeds in cones
-true roots, stems, and leaves

A

Phylum Coniferophyta

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8
Q

Flowering Plants

A

Phylum Angiospermophyta

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9
Q

-vascular
-seeds are in special reproduction structures called flowers
-female reproductive ovary develops into a fruit
-true roots, stems and leaves

A

Phylum Angiospermophyta

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10
Q

Most advanced plant

A

Phylum Angiospermophyta

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11
Q

Angiospermophyta two distinct categories

A

Dicot and Monocot

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12
Q

Two cotyledons

A

Dicot

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13
Q

4x or 5x floral parts

A

Dicot

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14
Q

Net like veins

A

Dicot

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15
Q

Three pores in Pollen

A

Dicot

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16
Q

Bundled Vasculature

A

Dicot

17
Q

One cotyledon

A

Monocot

18
Q

3x floral parts

A

Monocot

19
Q

Parallel Veins

A

Monocot

19
Q

one pore in pollen

A

Monocot

20
Q

Dispersed vasculature

A

monocot

21
Q

Specialized areas of dicot plant

A

reproductive shoot (flower)
shoot system
stem
taproot
lateral roots
root system
shoot system
Leaf (blade, petiole)

22
Q

anchors plant
absorbs water and mineral
stores surplus sugar
produces hormones

A

Root systems

23
Q

undergoes photosynthesis
transports minerals
is involved in plant reproduction
produces hormones

A

Shoot system

24
Q

plants have ______ growth

A

indeterminate

25
Q

Apical Meristems

A

located at the ends of the shoot and root (tips)
=length

26
Q

Lateral Meristems (or Cambia):

A

cell arranged parallel to the size of the plant
=increasing diameter/width)

27
Q

meristems

A

area of maximum cell divison

28
Q

with each division __________

A

one cell remains meristematic and the other increases in size and differentiates

29
Q

A differentiated cell may become a

A

leaf, root hair, flowers, stem tissue, seeds/fruit, and bark.

30
Q

Define hormone

A

a chemical message that is produced and released in one part of an organism to have an effect on a different part of the organism

31
Q

Plant hormone associated with growth shoot and root

A

auxin

32
Q

auxin causes _________ of cells in the stem

A

elongation

33
Q

Plants response to it’s environment

A

tropism