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Unit 3^Plant Physiology Flashcards

1
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How is magnesium taken up by plants and what is it used for?

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Magnesium is taken up by plants thru active transport

it is used to make CHLOROPHYLL 🍃

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How are nitrates taken up by plants and what are they used for?

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Nitrates are taken up by plants thru active transport

they’re used for making amino acids + growth

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3
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Where is adrenaline made in the body and what does it do?

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Adrenaline is made in the adrenal glands [top of kidneys]
it triggers the ‘fight or flight’ which prepares body for action
It INCREASES HEART RATE (part of brain called medulla tells heart to beat faster)

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4
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What is meant by the term self-pollination

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self-pollination=

Pollination which occurs in the same flower 🌷

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What is meant by the term cross-pollination + what does this method rely on

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Cross-pollination=
Pollination where pollen grains are transferred to a different flower 🌷 🌹

Relies on INSECTS 🦟 or WIND 💨to help them pollinate

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6
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Define the term ‘pollen grain’

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A pollen grain is a structure in the plant that contains the male gamete

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What is POLLINATION

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Pollination is the transfer of pollen from anther to stigma

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Suggest how the dry mass of 10kg of fresh potato tubers can be determined

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  • weigh them on a weighing scale

* then heat them until all the water has evaporated + the mass stays the same

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9
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Why can’t you test a fresh leaf for starch? 🍃

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If you put iodine solution on a fresh leaf nothing will happen cos the WAXY surface of the leaf will not absorb the solution (hence no colour change)

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10
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Design an experiment to test leaves for starch

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1) remove a fresh leaf that’s been in sunlight
2) boil leaf in water for 30 seconds to kill it (stop chemical reactions in the leaf) 💦
3) boil it in ETHANOL to remove colour + waxy cuticle 🥂
4) now wash in cold water to soften it
5) spread the leaf on a tile + put 10 drops of iodine solution on leaf

** any parts of leaf that contain starch will go blue black !!!!

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What is meant by the term ‘variegated leaf’

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Variegated leaves are leaves with parts naturally without chlorophyll

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12
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Describe the process of photosynthesis

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Plants use light energy from the sun 🌞(absorbed by chloroplasts 🍃) to convert CO2 + H2O 💦 into chemical energy (glucose) + oxygen

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13
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There are more stomata on the lower epidermis of a leaf, why is this?

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There are more stomata on the lower epidermis,

Cos less EVAPORATION takes place on the cooler+ shady underside of the leaf

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Design an experiment to measure the rate of photosynthesis

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1) use an aquatic plant like algae or ELODEA
2) place it in a test tube of water and then into a water bath with a thermometer 🌡 (to keep temperature of beaker constant)
3) use a lamp + alter the distance away from pondweed using ruler
4) count the bubbles formed per minute
5) the more bubble per minute the faster the rate of photosynthesis

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Name the 3 factors that affect the rate of concentration and explain how they do so

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LIMITING FACTORS!

☀️ LIGHT INTENSITY
• if light increased so will rate of PS, but to a certain point — beyond CO2 or temperature will be limiting factor

🗯 CO2 Level/ concentration
• if co2 increases so will rate of PS, but to a certain point — beyond temperature of light will be limiting factor

🌡 TEMPERATURE
• as temperature increases so will rate of PS, but to a certain point — if temp TOO HIGH enzymes will denature hence rate of PS decreases
(Usually the temp is the limiting factor cos it’s too low)

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16
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What does the xylem do (it’s part of the vascular bundle)

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Xylem carries water + mineral salts from roots up shoot

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17
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What does the phloem do (it’s part of the vascular bundle)

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Phloem carries sucrose + amino acids to all parts of plant (translocation)

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18
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What do plants need nitrates for?

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Needed for cell growth (makes amino acids)

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19
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What is a sign that a plant is deficient of nitrates

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Yellow leaves + stunted growth

🌕🌕🌕🌕

20
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What do plants need phosphates for ?

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To make DNA + cell membranes

21
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What is a sign that a plant is deficient of phosphates ?

