Plant Structure, Growth, and Development

Question 1

root

Answer 1

absorbs water and minerals

Question 2

stem

Answer 2

organ with nodes and internodes

Question 3

nodes

Answer 3

where leaves attatchi

Question 4

internodes

Answer 4

stem segments between nodes

Question 5

leaf

Answer 5

main photosynthetic organ of most vasc plants

Question 6

most common plant cell

Answer 6

parenchyma

Question 7

rarest type of plant cell

Answer 7

collenchyma

Question 8

plant cells dead at maturity

Answer 8

sclerenchyma and xylem

Question 9

plant cell alive at maturity

Answer 9

phloem

Question 10

apical meristems

Answer 10

elongate shoots and root, primary growth

Question 11

lateral meristems

Answer 11

thickness to woody plants, secondary growth

Question 12

vascular cambium

Answer 12

layer of secondary xylem (wood) and secondary phloem

Question 13

cork cambium

Answer 13

replaces epidermis with periderm, thicker and longer

Question 14

two ways plants increase size

Answer 14

cell number, sell expansion

Question 15

what determines cell fate

Answer 15

symmetry of cell division

Question 16

what restricts cell elongation

Answer 16

cellulose microfibrils

Question 17

two hypotheses of pattern formation in cells

Answer 17

1. lineage-based
2. position-based

Question 18

plant cells fate

Answer 18

position-based

Question 19

animal cell fate

Answer 19

lineage-dependent

Question 20

Plants pass through developmental phases called….

Answer 20

phase changes