Plants Flashcards

1
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Red, yellow, or orange pigments also used for photosynthesis

A

Carotenoids

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2
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A waxy covering on the plant leaves

A

Cuticle

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3
Q

Cell walls contain

A

Cellulose

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4
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Two divisions of plant kingdoms

A

Vascular or no vascular plants

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5
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Where photosynthesis typically occurs

A

Leaves

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6
Q

For covering and protection

A

Upper and lower epidermis

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7
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Small openings in epidermis for water

A

Stomata

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8
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Just below upper epidermis, tall narrow, cells

A

Palisade layer

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9
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Between palisade layer and the lower epidermis

A

Spongy layers

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10
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Above ground, supporting branches

A

Stems

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11
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Special functions of stems

A

Share food/water, attach plant or climb, help plants spread

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12
Q

Stems can be

A

Herbaceous or woody

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13
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Have vascular tissue in which and dissolved substances can enter the plant

A

Roots

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14
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Stack to make structures called vessels that move water and dissolve substances from the roots of the plant

A

Xylem

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15
Q

Tubular cells stacked to form “tubes”
Move food from where it’s made to all other parts of the plants

A

Phloem

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16
Q

Produces in xylem and phloem

17
Q

Vascular plants that produce seeds
- don’t have flowers
- also known as conifers

A

Gymnosperms

18
Q

Vascular plants that flowers and has a fruit that contains one or more seeds ( divided into two groups)

A

Angiosperms

19
Q

Has one cotyledon, flower parts in multiples of three

20
Q

Two cotyledons
-flower parts are in multiples of 4 or 5
-bundles of veins

21
Q

Complete their life cycle in one year

22
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Complete life cycle in two years

23
Q

Plants that come back each year after year

A

Perennials

24
Q

Most economically important gymnospore

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Most conifers used for wood for … and ….
Construction and paper
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Waxy substance for conifers
Resin
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Most economically important plants on earth
Angiosperms
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Usually just a few cells thick Only mm to cm in height Have stem-like stalks Have leaf-like growths ReProduce by spores
Seedless non vascular plants
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Seedless non vascular plants include
Mosses and spores
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Seedless vascular plants grow thicker because of
Vascular tissue
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Seedless vascular plants include
Ferns