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48 Cards in this Set
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What is the apical growth that all plants undergo? |
Primary growth |
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What is the growth that causes only perennial and woody plants to expand their width? |
Secondary growth |
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What trees help form islands and stabilize soils? |
Mangrove trees |
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What type of leaf diversity is one blade per petiole? |
Simple |
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What type of leaf diversity is multiple blades per petiole? |
Compound |
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What form of leaf diversity has a center point that leaves radiate outwards from? |
Palmate |
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What is the leaf diversity where leaves extend from the side of the branch? |
Pinnation |
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What type of pinnation has the leaves mirror each other? |
Even or Opposite pinnation |
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What type of pinnation has the leaves staggered across from each other? |
Odd or Alternate pinnation |
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What plants have backwards spines internally to prevent insects from crawling out? |
Pitcher plant/Venus flytrap |
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What are the three elements of fertilizer? |
Nitrogen 13 Potassium 13 Phosphorus 13 |
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Is soil dead or living? |
Living |
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What prevents soil erosion? |
Plants |
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What role do some organisms play in soil formation? |
Breaking down and releasing of nutrients into the soil. Burrowing animals also allow soil formation by allowing air and water to help create more soil |
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What are the best new practices for farming? |
No till agriculture and sustainable farming |
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What type of mycorryhza develops into the tissue and can contact the cells? |
Endomycorryhza |
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What type of mycorryhza stays on the outside of the roots? |
Extomychorryzha |
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A type of water vapor that comes up from the roots and is released by the leaves is |
Transpiration |
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What are the two vessel elements of Phloem? |
Seve tube Companion cell |
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What part of Phloem allows water to transport from the leaves back to the cell? |
Seve tube |
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What element of Phloem exists in one per section of a seve tube and directs fluid by its necessity? |
Companion cell |
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What plant hormone helps with apical growth? |
Auxins |
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What plant hormone helps with extension of the stems? |
Gibberellins |
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Which plant hormone controls the rate of cell division and plant growth? |
Cytokins |
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What hormone controls plants entering dormancy? |
Abscisic acid |
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Which plant hormone causes leaves to fall off of and helps ripen fruit more rapidly? |
Ethylene |
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What are patterns of growth referred to as in plants? |
Tropisms |
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What is growth of a plant towards a stimulus called? |
Positive tropisms |
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What is growth of a plant away from a stimulus called? |
Negative tropism |
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What is growth direction as it relates to a light source called? |
Phototropism |
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What is a growth pattern that relates to gravity? |
Gravitropism |
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What is a growth pattern in plants that relates to touch? |
Thigmotropism |
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What is the term that describes the day length of a plants bloom? |
Photoperidism |
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Cold weather plants typically have which type of photoperidism? |
Short day |
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Hot weather plants typically have which type of photoperidism? |
Long day |
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When a plant doesn't grow, it is considered |
Dormant or in dormancy |
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When a plant ages, it is undergoing |
Senescence |
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What do plant cells use to determine day length? |
A photochrome |
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Two things that trigger reproductive and day length rhythms in plants are |
Cyrcadean rhythms and Biological clocks |
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When a plant has both reproductive organs, it is called |
Perfect |
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When a plant has only one reproductive organ, it is called |
Imperfect |
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When a plant is perfect and has both reproductive organs on one plant, it is called a |
Monecious |
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Plants that are imperfect or have only one reproductive organ are called |
Dioecious |
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Plant growth is called |
Development |
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When plants develop into new parts, this is called |
Differentiation |
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When a plant part begins to carry out specific functions, this is called |
Specialization |
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Plants that lose leaves throughout the year are called |
Evergreen |
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Plants that lose their leaves all at once are called |
Decidious |
