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50 Cards in this Set
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What is the process where a plant converts sunlight into chemical energy, uses carbon dioxide and releases oxygen and produces a sugar called glucose? |
Photosynthesis |
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What is the branching pattern characterized by one major vein with smaller veins extending outward from it? |
Taproot system |
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What is the single, most important factor affecting the rate of photosynthesis? |
Sunlight |
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What type of leaf arrangement consists of only one leaf growing from each node in an alternate pattern up the branch? |
Alternate |
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What is the creeping stem of a grass plant that grows above ground? |
Stolon |
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What type of fruit is produced by a maple tree? |
A winged shaped fruit called a samara |
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Because trees can live for hundreds or thousands of years and continue to grow, they are called? |
Perennial |
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What plant family is known for its poisonous plants? |
The Cashew Family |
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What is the largest deciduous tree in America? |
Sycamore |
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What is the type of plant tissue that produces new tissue for growth and repair? |
Meristematic tissue |
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What are the parts of the cells of green plants? |
Chloroplasts, ridged cell walls, and large vacuoles. |
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What is a special layer of cells that connects the petiole and stem? |
An Abscission layer |
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What is the dominant pigment in red leaves? |
Anthocyanins |
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What produces flowers, fruit and seeds and holds up the leaves to the sun? |
A shoot system of a flower. |
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What is turgor? |
A pressure produced by water within cells. |
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What is the purpose of cellular respiration? |
To release energy from food. |
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What is the most important group of plants on earth? |
grass plants |
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What is the field of Biology that studies frogs? |
Zoology |
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What is a leaf that lacks a petiole? |
Sessile |
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What type of plant tissue are cork and parenchyma? |
Cambia |
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What carbohydrate strengthens plant cell walls? |
Cellulose |
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Rapid transpiration may cause the leaves of a plant to? |
Wilt |
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What are the types of special leaves? |
Spines and tendrals |
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What is the edge of a leaf? |
A margin. |
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What protects and covers the leaf? |
The epidermis. |
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What are the openings of the leaf? |
Stomata |
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What is the flat portion of a leaf? |
The blade |
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What is the middle layer of leaf where majority of photosynthesis occurs? |
Mesophyll |
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What stalk attaches a leaf to the stem? |
Petiole |
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What is a large, central vein? |
Midrib |
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What is a large, central vein? |
Midrib |
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What is the process in which water vapor is lost from the leaves of the plants? |
Transpiration |
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What is the type of vascular tissue that carries sap upward? |
Xylem |
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What is a leaf that has more than one blade on the petiole? |
Compound |
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What is the place where organisms live? |
Habititat |
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What is a plant whose special leaves trap and digest insects? |
Insectivorous |
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What is another name for non-woody plants? |
Herbaceous |
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What is the name for organisms that can make their own food. |
Autotrophs |
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What is another name for flowering seed plants? |
Angiosperms |
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What are the two types of root systems? |
Taproot and fibrous root systems. |
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What are the two types of root systems? |
Taproot and fibrous root systems. |
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What is the name for grasses and grasslike plants? |
Graminoids. |
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What is the name for the liquid found in the roots, stems, and leaves of plants? |
Sap |
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What is the name for trees that lose their leaves each fall? |
Deciduous |
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What is the name for trees that lose their leaves each fall? |
Deciduous |
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What are the six types of cereal grasses? |
Wheat, rye, barley, corn, rice, and oats. |
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Describe dicots |
Dicots have 2 or more cotyledons, have leaves that branch out in different veins, 4 to 5 petals per flower, uses a taproot system and is an angiosperm. |
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Describe dicots |
Dicots have 2 or more cotyledons, have leaves that branch out in different veins, 4 to 5 petals per flower, uses a taproot system and is an angiosperm. |
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Describe Monocots |
Monocots have 1 cotyledon, has paralleled veins in their leaves, 3 petals per flower, uses a fibrous root system, and is an angiosperm. |
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What family is dandelions and goldenrods found in? |
The composite family. |
