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1
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What cell type has thin primary external cell walls?

A

Parenchyma

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2
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What cell makes up the pith and the majority of the cortex?

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Parenchyma

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3
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What cell type has unevenly thickened external cell walls?

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Collenchyma

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4
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What cell supports parenchyma tissue?

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Collenchyma

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5
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What cells are often found underneath the epidermis in secondary growth eusteles?

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Collenchyma

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6
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What cell type has the thickest external cell walls?

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Sclerenchyma

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What cells support the vascular bundles and are located above the phloem?

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Sclerenchyma

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8
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What 3 cell types are dead at maturity?

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Sclerenchyma, Vessels, and Tracheids

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9
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What plants have tracheids?

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All vascular plants

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10
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What are the holes that allow for horizontal water transport in tracheids and vessels called?

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Pits

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11
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What type of plants are vessels found in?

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Angiosperms

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12
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What vascular cell type transports water

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Xylem

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13
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What vascular cell type transports photosynthetic compounds (glucose)?

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Phloem

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14
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What cells are living at maturity, but rely on companion cells for nutrients?

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Sieve elements

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15
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What sieve element is found in gymnosperms?

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Sieve cells

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16
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What sieve element is found in angiosperms?

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Sieve tubes

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17
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What is the only non-living biological level?

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Chemical

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18
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What is the smallest functional unit of life?

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Cell

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19
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What cell type does not have a nucleus or organelles except for ribosomes?

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Prokaryotic Cells

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20
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What cell type has a nucleus and organelles?

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Eukaryotic Cells

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21
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Tissue

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Group of cells that perform a certain function

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22
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Organ

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Structure composed of 2 or more tissues carrying out a specific function.

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23
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Organ System

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A group of organs that carry out a specific function.

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24
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What is the smallest unit of evolution?

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Population

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25
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What is the group of individuals part of a species in an ecosystem called?

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Population

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26
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Communitiy

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All the different species groups living in an environment.

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27
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Ecosystem

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All species groups and non-living factors (wind, rain, weather, rocks) in an environment.

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28
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Biosphere

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All environments on earth.

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29
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(4) Evidence for evolution

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Fossils, Homologous characteristics (occur in many species groups) and Convergent evolution, Vestigial organs, and molecular relationships (Chloroplast DNA, cytochrome C)

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30
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Plant parts named from fossils individually before described as a species.

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Form Fossil

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31
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(2) Markers in DNA that can help tell how closely related species are.

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Chloroplast DNA, Cytochrome C.

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32
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Sharp thin modified leaves

A

Spines

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33
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Sharp thin modified branches

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Thorns

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34
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Protrusions made of modified epidermal layer

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Prickles

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35
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Trendrils

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Used for support, can be derived from leaves or branches

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36
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Fluid Mosaic Model

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The theory that the components in the membrane (phospholipids, proteins, sterols, and glycoprotein) move laterally across the membrane.

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37
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Hydrophobic components of the membrane oriented towards the center.

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Membrane fatty acids

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38
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Fatty acid that does not have any double bonds, making it straight and pack tightly together.

A

Saturated fatty acids

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39
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Fatty acid that makes the bilayer less fluid

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Saturated fatty acids

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40
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Fatty acid that has at least one double bond, making it bend and pack less tightly together.

A

Unsaturated fatty acids

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41
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Fatty acid that makes the bilayer more fluid

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Unsaturated fatty acids

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42
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External Peripheral Proteins

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Membrane proteins on the outside, exposed to the environment, and form receptors.

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43
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Internal Peripheral Proteins

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Membrane proteins inside the bilayer, exposed to cytoplasm, and serve as enzyme reaction sites.

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44
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Integral Proteins

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Membrane proteins connecting the two sides of the bilayer. Form channels and carriers, transport molecules across the membrane, and make the membrane selectively permeable.

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45
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Membrane components that maintain fluidity. Making it more fluid at colder temperatures and less fluid at hot temperatures.

A

Sterols

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46
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Glycocalyx

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Protein receptors on the outside of the membrane

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47
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(4) Factors contributing to membrane permeability

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Size of molecule, lipid solubility, charge on molecule, presence of specific membrane channels.

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48
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Site of ribosomal RNA production in nucleus

A

Nucleolus

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49
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Organelle that contains the cell’s genetic material (DNA, Histone proteins)

A

Nucleus

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50
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Site of protein synthesis in all cells

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Ribosome

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51
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What proteins do ribosomes in the cytoplasm produce?

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Immediately active proteins such as enzymes

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52
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What proteins do ribosomes attached to the rough ER produce?

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Proteins that require modification like membrane proteins and organelle proteins

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53
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What is the difference between rough ER and smooth ER (endoplasmic reticulum)?

