Unit 2 Flashcards

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0
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Hyphae is to mycelium as blood vessels is to..

A

The circulatory system

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1
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Roles of fungi include…

A

Decomposition and Commercial Production

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2
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What is the division of club fungi?

A

Basidiomycota

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3
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Why are Deuteromycota considered “imperfect”?

A

The lack a sexual stage

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4
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What organisms make up lichen?

A

Algae and fungi

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5
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Mycorrihzal fungi form mutualistic associations with what…?

A

Root systems of plants

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6
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Name macronutrients.

A

Phosphorus
Nitrogen
Hydrogen

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7
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Loam is composed of…?

A

Sand
Silt
And clay

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8
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What hormone prepares a plant for dormancy?

A

Abscisic acid

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9
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What form of tropism involves growth toward touch?

A

Thigmotropism

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10
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What is the dominant generation of mosses and relatives?

A

Gametophyte generation

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11
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What is required for the reproduction of mosses?

A

Water

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12
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Is a club moss a moss?

A

No

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13
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How do mosses acquire water?

A

Diffusion

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14
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Hornworts, members of division, and antherocerophyta have what?

A

Horn-shaped sporophyte stage

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15
Q

Whiskferns have underground stems called..?

A

Rhizomes

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16
Q

What structure catapults airborne spores?

A

Sorus

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17
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What allows ferns to grown in different environments from the mosses?

A

Vascular tissue

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18
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Lycopodium, the club miss, belongs to what group?

A

Pteridophytes

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19
Q

The corolla’s whorls are made up of what?

A

Petals

20
Q

What is the outer most whorl?

A

Calyx

21
Q

What whorl is composed of sepals?

A

Calyx

22
Q

What are the 3 components of a carpel?

A

Stigma
Style
Ovary

23
Q

What is pollination?

A

When pollen successfully reaches the stigma

24
Q

Ovules mature into ___ ?

A

Seeds

25
Q

Ovaries mature into ____ ?

A

Fruit

26
Q

Monocots are characterized by what?

A

A single seed leaf &

Scattered vascular bundles

27
Q

Dicots are characterized by?

A

Netlike venation

28
Q

What are the components of the xylem?

A

Tracheids

Vessels

29
Q

What plant cells have thick secondary walls strengthened with lignin?

A

Sclerenchyma cells

30
Q

What plant cells have thin primary cell walls and no secondary cell wall? They are designed to carry out metabolic functions in plants.

A

Parenchyma cells

31
Q

What plant cells are functionally dead and are necessary for the transport of water and minerals?

A

Xylem cells

32
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What plant cell has thing primary cell walls but no secondary cell walls?

A

Collenchyma cells

33
Q

What is the stamen composed of?

A

Anther

Filament

34
Q

What part of a root protects cells in the zone of cell division?

A

Root cap

35
Q

Cells in apical meristematic tissue undergo mitosis and result in what type of growth?

A

Primary (growth in length)

36
Q

What is the outer most cell layer?

A

Epidermis

37
Q

What section of the root is composed of ground tissue and ructions in starch storage?

A

Cortex

38
Q

This single cell taker decides what material can enter the xylem

A

Endodermis

39
Q

This section of the root contains the lateral meristem

A

Pericycle

40
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The Pericycle will produce what?

A

Secondary roots

41
Q

This is the innermost layer of a root cross section.

A

Xylem

42
Q

In leaves, which of the following functions prevents excess water loss?

A

Cuticle

43
Q

In leaves, in what layer are cells loosely packed in order to allow the diffusion of gases involved in photosynthesis?

A

Spongy mesophyll

44
Q

In leaves, what structure always regulated exchange of gases between the leaf and environment?

A

Stomata

45
Q

What is the function of companion cells?

A

Transport glucose from photosynthesis into sieve tube cells

46
Q

In generic primary growth, what type of primary meristem produces dermal tissue?

A

Protoderm

47
Q

In primary growth roots, what type of primary meristems produce the central vascular tissue (the stele)?

A

Procambium