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1
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What do monocots plants have?

A

Single cotyledon
Narrow leaves with parallel veins
Flower parts in 3 or multiples of three
Stems with scattered vascular bundles

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What do eudicots plants typically have

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two cotyledons
broad leaves with netlike veins
flower parts in fours or fives
stem vascular bundles in a ring

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3
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What are the Vegetative organs of flowering plants?

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Roots, stems, and leaves

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4
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What system does the roots make?

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Root system

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5
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What system does the stems and leaves makes?

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Shoot system

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6
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_______ anchor the plant and take up water and minerals

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Roots

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7
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Stems bear _____ and ______

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leaves; buds

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8
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________ buds form branches

A

Lateral

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9
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___________ (__________) produce cells that contribute to stem elongation

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Apical buds (at tip ends)

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10
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_________ are responsible for most photosynthesis

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Leaves

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11
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Their flat blades are usually oriented ___________ to the sun’s rays

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perpendicular

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12
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_________: single blade leaf

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Simple

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13
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_________: separate leaflets in one leaf

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Compound

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14
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Each plant cell has a __________, and sometimes a ___________, cell wall (cellulose)

A

primary; secondary

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15
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Adjacent plant cells are connected by _____________ extending through both cell walls

A

plasmodesmata

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16
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__________ passes between plant cells through the plasmodesmata

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Material

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17
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What are the 3 different plant ground tissues?

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Parenchyma
Collenchyma
Sclerenchyma

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18
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__________ cells have thin walls

A

Parenchyma

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19
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In Parenchyma cells, store ______ or _______; some others carry out photosynthesis

A

starch; lipids

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20
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__________ cells provide flexible support

A

Collenchyma

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21
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In Collenchyma cell wall usually have __________ at corners

A

thickened

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22
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celery “strings” contain many ___________ fibers

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collenchyma

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23
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__________ cells provide strength, and are often dead

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Sclerenchyma

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24
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In Sclerenchyma, very thick secondary walls with ______ (rigid), in addition to ___________

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lignin; cellulose

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25
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What are the 2 types of Sclerenchyma cells and where can they be found at?

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Elongated fibers (tree bark) and Irregular-shaped sclereids (pears)

26
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_______ _______ transports materials throughout plant

A

Vascular tissue

27
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What are the 2 categories of vascular tissue?

A

xylem and phloem

28
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What do xylem transport?

A

water & dissolved minerals

29
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What do phloem transport?

A

photosynthetic products, e.g. sugars

30
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Xylem cells called _______ and _______

A

tracheids and vessel elements

31
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Xylem conduct water and minerals after the _____

A

cells die

31
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Phloem cells: function when ______

A

alive (unlike xylem)

32
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_____ members are the conducting cells; perforated ends called sieve plates in phloem tissue

A

Sieve tube

33
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Their activities are often controlled by ________ _______ in phloem tissue

A

companion cells

34
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What are the 3 types of plant tissues?

A

Vascular tissue, dermal tissue, and ground tissue

35
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What does vascular tissue do?

A

system conducts water, minerals, and the products of photosynthesis

36
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What does dermal tissue do?

A

system protects the body surface

37
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What does ground tissue do?

A

system produces and stores food materials and performs other functions

38
Q

_________ are localized regions of cell division in plants

A

Meristems

39
Q

In animals, ______ can and do divide anywhere in body

A

cells

40
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A _________ __ ________ generates the plant body

A

hierarchy of meristems

41
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____________ at the tips of stems and roots produce the primary growth of those organs

A

Apical meristems

42
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What is the primary growth of a plant?

A

Increase in lenght

43
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What are the three primary tissues daughter cells from apical meristem?

A

dermal, ground and vascular

44
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What are the three overlapping zone in root tips?

A

zones of cell division, cell elongation, and cell differentiation (maturation)

45
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What is secondary growth in plants?

A

Growth of diameter

46
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What are the 2 lateral meristems that are responsible for secondary growth?

A

vascular cambium and cork cambium

47
Q

The dermal tissue system consists of the ________

A

epidermis

48
Q

What is the purpose for the root hairs?

A

root hairs responsible for absorbing water and minerals

49
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________ root: vascular tissue in a ring with a central pith region

A

Monocot

50
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________ root: vascular tissue forms a central stele; xylem cells often form a ‘cross’ or ‘X’ shape

A

Eudicot

51
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_________ & _______ stems contain vascular bundles

A

Monocot and dicot

52
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__________: vascular bundles scattered throughout stems

A

Monocots

53
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________: vascular bundles in a steam are arranged in a ring (cylinder)

A

Dicots

54
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In eudicot stems and roots with secondary growth, vascular and cork cambia give rise to secondary _______ & ________

A

xylem and phloem

55
Q

As secondary growth continues, _______ & _______ are produced

A

wood and bark

56
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Wood: mostly old secondary ________

A

xylem

57
Q

________ is the photosynthetic tissue of a leaf

A

Mesophyll

58
Q

What does veins (vascular bundles) do in a leaf?

A

bring water and minerals to the mesophyll
carry products of photosynthesis to other parts of the plant body

59
Q

A ____________ prevents water loss from the leaf, but is impermeable to carbon dioxide

A

waxy cuticle

60
Q

_____________ control opening of stomata (s. stoma), leaf openings that allow CO2 to enter but also water to escape

A

Guard cells

61
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What causes the stomata to open can closed?

A

Water

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