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Poor root growth + PURPLE older leaves 🔮🔮🔮🔮🔮

22
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What do plants need potassium for ?

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To make enzymes

23
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What do plants need magnesium for?

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🌱 need magnesium for making CHLOROPHYLL

24
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What is a sign that a plant is deficient of magnesium

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Yellow leaves

🌕🌕🌕🌕

25
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State 4 things plants use glucose for

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  • starch for storage
  • to make proteins + DNA
  • in cellulose for cell walls
  • respiration (duh!)
26
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What is diffusion

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Diffusion is the net movement of particles from an area of high concentration to low

27
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What 3 factors affect diffusion

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1) TEMPERATURE
gives particles more kinetic energy making them move faster/ collide more/ more successful collisions = diffuse faster

2)CONCENTRATION GRADIENT
the bigger the difference in concentration gradient — the faster the rate of diffusion (when conc high outside the cell, substances diffuse into it where it’s lower)

3) SA: volume ratio
as ratio increases so does the rate of diffusion

28
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Design a diffusion experiment in a NON LIVING system

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1) cut agar jelly cubes of different SA:vol ration + put in dilute hydrochloric acid
2) time how long it takes for cubes to go colourless
3) the cube w the LARGEST SA:vol ration (smallest cube) will change colour fastest

4) Acid diffuses into the alkaline jelly cube + neutralises it
PINK💞 alkaline goes TRANSPARENT 🌫

29
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What is OSMOSIS

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Osmosis is the net movement of water molecules across a partially permeable membrane from an area of high water potential to lower water potential

30
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What is meant by the term PLASMOLYSED CELL

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PLASMOLYSED is when a plant cell loses water by osmosis, resulting in the cell membrane pulling away from the cell wall

31
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What happens to a plant cell when it is put in sucrose solution

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The plant cells vacuole will shrivel up + pull away from cell wall— the plant cell becomes flaccid cos the water has moved out by osmosis

32
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What happens when an animal cell is placed in a pure water solution

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It explodes as it has no cell wall to keep it

33
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What happens when an animal cell is placed in a sucrose solution

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The animal cell shrinks — becomes CRENATED

34
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Why do plant cells need water

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Because when a plant cell is well watered it becomes TURGID because of osmosis

These turgid cells make the contents of cell push up against the cell wall= TURGOR PRESSURE

35
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What happens if you don’t water a plant

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The plant will wilt + lose turgor pressure

Cell becomes flaccid cos of no water

36
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Design an experiment to investigate the effects of osmosis in a living system

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1) cut 3 potato tubers into identical cylinders
2) get beakers w 100cm^3 of pure water, v-concentrated sucrose solution and one with nothing (just potato)
3) leave cylinders in solution for 30 min

4) the ones in pure water = longer + fatter
The ones in sucrose solution = shorter + shrunk

37
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Define the term active transport

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The movement of particles against a concentration gradient from an area of low concentration to high using energy released by respiration

38
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What makes the xylem vessels woody/strong

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LIGNIN a woody material in the walls of the xylem vessels

39
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Describe fertilisation in a plant

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Once a pollen grain lands on the stigma of a flower (cos of wind or insects)

A pollen tube grows out of the pollen grain, down thru the style to the ovary into the ovule

Fertilisation is when the two nuclei fuse together to make a zygote. This divides by mitosis to form an embryo

Each fertilised female gamete forms a seed. The ovary develops into a fruit around the seed

40
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Why do seeds need water

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Water is needed to activate the enzymes that break down food reserves in the seed

41
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Why do seeds need oxygen

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For respiration which transfers energy from food for growth

42
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Why do seeds need a suitable temperature for growth?

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For enzymes inside seed to work

43
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Where does a seed get its glucose for respiration when it starts to germinate

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Seed gets glucose from its food store for respiration

44
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What is germination

A

When seeds start to grow

45
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When does the seed stop using its food store

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When the plant has grown enough to produce green leaves which means it can get its food (glucose) from photosynthesis for respiration

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