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What are the above ground regions of a plant called? |
Shoots |
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What are the below ground regions of a plant called? |
Roots |
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What surrounds the protoplast? |
Cell Wall |
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What is a the protoplast comprised of? |
the plasma membrane, the cytosol, the nucleus, and other membrane bound structures. |
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Primary cell walls are primarily composed of what? |
cellulose |
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What is the secondary cell wall made of? |
cellulose and lignin |
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What kind of cell is this? |
Parenchyma cell |
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What type of cell is thus? |
Collenchyma |
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What type of cell is this? |
Sclerenchyma |
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Describe Parenchyma cells |
unspecialized cells, thin walled and many sided. Make up bulk of plant body and perform all metabolic functions. Alive at maturity |
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Are parenchyma cells alive at maturity? |
yes |
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What type of cell performs all metabolic activity? |
parenchyma cells |
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Describe collenchyma cells |
unevenly thick. provide support for plant body. alive at maturity. |
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What type of cells are used for support of the plant body? |
collenchyma |
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describe sclerenchyma cells |
have thick secondary cell walls. provide support for parts of the plant that are no longer growing. dead at maturity. |
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What type of cells provide support for the parts of the plant that are not growing anymore? |
sclerenchyma |
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What are simple tissues? |
tissues that have only one type of cell in them |
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What are complex tissues? |
tissues that have more than one type of cell in them |
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What does Xylem do? |
It transports water and minterals |
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What does phloem do? |
it transports food |
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What type of cells are in Xylem? |
parenchyma and sclerenchyma |
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What type of cells are in Phloem? |
Parenchyma and sclerenchyma |
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What is the epidermis? |
makes up the outmost cell layer of the plant body. covers leaves, flowers, fruits, seeds, stems and roots. Similar to skin. |
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What is the purpose of the epidermis? |
prevent water loss |
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What are the three tissue systems that can be found in plants? |
shoots, leaves, and roots |
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What is the dermal tissue system? |
comprises the outmost covering of the plant and includes the epidermis. |
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What is the vascular tissue system |
formed by xylem and phloem. |
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What is ground tissue |
consists of all of the 'packing' cells that are neither dermal nor vascular. |
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Label the numbers |
1. Axillary bud 2. Stem 3. Lateral root 4. Primary root 5. Petite 6. Blade 7. Leaf |
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Are A and B primary growth or secondary growth? |
A. Secondary B. Primary |
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Label the following from top to bottom |
Epidermis Leaf primordia Meristem Vascular tissue Axillary bud Ground tissue |
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What is the leaf primordia? |
rudimentary leaves that flank the apical tip of the shoot. |
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What are axillary buds? |
new buds or branches |
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What type of tissue is the pink and the blue? |
Pink - ground tissue Blue - vascular tissue |
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What organ is a sweet potato? |
root |
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What is the purpose of a sweet potato? |
collecting water |
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What organ is a carrot |
root |
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What is the purpose of a carrot? |
collecting water |
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What organ is ginger? |
stem |
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what is the purpose of ginger? |
support |
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What organ is a potato? |
stem |
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What is the purpose of a potato? |
collecting water and storage |
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What organ are peas? |
flower/fruit |
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What are the purpose of peas? |
reproduction |
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What organ is a tomato? |
fruit |
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What is the purpose of a tomato? |
reproduction |
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What organ is an onion? |
modified leaf |
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What is the purpose of an onion? |
structure |
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What organ is lettuce? |
leaf |
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what is the purpose of lettuce? |
collect sunlight |
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What organ is asparagus? |
stem |
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What is the purpose of asparagus? |
structure |
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What organ is kahirabi? |
Modified stem |
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What is the purpose of kahirabi? |
structure/photosynthesis |
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Do parenchyma cells have secondary cell walls? |
no |
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do collenchyma cells have secondary cell walls? |
no |
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Do sclerenchyma cells have secondary cell walls? |
yes |
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Give an example of a modified stem and describe how it is adaptive |
Potato. modified for strorage |
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Is phylum Hepatophyta vascular or non-vascular? |
Non-vascular |
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Is phylum Bryophyta vascular or non-vascular? |
Non-vascular |
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Liverworts belong to which phylum? |
Phylum hepatophyta |
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Which phylum does this organism belong? |
Phylum bryophyta |
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What phylum do ferns belong to? |
Phylum Pterophyta |
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What is the common name for phylum pterophyta? |
ferns |
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an organism that is heart shaped would belong to which phylum? |
phylum pterophyta |
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which phylum do club mosses belong to? |
phylum lycophyta |
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What is the common name for phylum lycophyta? |
club mosses |
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What is the dominant generation in phylum pterophyta? |
sporophyte generation |
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What is the dominant generation in phylum lycophyta? |
sporophyte generation |
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What does the word gymnosperms mean? |
naked seeds |
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What are the four types of gymnosperms? |
cycadophyta, ginkgophyta, gnetophyta, coniferophyta |
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What phylum do flowering plants belong to? |
Phylum Anthophyta |
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what is the dominant generation in phylum coniferophyta? |
sporophyte generation |
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what is the dominant generation in phylum anthophyta? |
sporophyte generation |