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Plant Science Flashcards

1
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Reasons why botanical names are important

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International, Explains something about the plant, unchanging

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What is the binomial system of naming plants

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Genus name + Species name

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What is ‘plant taxonomy’?

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The practice and science of classifying organisms int0 groups or taxons and making connections between groups to help us understand them

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What are gymnosperms?

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Non-flowering plants whose seeds are not protected by an enclosed overy. Conifers, cycads, ginko.

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5
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What are angiosperms?

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All flowering plants

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6
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What are Pteridophytes?

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Less complex plants that depend on water to reproduce by spores. Ferns, horsetails, club mosses.

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7
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What are Bryophytes?

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Less complex plants that depend of water to reproduce by spores. Mosses, liverworts, hornworts

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8
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What are Monocotyledonous plants?

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Plants that produce just one seed leaf within their seed. Grasses, hosta, tulips

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What are Eudicotyledonous plants?

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Plants with 2 seed leaves within the seed. 75% of all flower plants are Eudicots.

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10
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What is a ‘plant family?’

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plants that share physical characteristics like flowering or fruiting habits

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11
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Name 3 links which help group plant families

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  1. Arrangement of flower parts.
  2. The way the seed pod splits
  3. The way the fruits split apart.
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12
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List 3 plant families

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  1. Rosaceae
  2. Brassicaceae
  3. Asteraceae
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13
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Define ‘genus’

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A group of plants within a family which share many characteristics

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14
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Define ‘species’

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Basic unit of classification, it defines the individual plant. These plants can interbreed.

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15
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Define ‘cultivar’

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a variation that occurs through deliberate breeding and plant selection

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16
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Which authority do cultivar names need to be registered with?

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International Cultivar Registration Authority
ICRA

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17
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Define ‘variety’

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The rank below species in the taxonomic hierarchy. It identifies a naturally occurring variation in form within a species

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18
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Define ‘hybrid’

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plants at species level within a genus that have cross-polinated and created an interspecific hybrid.

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19
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What is the male part of a flower called?

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stamen

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20
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What is a group of petals called?

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Corolla

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21
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What is a group of sepals called?

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Calyx

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22
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What is the female part of a flower called that contains ovules

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Ovary

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23
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What protects the rest of the flower when it is in bud? It is surrounded by petals.

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Sepal

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24
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What is showy in order to attract pollinators?

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Petals

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25
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What is a filament?

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Stalks that hold up the anthers

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26
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What is a receptacle?

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the top of the pedicel that supports the rest of the flower

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27
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What is a stigma?

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Female part of a flower which receives pollen.

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28
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What is lamina?

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A leaf blade

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29
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What is a petiole?

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A leaf stalk

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30
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What is a compound leaf with opposite leaflets?

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Pinnate

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31
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What is a compound leaf?

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Palmate

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32
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What is phyllotaxy?

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Leaf arrangement

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33
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What is a node?

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the point on a stem from which a leaf grows

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34
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What is an internode?

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The space on a stem between two nodes

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35
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Define apex

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The top of a root or shoot

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36
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Define axil

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angle where a leaf joins a stem

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37
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What is a lenticel?

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A pore on the surface of a stem, allowing gaseous exhange.

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38
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Which type of plants have tap root and lateral roots?

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eudicotyledons

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39
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What roots do monocotyledons have?

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fibrous roots

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40
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In which stage does vegetative growth occur?

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Juvenile

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41
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What is the resting survival stage?

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seed

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42
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In which stage does flowering occur?

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Reproductive (adult) stage

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43
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Which plants have very short life cylces?

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Ephemerals

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44
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What is a perennial?

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Plant living for more than 2 years

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45
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What is an annual?

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Plant completing its lifecycle in one year

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46
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What is a biennial?

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Plant which produces vegetative growth in year 1 and flowers in year 2

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47
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What is a leaf scar?

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Position of last year’s terminal bud

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48
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What does floribunda mean?

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Many flowered

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49
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Define Cordatus

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heart shaped

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50
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What does officinalis mean?

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useful for mankind (often medicinal)

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51
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What does spinosus mean?

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thorny

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52
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what does aurea mean?

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gold

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53
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What does campestris mean?

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of the fields

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54
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Define Cell Wall

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Cellulose, permeable to gases and liquids

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55
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What is a cell membrane

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Semi-permeable, controls movement in and out of cell

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56
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What is cytoplasm?

