Plants

Question 1

multicellular eukaryotes that have cell walls of cellulose

Answer 1

plants

Question 2

nonvascular plants (mosses, liverworts, and hornworts); must live close to water and generally low to the ground

Answer 2

bryophytes

Question 3

long thin cells that anchor a bryophyte to the ground and absorb water and nutrients from the soil

Answer 3

rhizoids

Question 4

vascular tissue that carries water from the roots to the rest of the plant

Answer 4

xylem

Question 5

vascular tissue that carries nutrients and carbohydrates produced by photosynthesis

Answer 5

phloem

Question 6

plants with vascular tissue that do not use seeds in reproduction; ex: club mosses, horsetails, and ferns

Answer 6

seedless vascular plants

Question 7

creeping or underground stems seen in ferns

Answer 7

rhizomes

Question 8

plants with vascular tissue that produce seeds; divided into two groups (gymnosperms and angiosperms)

Answer 8

seed plants

Question 9

plants whose seeds are found on cones

Answer 9

gymnosperms

Question 10

flowering plants; plants whose seeds are contained within a layer of protective tissue

Answer 10

angiosperms

Question 11

angiosperm having one seed leaf, parallel veins, three-part symmetry, fibrous roots and scattered vascular tissue

Answer 11

monocot

Question 12

angiosperm having two seed leaves, branching veins, four to five part symmetry, taproots and vascular tissue arranged in a ring

Answer 12

dicot

Question 13

plant that completes its life cycle in one growing season

Answer 13

annual

Question 14

plant that takes two growing seasons to complete its life cycle

Answer 14

biennial

Question 15

flowering plant that lives several years

Answer 15

perennial

Question 16

seed-bearing reproductive organ of an angiosperm

Answer 16

flower

Question 17

the transfer of pollen from the male structure to the female structure

Answer 17

pollination

Question 18

includes the male reproductive parts of a flower, made up of the anther and filament

Answer 18

stamen

Question 19

includes the female reproductive parts of a flower: stigma, style and ovary

Answer 19

carpel/pistil

Question 20

specialized tissue located on the outer covering of a plant

Answer 20

dermal tissue

Question 21

specialized tissue containing two subsystems moving water and nutrients throughout the plant

Answer 21

vascular tissue

Question 22

specialized tissue located between the dermal and vascular tissue in plants

Answer 22

ground tissue

Question 23

waxy layer on the outer surface of a plant protecting against water loss and injury

Answer 23

cuticle

Question 24

organ of the plant responsible for anchoring the plant, water absorption and transporting nutrients and water to the rest of the plant

Answer 24

roots

Question 25

organ of the plant responsible for support, transporting materials from roots to leaves and for producing leaves, branches, and flowers

Answer 25

stems

Question 26

photosynthetic organs that contain one or more bundles of vascular tissue gathered into veins

Answer 26

leaves

Question 27

structure on the underside of leaves that open and close the stomata by responding to changes in water pressure

Answer 27

guard cells

Question 28

tiny openings in the underside of leaves allowing for gas exchange

Answer 28

stomata

Question 29

loss of water from a plant through its leaves

Answer 29

transpiration

Question 30

body symmetry where body parts repeat around the center of the body

Answer 30

radial symmetry

Question 31

body symmetry where a single imaginary plane can divide the body into two equal halves

Answer 31

bilateral symmetry

Question 32

body symmetry where no symmetry exists

Answer 32

asymmetry