Vascular Plants And Life On Land

Question 1

Ephemeral

Answer 1

Short lived cycle (3 or 4 months) and undergo dormancy

Question 2

Drought deciduous shrubs

Answer 2

Leaf shedding (green leaves in wet times and shed in dry season)

Question 3

Phreatophytes

Answer 3

Deep rooted shrubs and trees that reach the water table

Question 4

Evergreen shrubs

Answer 4

Year ground growth that can photosynthesise even in summer

Question 5

Leaf/stem succulents

Answer 5

Shallow roots for water storage

Question 6

Annuals

Answer 6

X

Question 7

X

Answer 7

Linear relationship between amount of growth and annual precipitation

Question 8

What is movement through open conduits such as the xylem and the phloem driven by?

Answer 8

Hydrostatic pressure gradients

Question 9

Equation for water potential

Answer 9

Water potential = pressure potential + solute (or osmotic) potential

Question 10

Units of pressures

Answer 10

Pa (pascals)

Question 11

Taproot system

Answer 11

Dominant primary access

Question 12

Fibrous root system

Answer 12

E

Question 13

Apoplastic pathway

Answer 13

Water transported through cell walls only and up to the endodermis

Question 14

Symplastic pathway

Answer 14

Water transport via cell interior (cytoplasm) and plasmodesmata

Question 15

Transcellular pathway

Answer 15

Water flowing through walls and membranes

Question 16

X

Answer 16

X

Question 17

Tracheids

Answer 17

Dominant in gymnosperms

Question 18

Vessels

Answer 18

Vessels allow higher rates of water transports

Dominant in angiosperms

Question 19

What are the long distance transport types of the xylem

Answer 19

Tracheids
Vessels
(Tracheary elements)