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Rough ER has ribosomes on the surface, while smooth ER has no ribosomes has Ca++ storage, and preforms lipis synthesis.

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54
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What organelle modifies, synthesizes, sorts, and packages materials in vesicles for intercellular transport?

A

Dictyosomes

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55
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What moves substances from organelle to organelle and to and from the cell membrane?

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Transport Vesicles

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56
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What vesicle contains digestive enzymes?

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Lysosomes

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57
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What vesicle stores catalase enzymes, converts H2O2 to H2O and O2?

A

Peroxisomes

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58
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What vesicle prevents free radical formation of H2O?

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Peroxisomes

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59
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What vesicle is only found in plant seeds and contains enzymes that converts stored fat to sucrose?

A

Glyoxysomes

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60
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Primary site of ATP synthesis in the cell

A

Mitochondria

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61
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What organelle is double membrane bound with the outer membrane being smooth, and the inner membrane being highly folded (cristae)?

A

Mitochondria

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62
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What 2 organelles contain their own DNA and are thought to have formed by endosymbiosis?

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Plastids including Chloroplasts, and Mitochondria

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63
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Protein network extending throughout the cytoplasm, maintains cell shape, supports organelles, and transports materials inside the cell

A

Cytoskeleton

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64
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What are the main 2 functions of the central vacuole?

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Controls water pressure in the cell and contributes to an increase in cell size

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65
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Membrane of the central vacuole

A

Tonoplast

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66
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What is the liquid in the central vacuole called?

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Cell Sap

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67
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What is cell sap made of?

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Water with dissolved substances, ions, anthocyanins (red, blue, or purple pigments), alkaloids (toxic secondary compounds), and crystals.

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68
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Undifferentiated plastids

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Proplastids

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69
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Chloroplasts

A

Site of photosynthesis

70
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Where is chlorophyll located in the chloroplast?

A

In the grana stacks, made up of thylakoids

71
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What plastid contains pigments which overwhelm the green from chloroplasts?

A

Chromoplasts

72
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What is the function of chromoplasts?

A

To attract animals for pollination and seed dispersal

73
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What are chromoplasts formed from?

A

Chloroplasts

74
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What is the least specialized plastid that synthesizes some lipids and stores iron

A

Leucoplasts

75
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What plastid produces and stores starch?

A

Amyloplasts

76
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What are the 3 functions of the cell wall?

A

To protect the cell from the environment, provide rigidity and shape to the cell, and prevents cell damage from increases in water pressure.

77
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What is the main component of the cell wall?

78
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How is cellulose organized?

A

Cellulose fibers make up microfibrils, which make up macrofibrils.

79
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What forms between the primary external walls of 2 different cells, adhering them together?

A

Middle Lamella

80
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What makes the middle lamella sticky?

81
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What is the outermost layer of the cell found in all plants?

A

Primary External Cell Wall

82
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Secondary Cell Wall

A

Thickest layer, formed after cell is mature during secondary growth

83
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Openings in the external cell wall

84
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Cytoplasm strands that go through pits and connect cells

A

Plasmodesmata

85
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When all cells are linked together by cytoplasm

86
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Materials move cell to cell throughout the plant body, and all cells effectively respond as one

A

Symplastic movement

87
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Materials move through the plant body outside of cytoplasm and around cells in intercellular spaces

A

Apoplastic movement

88
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Flowering plants

A

Angiosperms

89
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Cone producing plants

A

Gymnosperms

90
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What are the 5 parts of an angiosperm plant?

A

Root, stem, leaves, meristems, and flowers

91
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Where do leaves, branches and flowers attach to the stem?

92
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What is the region in between nodes called?

93
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Leaf Axil

A

The angle between the stem and a branch

94
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Where do buds form?

A

In the leaf axil

95
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Group of cells that perform a certain function

96
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Structure composed of 2 or more tissues carrying out a specific function.

97
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A group of organs that carry out a specific function.

A

Organ System

98
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Population

A

What is the group of individuals part of a species in an ecosystem called?

99
Q

All the different species groups living in an environment.

A

Communitiy

100
Q

All species groups and non-living factors (wind, rain, weather, rocks) in an environment.

101
Q

All environments on earth.

102
Q

Form Fossil

A

Plant parts named from fossils individually before described as a species.

103
Q

Chloroplast DNA, Cytochrome C.

A

(2) Markers in DNA that can help tell how closely related species are.

104
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Spines

A

Sharp thin modified leaves

105
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Thorns

A

Sharp thin modified branches

106
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Prickles

A

Protrusions made of modified epidermal layer

107
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Used for support, can be derived from leaves or branches

108
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Membrane proteins on the outside, exposed to the environment, and form receptors.

