Plant structure, growth and reproduction Flashcards

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1
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What are the 2 types of anchorage and support of root systems?

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  1. Adventitious verus tap root
  2. Buttress roots
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2
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What root organ helps absorb and conduct water and minerals?

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root hairs by increasing surface area

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3
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What is stored in roots?

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food and water

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4
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What are the 4 organs of the root system?

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  1. primary tap root
  2. secondary lateral roots
  3. root hairs
  4. root cap
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5
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What are the 3 types of specialized/modified roots?

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  1. aerial: prop roots, strangling
  2. pneumatophores
  3. buttress
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6
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What are the 5 shoot system organs?

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  1. stem
  2. leaves
  3. fruit
  4. flower
  5. buds
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7
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What are the 3 types of modified stems?

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  1. stolons
  2. rhizomes
  3. tubers
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8
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What are the 4 types of modified leaves?

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  1. spines
  2. tendrils
  3. reproductive
  4. strorage
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9
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What are the 3 types of plant tissues?

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  1. vascular
  2. dermal
  3. ground
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Dermal tissue

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-epidermis
-cuticle
-periderm
-guard cells

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11
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What does vascular tissue transport?

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-water
-minereals
-sugars
-hormones

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12
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Where is ground tissue found?

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-pith
-cortex

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13
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Parenchyma Cells

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-most abundant cell type
-function in photosynthesis, storage, secretion

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Collenchyma cells

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-elongated living cells
-found in stems, petioles, veins
-function is support

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Sclerenchyma cells

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-found in tissues needing maximum support
-cells are dead
-function primarily in support some in transport

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What are the 2 types of sclerenchyma cells?

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  1. trachied
  2. sclerids
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17
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Xylem

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-tracheids, vessel elements
-sclerechyma cells

18
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Phloem

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-food conducting cells
-companion cells

19
Q

Where does primary growth happen?

A

meristems

20
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Apical Meristems

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located
-tips of roots
-terminal buds
-axillary buds of shoots

21
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What is responsible for primary growth?

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apical meristems, they are always dividing

22
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What type of cells do apical meristems make for dermal tissue?

A

protoderm

23
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What type of cells do apical meristems make for ground tissue?

A

ground meristems

24
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What type of cells do apical meristems make for vascular tissue?

A

procambrium

25
Q

What is produced in secondary growth?

A

lateral meristems that form the vascular and cork cambium that increase gurth

26
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What is the first organ to emerge in primary growth?

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the root cap

27
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What is the apical meristem responsible for in primary growth?

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-zone of cell division
-region of stem cells

28
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What is the zone of elongation for?

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to elongate cells and push meristems forward

29
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What does the zone of maturation do in primary growth?

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-new root growth by mitosis

30
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What are the 3 types of cells that are formed with the zone of maturation (differentiation)?

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  1. paren
  2. collen
  3. scieren
31
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What is a stele?

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the zylem and phloem together are termed this

32
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Euidicot root

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xylem is in a starlike pattern with phloem between the arms

33
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Monocot root

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a core of parenchyma cells is surrounded by rings of xylem and phloem (circle in the middle with a ring of circles in it)

34
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In stems what are lateral shoots developed from?

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axillary buds

35
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In an eudicot root how are the vascular bundles arranged?

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arranged in a ring

36
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In a monocot stem are are the vascular bundles arranged?

A

the bundles are scattered and look like spider man faces
the phloem is the forehead and the xylem is the eyes

37
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Heartwood in secondary wood

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no longer transport

38
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Sapwood in secondary wood

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still transport material

39
Q

Hardwoods

A

angiosperm

40
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Softwood

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gymnosperm