Plants

Question 0

Flowering plant species are called…

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Angiosperms

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A Meristem

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A plant tissue capable of mitosis

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Tap Roots

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Consist of a main root that develops from the initial root that emerged from the seed (radicle)

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Fibrous Roots

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Form when the radicle dies away to leave a group of equal roots

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Dermal tissue

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Forms the covering layer on a plant

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Vascular tissue

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Transports materials xylem and phloem

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Ground tissue

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Occupies the area between vascular and dermal

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Monocotyledons

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One cotyledon in the seed, parallel venation, scattered vascular bundles

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Dicots

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Two cotyledons in the seed, reticulate venation, ring of vascular bundles

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Root pressure

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When water is drawn in by osmosis the build up of water causes pressure

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Transpiration

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Is the loss of water vapour from the leaves and other aerial parts of the plant

Question 11

The rate of photosynthesis is calculated by …

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Combining the carbon dioxide taken in through the stomata with the carbon dioxide formed in respiration

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Stimulus

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Anything that cause a reaction in an organism or any of its parts

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Response

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Is the activity if a cell or organism as a result of a stimulus

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A tropism

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A plants change in growth in response to an external stimulus

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Phototropism

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Plants growth in response to light

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Geotropism

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Plants growth in response to gravity

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Thigmotropism

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Plants growth in response to touch e.g ivy, creepers

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Hydrotropism

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Plants growth in response to water e.g roots

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Chemotropism

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Plants change in growth in response to chemical e.g roots towards minerals + away from heavy metals

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A growth regulator

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A chemical that controls the growth of a plant

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Aseptic

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Means that measures are taken to exclude microorganisms

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Sterile

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Means that all microorganisms are destroyed

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Asexual reproduction

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Involves only one parent

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Sexual reproduction

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Involves the union of two gametes

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Gametes

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Haploid cells capable of fusion

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Stamens

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are the male parts of the flower

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Carpels

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Female parts of flower

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Pollination

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The transfer of pollen from an anther to a stigma of a flower from the same species

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Self-pollination

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Involves the transfer of pollen from an anther to a stigma on the same plant

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Cross-pollination

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Involves the transfer of pollen from an anther to a stigma on a different plant of the same species

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Fertilisation

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The union of the male and female gametes to form a diploid zygote

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Embryo

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A multicellular diploid eukaryote in its earliest stage of development