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1
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Draw a structure of flowering plant

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2
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What are the two portions of a plant?

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Over ground shoot system and under ground root system

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What are the parts of a plant

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Apical bud, flower, stem, leaf, axillary bud, fruit, petiole, node, internode, node, primary (or tap) root, lateral (or secondary) root.

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What is a meristem

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An area of active cell division

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Where are apical meristems found?

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at the tip of the shoot and tip of the root and give an increase in length.

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Where are lateral meristems found?

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around the edges of some plants and give an increase in width

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What are the functions of roots?

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Anchor, absorb water, absorb minerals, transport absorbed materials to shoot, store food.

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What are tap roots?

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One main root growing from the radicle e.g. carrot

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9
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What are fibrous roots

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Many equal sized roots arising from stem base e.g. grass

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10
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How many types of roots are there?

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2

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11
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What are the four root zones?

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Differentiation zone, elongation zone, meristematic zone, protection zone.

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draw a diagram of a root

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13
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What happens in a differentiation zone?

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Cells develop into 3 different types of tissue

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14
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What happens in an elongation zone?

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Here cells increase in size

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What happens in a meristematic zone?

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Here new cells are produced by mitosis divisions

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What happens in a protection zone?

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A root cap protects the cells as the root pushes through the soil

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17
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Draw a transverse section of tissue location in a root

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18
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Name the tissues in the root

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Dermal Tissue, Xylem, Vascular Tissue, Phloem, Ground Tissue

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Draw a longitudinal section of the root

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20
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What are the functions of the stem?

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Support the arial parts of the plant.
Transport water and minerals from roots to leafs.
Transport food from leafs to roots.
Sometimes store food

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21
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What are the functions of outer stem parts?

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Terminal Bud - increase stem length
Lateral Bud - Grow side branches
Lenticels - Gas exchanges

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Draw a diagram of a transverse section of tissue location in a stem.

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23
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Name the tissues in a stem

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Dermal tissue, Xylem, Phloem, Ground tissue, Vascular tissue.

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24
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What are the functions of a leaf?

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Photosynthesis, transpiration, gas exchange, sometimes store food.

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What are the two types of cell in xylem?

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xylem tracheids and xylem vessels

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26
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Where are xylem tracheids found?

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conifers

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27
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Where are xylem vessels found?

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deciduous trees

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28
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What are xylem cells like on maturity?

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On maturity both are dead, hollow and contain no cytoplasm

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29
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Describe a xylem tracheid structure

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Long cells tapered at both ends
Pits in the walls - allow water and minerals to mover sideways from cell to cell
Walls thickened with lignin for support

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30
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Draw a xylem tracheid structure

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31
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Draw a xylem vessels structure

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32
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Describe a xylem vessels structure

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Elongated cells
Spiral lignin for strength
No end walls - form a continuous tube
Pits to allow sideways movement of water

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33
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What are the two types of cell in a phloem structure?

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Sieve tube cells and companion cells

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34
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Draw a diagram of a phloem structure

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35
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What does the nucleus control in phloem?

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the activities of both companion and sieve tube cell

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36
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What happens to cytoplasm in phloem structure?

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Cytoplasm extends from cell to cell through the sieve plate

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37
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What is different about mature cells

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mature cells have no nucleus

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38
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name the plates in a phloem structure

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sieve plates

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39
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What is an example of a monocot?

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grass

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40
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What is an example of a dicot?

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buttercup

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41
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What is the number of cotyledons that monocotyledons and dicotyledons have?

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Monocots = one
Dicots = two
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42
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What is the arrangement of vascular bundles in the stem of the monocot and dicot like?

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monocot = scattered in the stem
dicot = in a ring pattern
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43
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What is the leaf venation of a monocot and a dicot like?

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monocot = parallel
dicot = netted
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44
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What is the number of flower parts in a monocot and a dicot?

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monocot = in threes
dicot = In fours and fives
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45
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Are monocots and dicots woody or herbaceous?

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Monocot = Almost all are herbaceous
Dicot = May be woody or herbaceous
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46
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What does an autotrophic organism do?

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It makes it’s own food

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47
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How do plants make their own food?

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photosynthesis

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48
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Why do plants need a transport system?

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To provide the materials needed for various plant metabolic processes including photosynthesis, respiration, growth and reproduction.

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49
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What materials are transported in plants?

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Water, carbon dioxide, minerals, carbohydrates produced in photosynthesis

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50
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How does water enter the root hair cells?

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By osmosis

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51
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How are root hairs adapted to the process of osmosis?

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By having thin walls and a large surface area

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52
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Draw a diagram of water moving through a plant

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53
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How does water move through a plant?

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By diffusion from the root hairs into the ground tissue and eventually reaches the xylem

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54
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What do xylem form from roots to leaf?

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continuous hollow pipes

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55
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Draw a diagram of water entering the root, labeling the root hair, ground tissue and xylem

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56
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How many mechanisms cause upward movement of water through the stem in the xylem and what are they called.

