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What are two advantages of sexual reproduction? |
Genetic Variation Higher Survival rate |
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What are two advantages of asexual? |
Less energy Don't have to find a mate |
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What are two differences in the seed germinationin a typical monocot? |
Growth pattern is straight up Cotyledon stays underground |
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What are two differences in the seed germination in a typical eudicot? |
Growth pattern grows in a curved shape Cotyledon come out of ground |
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What two factors may cause seed germination? |
Water availability TemperaturepH Sun Exposure Nutrient availability |
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Where do seeds get energy from? |
Nutritive Tissue |
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What are fruits? |
A mature plant ovary |
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What are the three major parts of a seed? |
Seed coat Embryo Nutritive Tissue |
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Are the endosperm andzygote diploid or triploid? |
Diploid |
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Are the endospermmother cell and egg haploid or diploid? |
Mother cell: diploid Egg: haploid |
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How many cells andnuclei are found in the embryo sac? |
7 cells 8 nuclei |
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How many rounds of cytokinesis occur? |
6 |
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How many rounds mitosis without cytokinesis occur? |
3 |
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How many megaspores are created from one megaspore mother cell? |
4 but only one survives |
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What are generative cells? |
Pollen grain that divides to produce two male gamete nuclei |
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What are tube cells? |
Create the pathway for the generative cell to travel to the ovule |
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How many pollen grains are created from one microspore mother cell? |
4 Two cells present in a typical pollen grain |
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What is endosperm? |
The part of a seed that acts as a food store for the developing plant embryo, usually containing starch with protein and other nutrients |
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What are the ovules? |
The part of the ovary of seed plants that contains the female germ cell and after fertilization becomes the seed |
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What is double fertilization? |
The formation of a diploid zygote and a triploid nucleus |
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How are embryo sacs produced? |
Megaspore mother cell undergoes meiosis and creates a megaspore within the ovule Megaspore then undergoes three rounds of mitosis without undergoing cytokinesis Then undergoes six rounds of cytokinesis creating a mature embryo sac which consists of six eggs and an endosperm mother cell |
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How are pollen grains produced? |
Microspore mother cell undergoes meiosis and creates microspores within the anther Each spore then undergoes mitosis to become multicellular Multicellular gametophyte(pollen) is then ready to be released |
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What is germination? |
The process by which a plant grows from a seed |
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What is fertilization? |
Fertilization is the process of fusion of the male and female gametes to develop a new individual |
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What is pollination? |
Process by which pollen is transferred from the anther (male part) to the stigma (female part) of the plant |
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Lifecycle of a generalized angiosperm? |
Fertilization occurs in an ovule The ovary develops into a fruit The ovule develops into the seed containing the embryo The seed then germinates in a suitable habitat Embryo develops into a seedling and grows into a mature plant |
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What is the Carpel made up of? |
Stigma Style Ovary |
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What is the Stamen made up of? |
Anther Filament |
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Four types of leaves in flowers? |
Sepal Petal Stamen Carpel |
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What is the function of Sapwood? |
Transports xylem fluid(sap) |
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What is the function of Heartwood? |
stores resins and wastes made up of old layers of secondary xylem secondary phloem near the vascular cambium and transports sugars |
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What is the function of Wood Rays? |
transport water and nutrients store organic nutrient aid in wound repair |
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What is the function of Bark? |
Provides protection for the tree |
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What is Cork cambuim? |
The region that produces additional cells for secondary growth Adds cork to the exterior |
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What is wood? |
secondary xylem produced by the lateral meristem |
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What is Secondary growth? |
Growth in thickness of stems and roots |
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What is the Lateral Meristem? |
area that lies between primary xylem and phloem that helps with lateral growth |
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What is the Vascular Cambium? |
is a plant tissue located between the xylem and the phloem in the stem and root of a vascular plant, and is the source of both the secondary xylem growth (inwards, towards the pith) and the secondary phloem growth (outwards to the bark) |
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What is the function of the root cap? |
Dense tissue to protect the zone of cell division |
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What are the different zone of the root tip? |
cell division elongation differentation |
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What is the Meristem? |
growth tissue |
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What is primary growth? |
growth in the up and down directions |
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Function of Parenchyma? |
Metabolic functions of the plants One thin cell wall |
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Funtion of Collenchyma? |
Provide flexible support in growing parts of the cell Have one thickened primary cell wall |
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Function of Sclerenchyma? |
Dead cells provided support for phloem Contain a thick secondary cell wall made up of ligin |
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What are Tracheids? |
Xylem cells that are tapered shaped |
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What are Vessel Elements? |
Xylem cells that are more cylinder like |
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What are Sieve-tube elements? |
Functional unit of phloem that living and move nutrients within the plant |
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What are companion cells? |
Perform routine functions of the cell including getting the sugars to other locations |
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What are Sieve plates? |
ending plates to sieves tubes |
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What is Epidermis? |
Outer layer |
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What is the cuticle? |
Waxy outer covering to prevent water loss |
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What are Guard Cells? |
The surrounding of the stoma opening |
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What are Stomata? |
The openings on the underside of the plant that allows the exchange of O2 and CO2 |
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What is Mesophyll? |
leaf ground tissue |
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What is the pith? |
Ground tissue toward the center of the stem |
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What is the cortex? |
Ground tissue toward the outside of the stem |
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What is a vascular cylinder? |
Area that contains both xylem and phloem in the center of the plant |
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What are the veins? |
The ways to move materials throughout the plant(xylem and phloem) |
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What is xylem? |
Moves water in the leaf from root to shoot |
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What is Phloem? |
Moves sugars in the leaf from root to shoot or vice versa |
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What is the Endodermis? |
One cell layer around the vascular cylinder barrier that prevents osmosis |
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What are Vascular Bundles? |
Group of tissue that includes xylem and phloem |
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What are the three plan tissue systems? |
Ground Dermal Vascular |
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What is the function of root hairs? |
increase surface area |
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What is the function of blades |
increase surface area |
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What are Petioles? |
Connection between the stem and blade |
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What are Nodes? |
When something branches off of the shoot system |
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What are Internodes? |
The distance between nodes |
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What are Terminal buds? |
Where primary growth occurs(very extremes of the plant) |
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What are Axillary buds? |
a small region where grown will occur(where there are existing leaves) |
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What are the three basic plant organs? |
Roots Stems Leaves |
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What is the shoot system? |
Above ground and includes the organs such as leaves, buds, stems, flowers (if the plant has any), and fruits (if the plant has any) |
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What are the functions of the shoot system? |
Reproduction Photosynthesis Storage |
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What is the root system? |
Includes those parts of the plant below ground, such as the roots, tubers, and rhizomes |
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What are the functions of the root system? |
Nutrient Uptake Oxygen Uptake |
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What are the two major groups of angiosperms? |
Monocots Eudicots |
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Characteristics of Monocots? |
One seed leaf (cotyledons) Parallel leaf venation Scattered vascular bundles Flower parts in threes or multiples of threes Fibrous roots |
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Characteristics of Eudicots? |
Two seed leaves (cotyledons) Branched leaf venation A ring of vascular bundles Flower parts in four or fives Taproot system |
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What are two defining characteristics of plants? |
Multicellular Eukaryotic Special organelles (chloroplasts, cell wall etc.) Non motile |
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What are stolons? |
horizontal connections between organisms |
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What are rhizomes? |
continuously growing horizontal underground stem that puts out lateral shoots and adventitious roots at intervals. |
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What are tubers? |
a much thickened underground part of a stem or rhizome, e.g., in the potato, serving as a food reserve and bearing buds from which new plants arise. |