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Plants Flashcards

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What are the parts of a plant cell (7)

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  • Nucleus
  • cytoplasm
  • cell membrane
  • cell wall
  • vacuole
  • chloroplast
  • mitochondria
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2
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Equation for photosynthesis

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Sunlight
Carbon dioxide + water -> glucose + oxygen
Chlorophyll

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Cell wall

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Keeps the cell rigid

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Cell membrane

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Controls what Exeter’s and exits the cell

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Chloroplast

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Absorb sunlight for photosynthesis to create energy (food)

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Cytoplasm

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Where chemical reactions happen

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Vacuole

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Stores cell sap and helps keep the cell rigid

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Mitochondria

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Use food for energy

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9
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Nucleus

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Controls the cells activities and contains genetic information

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10
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How is glucose stored in a plant

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As starch

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11
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What do plants use glucose for (5)

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  • Respiration
  • converted to starch for storage
  • used to make cellulose
  • proteins
  • oils
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12
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How do you test a leaf for starch (5)

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  • put the leaf in boiling water
  • put the leaf in boiling ethanol
  • wash with water
  • flatten it and use drops of iodine
  • blue/black means it is present yellow/brown means it’s not
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13
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What does boiling a leaf in water do

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Kills leaf and destroys cell membrane

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14
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What does boiling a leaf in ethanol do

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Removes chlorophyll/ decolouration

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What colour does a leaf in light turn when tested with iodine

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Blue/black - it was photosynthesising so starch is present

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What colour does a leaf in dark turn when tested with iodine

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Orange/brown - no photosynthesis therefore no starch

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17
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What colour do variegated leaves turn when tested with iodine

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Green turns blue/black, white turns orange/brown - the part that is green contains chlorophyll

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18
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What colour does a leaf with no carbon dioxide turn when tested with iodine

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Orange-brown - no photosynthesis therefore no starch

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19
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What experiment tests what happens to leaves if they had no CO2

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Put a plant in a jar without CO2 and create a control jar

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20
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What apparatus is needed for a jar to test what happens to a plant without CO2 (3)

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  • sodium hydroxide filled container
  • glass jar
  • plant
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21
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What apparatus is needs for a control jar to test the affect of CO2 on plants (3)

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  • water filled container
  • glass jar
  • plant
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22
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Stoma

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Pore in the underside of a leaf. Surrounded by two guard cells that control its opening and closing. Allows gases to pass into or out of leaf.

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23
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Plural of stoma

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Stomata

24
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What are the layers of a leaf

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  • wax cuticle
  • upper epidermis
  • palisade mesophyll
    -spongy mesophyll
  • lower epidermis
25
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Wax cuticle

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Prevents loss of water by evaporation

26
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Epidermis

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Protective layer of cells that produces the wax cuticle

27
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Palisade mesophyll

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Contain large numbers of chloroplast for photosynthesis. They are close to the leaf surface and tightly packed together with no space to maximise surface area and light absorption.

28
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Spongy mesophyll

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Have large air spaces so that carbon dioxide and oxygen can diffuse between them.

29
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What 2 tests show that plants are photosynthesising

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  • starch test
  • count bubbles
30
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Effect of light intensity on photosynthesis

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As it increases it increases

31
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Effect of CO2 concentration on photosynthesis

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As it increases it would increase

32
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Effect on temperature on photosynthesis

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As it increases it would increase until it reaches a certain point after which it decreases.

33
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What do plants use water for (3)

A
  • photosynthesis
  • transports dissolved minerals around the plant
  • for support to prevent plant wilting
34
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Root hair in root hair cell

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Increases surface area so it can absorb more water and minerals

35
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Xylem

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Water and minerals are carried from the roots to all other parts of the plant

36
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Translocation

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Sucrose is carried from the photosynthetic areas to other parts of the plant

37
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What vessel does sucrose move through

A

Phloem

38
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Xylem characteristics (4)

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  • One way only
  • transports water and minerals
  • no end walls between cells
  • thick walls stiffened with lignin
39
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Phloem characteristics (3)

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  • transports water and food
  • two way flow
  • cells have end walls with perforations
40
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How does a fan effect transpiration

A

Fan blows moist air away so there is more space for evaporation. More water evaporating, the more transpiration.

41
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What device is used to measure transpiration

A

Potometer

42
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How do you set up a potometer (4)

A
  • fill water reservoir and beaker of water (dyed blue water)
  • close the tap
  • place plant shoot in tube
  • cover tube opening with Vaseline
43
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What is a symptom of potassium deficiency

A

Yellowing of leaves

44
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What is a symptom of phosphorus deficiency

A

Poor root growth

45
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What is a symptom of nitrates deficiency

A

Poor/reduced growth

46
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Uses of water to plants (3)

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  • use in photosynthesis
  • transports minerals
    -provides support by filling vacuoles and keeps cells turgid
47
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How do root hairs uptake mineral salts

A

By active transport. They are actively respiring.

48
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Phloem

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Carries sucrose from photosynthetic areas of the plant to others for use in respiration or converted into starch for storage

49
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What factors lead to different rates of transpiration in pants (3)

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  • surface area of leaves/number of leaves
  • number of stomata
  • thickness of cuticle/presence of waxy layer
50
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Are enzymes involved in photosynthesis

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Yes

51
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Limiting factors of photosynthesis

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  • light intensity
  • temperature
  • carbon dioxide concentration
52
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Why are their lots of mitochondria in root hair cells

A

To produce ATP for active transport of minerals

53
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Why are their lots of mitochondria in root hair cells

A

To produce ATP for active transport of minerals

54
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What do the stoma do

A

Open and close to regulate transpiration and allow gas exchange

55
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Transpiration

A

The evaporation of water from the plants leaves from inside the plant

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