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Two mechanisms combined to cause upward movement of water through the stem in the xylem - root pressure and transpiration.

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57
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How does root pressure cause upward movement of water through the stem in the xylem?

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As water moves into the root by osmosis it builds up a pressure that pushes water up the xylem

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58
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How does transpiration cause upward movement of water through the stem in the xylem?

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As water evaporates from the leaf by transpiration, more water is pulled upwards through the xylem and into the leaf

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59
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Draw a diagram of xylem vessels and tracheids.

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60
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Draw the transpiration stream

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61
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What is it called when water evaporates from the leaf cells?

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transpiration

62
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What does transpiration create in a plant?

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an osmotic gradient

63
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What happens to the leaf cells in a plant when an osmotic gradient is created?

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They become less turgid

64
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What does the leaf cells in a plant becoming less turgid due to an osmotic gradient being created cause?

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Water to move out of the xylem to the leaf cells

65
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What controls the water loss from a leaf?

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The presence or absence of a cuticle and the opening and closing of the stomata

66
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How does the opening and closing of the stomata control the water loss from a leaf?

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Stomata closing reduces water loss

Stomata opening increases water loss

67
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How does the presence or absence of a cuticle control the water loss from a leaf?

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Water cannot pass through the cuticle. The presence of a cuticle helps reduce excessive loss of water.

68
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What are examples of mineral uses in a plant?

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Calcium helps make cell walls

Magnesium is part of chlorophyll

69
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How are potassium, nitrates and phosphates absorbed and transported?

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They are absorbed by active transport which requires energy. They are transported from the roots in the xylem, dissolved in water

70
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What are carbon dioxide sources in a plant?

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Produced in the leaf during respiration

Diffuses from the air in through the stomata

71
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Name two photosynthesis products

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Glucose and oxygen

72
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How is glucose used in the plant?

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Glucose is converted to starch and glucose and starch are transported in the phloem

73
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How is oxygen used in the plant?

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Oxygen is transported through the air spaces and out through the stomata by diffusion

74
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Give an example of a root modified to store food

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carrot

75
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What do dicot plants produce, give an example

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Dicot plants, e.g. carrots, produce one main tap root

76
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What happens to the one main tap root of a dicot plant?

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It becomes fleshy and swollen with stored starch

77
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What is an example of a stem modified to store starch?

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Potato

78
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What stem system do potatoes have?

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An underground stem system

79
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What happens to the tips of the stems of potatoes?

What are the swollen stem tips known as?

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The tips of these stems become swollen with stored starch. They are known as tubers.

80
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What are the parts of a potato tuber?

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Apical bud, lenticel, lateral bud

81
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draw and label a potato tuber

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82
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Give an example of a leaf modified to store food?

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onion bulb

83
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What part of a plant is an onion bulb?

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A reduced underground stem

84
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What are the leaves of the onion bulb like?

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fleshy and swollen with stored starch

85
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What are the leaves of an onion bulb surrounding?

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a central apical bud

86
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What are the parts/features of an onion bulb?

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dry scaley leaves, fleshy leaves, apical bud, reduced stem, adventitious roots

87
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What does the cohesion-tension model of xylem transport do?

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Explains how water is transported in plants to extreme heights against the force of gravity

88
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Who proposed the cohesion-tension model of xylem transport?

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Henry Dixon and John Joly

89
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Where did Henry Dixon and John Joly work?

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Working in Trinity College 1894

90
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What does cohesion mean in terms of the cohesion-tension model of xylem transport? Give an example.

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Similar molecules sticking together e.g. water sticking to water

91
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What does adhesion mean in terms of the cohesion-tension model of xylem transport? Give an example.

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Different molecules sticking together e.g. Water sticking to xylem walls

92
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What is the first stage of the cohesion-tension model of xylem transport?

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Cohesion between water molecules in the narrow xylem tubes causes the water to form into a continuous column or stream in the xylem.

93
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What is the second stage of the cohesion-tension model of xylem transport?

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As water molecules evaporate in transpiration at the leaf cohesion between the water molecules replaces the water by pulling the next water molecule up the xylem`. As the column is hard to break this pull is felt down the entire column of water to the root.

94
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What is the third stage of the cohesion-tension model of xylem transport?

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Transpiration from the leaf puts the column of water under tension tension can pull a column of water to great heights in plants.

95
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What causes the column of water to be stretched?

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tension

96
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What prevents the column breaking?

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Cohesive forces between the water molecules are strong enough to prevent the column breaking.

97
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What prevents the xylem from collapsing in?

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lignin in the walls

98
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What is sensitivity?

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The ability to detect change and to respond is called sensitivity.

99
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Response

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Response is a form of defence that allows organisms to survive.

100
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How do plants adapt to new situations?

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Plant adapt to new situations by modifying their growth by means of chemicals called growth regulators [hormones]

101
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What is growth?

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Growth is the increase the number, size and volume of cells.

102
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What is a hormone?