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jelly-like cell contents in which organelles are located

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57
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What is the nucleus?

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cell control centre, DNA

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58
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What is a vacuole?

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Fluid-filled cavity, holds cell turgid

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59
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What are chloroplasts?

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Organelles with green pigment, sites of photosynthesis

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60
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What are Mitochondria?

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Organelles where respiration takes place in all cells

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61
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What are Intercellular spaces?

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Allow gases to diffuse between cells

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62
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What is the epidermis?

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Outer, close-packed layer of cells around all parts of the plant. Protects against water loss or disease

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63
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What is the cambium?

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Meristematic (dividing) tissue where new cells are created for growth.

64
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What 3 types of tissue make up a eudicot vascular system?

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Phloem, xylem and cambium

65
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Which tissue is on the outer part of a vascular bundle?

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The Phloem

66
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What does xylem tissue do?

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Allows water and dissolved nutrients to move through the plants from the roots, up through the stem and into the leaves

67
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What does phloem tissue do?

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transports carbohydrates from the leaves (where they are manufactured) to all parts of the plants where they are needed - mainly growing tips, storage organs, fruits and seeds

68
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In a root, what is the endodermis?

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The inner ring of tissue that controls movement of water from the cortex into the phloem and xylem

69
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In a root, what is the cortex?

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A thick layer of general tissue which stores food and that produces energy for root growth. Water can pass through the cells of the cortex.

70
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What is a stele?

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All the tissues from the endodermis inwards: the pericycle, the xylem and phloem, the vascular cambium

71
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How are xylem and phloem cells arranged in a monocot root?

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In a circle or ring

72
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How are xylem and phloem cells arranged in a eudicot root?

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The xylem cells form a central ‘hub’ with lobes, and the phloem cells fill the spces between the lobes. A ‘starfish’ shape

73
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In a leaf, what is the cuticle?

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A protective waxy coating which helps the leaf from drying out. Keeps some pathogens out of the leaf tissue.

74
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In a leaf, what are stomata?

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Openings which allow exit and entry of gases and water vapour. The stomata are opened and closed by the water pressure in the guard cells which surround them.

75
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In a leaf, what are palisade cells?

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Mesophyll (middle layer) tissue which contain most chloroplasts - where photosynthesis takes place. Elongated cells close to the top surface of the leaf. The chloroplasts move around in the cells to maximise their exposure to sunlight

76
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In a leaf, what are spongy mesophyll?

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Loose packed cells in spongy tissue with lots of inter-cellular spaces to allow free movement of gases and water vapour. The stomata open into these spaces.

77
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What is a perfect flower?

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One that has both male and female parts

78
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What is a monoecious plant?

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One with separate male and female flowers on the same plant (Juglans regia, many courgettes)

79
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What is a dioecious plant?

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One with male and female flowers growing on completely separate plants? (Skimmia japonica, Ilex aquifolium)

80
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what is a flower spike?

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A modifed raceme where the flowers are attached to the main stalk without stems (i.e. they are sessile)

81
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what is a stele?

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The core of vascular tissue in a root

82
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what is the epidermis?

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The protective outer tissue of a cell

83
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What is a pith?

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Packing tissue in the center of young stems/some roots

84
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What is meristem?

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Area of active cell division

85
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What do you call a root growing from a primary tap root

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Lateral root

86
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What is a root hair?

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Extension of epidermal cell, facilitates in obsorbtion of soil water

87
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What is the pericycle?

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Ring of cells surrounding the vascular bundles in a stele

88
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What is the root cap?

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Protective end of a tap root

89
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What is the cortex?

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Unspecialised cells between epidermis and vascular system

90
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what is the endodermis

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an inner layer of cells in the cortex of a root and of some stems, surrounding a vascular bundle.

91
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What type of flower has all the pedicels arising from one point?

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Umbel

92
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What is an example of a corymb?

A

Sambucus nigra

93
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Give an example of a verticillaster

A

Phlomis russeliana

94
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What are disc florets?

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Fertile flowered daisy-type flower with reduced petals

95
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What is an another word for an undivided leaf?

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Entire

96
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What controls the opening of stomata

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Guard cells

97
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What is the cuticle?

A

waxy protective layer

98
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What is a stoma?