A

External Peripheral Proteins

109
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Membrane proteins inside the bilayer, exposed to cytoplasm, and serve as enzyme reaction sites.

A

Internal Peripheral Proteins

110
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Membrane proteins connecting the two sides of the bilayer. Form channels and carriers, transport molecules across the membrane, and make the membrane selectively permeable.

A

Integral Proteins

111
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Sterols

A

Membrane components that maintain fluidity. Making it more fluid at colder temperatures and less fluid at hot temperatures.

112
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Protein receptors on the outside of the membrane

A

Glycocalyx

113
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Nucleolus

A

Site of ribosomal RNA production in nucleus

114
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Nucleus

A

Organelle that contains the cell’s genetic material (DNA, Histone proteins)

115
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Ribosome

A

Site of protein synthesis in all cells

116
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Mitochondria

A

Primary site of ATP synthesis in the cell

117
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Cytoskeleton

A

Protein network extending throughout the cytoplasm, maintains cell shape, supports organelles, and transports materials inside the cell

118
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Tonoplast

A

Membrane of the central vacuole

119
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Proplastids

A

Undifferentiated plastids

120
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Site of photosynthesis

A

Chloroplasts

121
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Primary External Cell Wall

A

What is the outermost layer of the cell found in all plants?

122
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Thickest layer, formed after cell is mature during secondary growth

A

Secondary Cell Wall

123
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Pits

A

Openings in the external cell wall

124
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Plasmodesmata

A

Cytoplasm strands that go through pits and connect cells

125
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Symplast

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When all cells are linked together by cytoplasm

126
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Symplastic movement

A

Materials move cell to cell throughout the plant body, and all cells effectively respond as one

127
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Apoplastic movement

A

Materials move through the plant body outside of cytoplasm and around cells in intercellular spaces

128
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Angiosperms

A

Flowering plants

129
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Gymnosperms

A

Cone producing plants

130
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The angle between the stem and a branch

131
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What is the primary gas exchange organ in plants?

132
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Openings that can open and close, and control gas exchange, water in leaves, and leaf temperature

133
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Stomata

A

Openings that can open and close, and control gas exchange, water in leaves, and leaf temperature

134
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What helps to prevent water loss in leaves

135
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What is the waxy substance that covers the epidermis

136
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What meristem is located on the end of branches, stems, and roots to lengthen the plant body?

A

Primary Apical Meristem

137
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What meristem is located in the stem and increases the width of the plant body?

A

Lateral Meristem (Procambium)

138
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What cambium is located inside the vascular bundles?

A

Fascicular Cambium

139
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What cambium is located in between the vascular bundles in plants with some secondary growth?

A

Interfascicular Cambium

140
Q

What did tracheids evolve from?

A

Sclerenchyma

141
Q

What did vessels evolve from?

142
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What are the end to end openings in vessels called?

A

Perforation plates

143
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When do perforation plates form?

A

When the vessel deteriorates at maturity

144
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What are the main cells in phloem?

A

Sieve elements

145
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What xylem thickening is composed of rings?

146
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What thickening is a spiral?

147
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What thickening is composed of thin horizontal openings?

A

Scalariform

148
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What thickening is net-like?

A

Reticulate

149
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What thickening is composed of circular holes?

A

Foraminate (Pitted)

150
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What thickening is composed of doughnut shaped rings?

A

circular bordered

151
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What are the little hair-like extensions of the epidermis called?

152
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What are some purposes of trichomes? (2)

A

Shade the leaf, contain defensive compounds to prevent walking on the leaf or chewing on the leaf.

153
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Tuber

A

Underground storage stem (starch)

154
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Bulb

A

Short stem with fleshy storage leaves, roots arise at the base of the stem.

155
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Corm

A

Thick underground storage stem with papery leaves

156
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Rhizome

A

Fleshy horizontal underground stem, helps plant spread laterally

157
Q

Underground storage stem (starch)

158
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Short stem with fleshy storage leaves, roots arise at the base of the stem.

159
Q

Thick underground storage stem with papery leaves

160
Q

Fleshy horizontal underground stem, helps plant spread laterally

161
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Haplostele (extinct prostele)

A

Solid cylinder of xylem, no pith

162
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Actinostele (prostele)

A

Solid xylem with ridges, no pith

163
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Siphonostele

A

Ring of xylem with pith in the center

164
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Eustele

A

Ring of vascular bundles

165
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Atactostele

A

Scattered vascular bundles

166
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Solid cylinder of xylem, no pith

A

Haplostele (extinct prostele)

167
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Solid xylem with ridges, no pith

A

Actinostele (prostele)

168
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Ring of xylem with pith in the center

A

Siphonostele

169
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Ring of vascular bundles

170
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Scattered vascular bundles

A

Atactostele

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