Plants

Question 1

Dermal tissue

Answer 1

A single layer of cells covering the different parts of a plant. Eg epidermis

Question 2

Vascular tissue

Answer 2

The tissues involved in transport within the plant, xylem and phloem

Question 3

Ground tissue

Answer 3

All the other tissues within the plant

Question 4

Cuticle

Answer 4

A waxy layer covering the outer surface of plants

Question 5

Herbaceous

Answer 5

Plants that do not contain wood/Lignin. E.g. buttercup

Question 6

Woody plants

Answer 6

Possess woody tissue e.g. oak

Question 7

Lenticels

Answer 7

Openings in the stem of plants that allow gas exchange

Question 8

Transpiration

Answer 8

Loss of water vapour from the leaves and other aerial parts of a plant

Question 9

Stimulus

Answer 9

Anything that brings about a response in an organisms

Question 10

Response

Answer 10

The effect the stimulus has on the organism activity

Question 11

Tropism

Answer 11

The growth response of the plant to an environmental stimulus

Question 12

Phototropism

Answer 12

Growth of plants in response to light

Question 13

Geotropism

Answer 13

Growth of plants in response to gravity

Question 14

gametes

Answer 14

Haploid cells capable of fusion

Question 15

Pollination

Answer 15

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

Question 16

Fertilisation

Answer 16

Union of the male and female gametes to form a diploid zygote

Question 17

Germination

Answer 17

The regrowth of the embryo after a period of dormancy if the environmental conditions are suitable

Question 18

Runners

Answer 18

Horizontal stems that run and grow above ground and from which new plants grow

Question 19

Leaf venation

Answer 19

The way in which veins in the leaves are arranged

Question 20

Meristem

Answer 20

Zone of active cell division in plants