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Pore for gaseous exchange

99
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Where are most stomata located?

A

lower epidermis

100
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What is a bract?

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A leaf-like structure

101
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What does sessile mean?

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Without stalk

102
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What are spongy mesophyll?

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Widely spaced cells in a leaf

103
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what is a palisade cell?

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Cells containing most chloroplasts

104
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Which tissue conducts food?

A

Phloem

105
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Describe a compound umbel

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the flower head is composed of a number of umbels where the peduncles all arise from the same point

106
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Describe a corymb

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A flower head where all the pedicels grow to the same height and form a platform for pollinating insects to land

107
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Describe a raceme

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The flowers are attached to the short main stem by short stalks. The main axis continues to grow and produce flowers

108
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What is a pannicle?

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A branched raceme - each branch is a raceme and continues to grow at the tip

109
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Describe a cyme

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The main axis forms a flower then lateral buds form panicles of flower which open from the top downwards

110
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what are the outputs of photosynthesis?

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Oxygen & gluclose

111
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who are energy producers?

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Kingdom Plantae

112
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what is an organism manufacturing its own food?

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autotroph

113
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what is a chemical process in a living organism?

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biochemical

114
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What is a reaction using light energy?

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photochemical

115
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What are methods of CO 2 enrichment?

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Dry ice, products of combustion

116
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What is an organism dependent on outside food sources?

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heterotroph

117
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What are photosynthesis inputs?

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Carbon dioxide and water

118
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What are stomata?

A

Pores for gaseous exchange

119
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What are spongy mesophyll?

A

Leaf tissue contain gases for exchange

120
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What is green light?

A

Wavelength not absorbed in photosynthesis

121
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What is the energy source for photosynthesis?

A

sunlight

122
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What are chlorplasts?

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Organelles - site of photosynthesis

123
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Name a potentially limiting factor

A

water stress

124
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What happens in the light stage?

A

Water molecules split into hydrogen and oxygen

125
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What is a petrochemical?

A

A reaction using light energy

126
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What is the second stage of photosynthesis?

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Light independent

127
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What are guard cells?

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Either side of the stomata, control opening and closing

128
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What are energy consumers?

A

All animal life

129
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What is the light used in photosynthesis (wavelengths?)

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Red, blue wavelengths

130
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What is gluclose

A

A complex carbohydrate in transportable form

131
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What is starch

A

A complex carbohydrate in stored form

132
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Where are most chloroplasts?

A

Palisade cells in the leaf tissue

133
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What is a factor affecting rate of chemical reactions?

A

heat

134
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What is PAR?

A

photosynthetically active radiation

135
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What plant parts are involoved in photosynthesis?

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green shoots and stems, leafs, petals…

136
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What plant parts are not involved in photosynthesis?

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Roots

137
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What is Carbon Dioxide

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Gaseous compound, 0.04% Earth’s atmostphere

138
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What happens in the light stage?

A

Water molecules split into hydrogen and oxygen

139
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What is chlorophyll

A

The pigment enabling photosynthesis

140
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What is the stele?

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The core of vascular tissues in a dicot root

141
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What is the epidermis?

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Protective layer, simple tissue

142
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what is pericycle?

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ring of meristematic tissue inside the endodermis where lateral roots form

143
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What is the endodermis?

A

tissue that controls movement of water into root

144
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what is phloem?

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Food-conducting complex tissue

145
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What is the cortex?

A

Packing tissue in root

146
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What is the mark showing this years’ growth?

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Growth ring

147
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What is a leaf scar?

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Mark on stem where deciduous leaf was attached

148
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What is the sieve tube?

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Part of the phloem tissue - conducts food

149
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What is an axillary bud?

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Bud in leaf axil

150
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What is vascular cambium?

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Meristematiac tissue in eudicot vascular bundle

151
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What is pith

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Packing tissue in center of eudicot stem

152
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What is a xylem vessel?

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Part of xylem tissue, open tube, dead at maturity

153
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What is a tracheid?

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Part of xylem tissue, allows water through perforations

154
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What is a lenticel

A

A pore for gaseous exhange

155
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What is a node?

A

Point of origin for a leaf

156
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What role does Boron play in plant nutrition?`

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cell wall formation
movement of sugar to growing parts of plants
makes calcium available
pollination and seed set

157
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