Science 10 Flashcards
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- What are plant hormones used for?
A
- Killing weeds
- Control fruit ripening
- Stimulate plant growth
1
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- Where does the exchange of gases in the woody areas of plants take place?
A
Through tiny openings in the bark called lenticels
2
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- What is cellulose?
A
Component of plant cell walls
3
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- What is the function of the phloem?
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Transports a sugar solution
4
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- What causes turgor pressure?
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The presence of water inside plant cells
5
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- What is the name of the outermost tissue of leaves, young roots and young stems?
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Epidermis
6
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- What is the name for arrangements of xylem and phloem in leaves and in nonwoody plants?
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Vascular bundles
7
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- What is negative tropism?
A
Growth away from a factor
8
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- What are short day plants?
A
Plants that bloom when nights are long
9
Q
- List three characteristics of plants?
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Eukaryotic
Producers
Have cell walls
10
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- What is the vascular cambium?
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Growth region in plants
11
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- What is auxin?
A
Type of plant hormone
12
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- What tissues are found inside the vein of a leaf?
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Xylem and phloem
13
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- Through which structure on a leaf does transpiration occur?
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Stomata
14
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- In which layer of the leaf does the most photosynthesis occur and why?
A
Palisade layer because it contains tightly packed cells with lots of chloroplasts in them where photosynthesis takes place
15
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- Why would girdling kill a tree?
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The phloem is removed and so food cannot be transported to the areas below the girdling.