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A hormone is a chemical produced in one part of an organism, transported to other tissues where it has its effect.

103
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What are external factors that regulate the growth of plant?

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External factors that regulate the growth of plants are light intensity, day length, gravity, temperature.

104
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What is development?

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Development means the changes that lead to specialised tissues and organs.

105
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In what way are plant growth regulators active?

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They are active in very small amounts

106
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Where are plant growth regulators produced?

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They are produced in the meristems

107
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Where are plant growth regulators transported?

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In the xylem and phloem

108
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What are plant growth regulators effects dependent on?

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Their effects are dependent on concentration

109
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What can have a great effect on the growth of a plant?

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A small amount of growth regulator can have great effect on growth

110
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What is a coleoptile?

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The sheath around the leaves and shoot of grass seedlings, such as corn or oats.

111
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What is a trophism?

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A plant’s response to a stimulus coming from one direction, e.g. sunlight, gravity

112
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Phototropism

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is a growth response of a stem towards light

113
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Geotropism

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is the growth of a plant in response to gravity

114
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Thigmotropism

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is the growth of a plant in response to contact

115
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Hydrotropism

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is the response of roots to water - they will grow towards it.

116
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Chemotropism

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is the plant’s response to chemicals

117
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What do auxins do?

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promote cell enlargement and growth and are involved in phototropism and apical dominance

118
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How does phototropism work?

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In shoots, light causes auxin to move down the shaded part of the stem, causing the shoot to grow towards the sunlight

119
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What can artificial auxins be used for?

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Artifical auxins can also be used to kill weeds, stimulate roots formation in cuttings.

120
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Draw a diagram of the effect of auxins on phototropism

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121
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What do gibberellins do?

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Cause stem lengthening, mobilise the stored food in germinating seeds and break dormancy in buds and seeds in spring

122
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What do cytokinins do?

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Stimulate cell division (mitosis) and trigger leaf growth in spring

123
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What does abscisin do?

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Abscisic acid triggers bud and seed dormancy in autumn and inhibits cell growth.

124
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What does ethene do?

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Ethene promotes ripening of fruit and the fall of leaves, flowers and fruits.

125
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How are artificial auxins used in rooting powders?

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Artificial auxins are used in rooting powders to stimulate root formation in stem cuttings

126
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How is a synthetic auxin used as a selective weedkiller?

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A synthetic auxin [2, 4-D] is used as a selective weedkiller, making the plants grow too fast.

127
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How is fruit transported unripe and then quickly ripened?

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Fruit is transported green unripe, and can then be quickly ripened by spraying it with ethene.

128
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What are two ways plants can adapt themselves for protection in two ways?

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  1. Structural or anatomical adaptations

2. Chemical adaptations

129
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What is bark/epidermis structurally adapted to do?

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Prevents entry of microbes and reduces loss of water

130
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What is a thick cuticle structurally adapted to do?

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a thick cuticle on stem or leaves to prevent loss of water in plants that live in dry places

131
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What are thorns structurally adapted to do?

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Thorns prevent plants from being eaten by herbivores

132
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What is a stinging cell structurally adapted to do?

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Stinging cell in epidermis prevent plants being eaten

133
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What are guard cells structurally adapted to do?

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Guard cells change shape when they lose water which causes stomata to close and this reduces water loss.

134
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What are Tannins chemically adapted to do?

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Production of Tannins to make the plant indigestible

135
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What are toxic chemicals chemically adapted to do?

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Production of toxic chemicals to prevent growth of insect larvae

136
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What are strychnine and nicotine chemically adapted to do?

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Production of strychnine and nicotine in legumes that damage nerves and muscles

137
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What are heat shock proteins chemically adapted to do?

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Production of heat shock proteins to protect enzymes when temperatures are high

138
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What is plant’s most important adaptation?

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Plants can grow and regenerate throughout their life. They can produce new roots, stems, leaves.

139
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What do auxins promote?

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Promote cell enlargement and growth.

140
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What are auxins involved in?

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Are involved in phototropism - stem bends towards light

141
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What are auxins responsible for?

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Responsible for apical dominance, where the main bud inhibits the growth of buds lower down stem.

142
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What do auxins regulate?

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Regulate the differentiation of the vascular tissue (xylem and phloem)

143
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What is the most abundant naturally-occuring auxin?

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Indole-3-acetic acid (IAA) is the most abundant naturally- occuring auxin.

144
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What is IAA?

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IAA (Indoleacetic acid) is an auxin that is made in the meristems of shoots, buds and root, and in the tips of coleoptiles [of grasses].

145
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How does auxin travel and what happens to it?

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Auxin travels backwards from the tip in the vascular tissue and causes cells to elongate (get longer).

146
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What does the cells elongating due to auxin cause?

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This makes the zones of elongation grow and so the tip is pushed further upwards (in shoots) and downwards (in roots)

147
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What is elongation caused by auxins movement caused by?

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Movement is by active transport from cell to cell, this requires energy.

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