Botony

Front 1

Green Plants produce their own food, and therefore are called what?

Back 1

Producers

Front 2

Consumers are living things that do what?

Back 2

Eat plants or other consumers

Front 3

Plants use what to produce food by photosynthesis?

Back 3

Chlorophyll

Front 4

What is the equation for Photosynthesis?

Back 4

Light+6CO2+6H2O yields C6H12O6+6O2

Front 5

What is the equation for Cellular Respiration?

Back 5

C6H12O6+6O2 yields 6CO2+6H2O+Energy

Front 6

What is the opposite of Photosynthesis?

Back 6

Cellular Respiration

Front 7

What is the main purpose of plants according to Gen. 1: 29-30?

Back 7

Food for people and animals

Front 8

True/False: The general shape or form of of an organism is called its morphology.

Back 8

True

Front 9

Most plants have how many main structures?

Back 9

4

Front 10

List a plants main structures:

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Roots, stem, leaves, flowers

Front 11

Plant organs are determined by their relationships to what?

Back 11

Nodes

Front 12

True/False: A node is where the root meets the stem of a plant.

Back 12

False

Front 13

What is a node?

Back 13

The places where leaves are/were attached to the stem

Front 14

What is a root system?

Back 14

All the roots of a plant

Front 15

What is one major root type?

Back 15

Tap Root system

Front 16

What is one major root type?

Back 16

Firbous Root system

Front 17

Describe a Tap Root system:

Back 17

The primary root grows straight down and remains larger that the secondary roots.

Front 18

Describe a Fibrous Root system:

Back 18

Secondary roots grow in all directions and may be as long as the primary root.

Front 19

Name one main type of stem:

Back 19

Woody- hard and not very flexible

Front 20

Name one main type of stem:

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Herbaceous- soft and more flexible

Front 21

The flat, green part of the leaf is called what?

Back 21

The blade

Front 22

Most leaves are what?

Back 22

Simple leaves

Front 23

What is a leaf that looks like many smaller leaves called?

Back 23

Compound leaves

Front 24

True/False: The smaller pieces of a leaf are called leafettes.

Back 24

False.

Front 25

What are the smaller pieces of a compound leaf called?

Back 25

Leaflets

Front 26

What is a vein?

Back 26

A water conducting tissue

Front 27

There are how many main types of veination?

Back 27

3

Front 28

What does Parallel Veination look like?

Back 28

Front 29

What does Palmate veination look like?

Back 29

Front 30

What does Pinnate veination look like?

Back 30

Front 31

What stiff structures surround plant cells?

Back 31

Cell Walls

Front 32

Cell walls are made of mostly what?

Back 32

Cellulose

Front 33

Water pressure inside plant cells is called what?

Back 33

Turgor pressure

Front 34

Xylem carries what toward the sky? (Hint: 🎶)

Back 34

Minerals and Water

Front 35

Phloem carries what on down? (Hint: 🎶)

Back 35

Food (water and dissolved sugar)

Front 36

Xylem and Phloem are usually arranged in what?

Back 36

Vascular Bundles

Front 37

The oldest Xylem is where in a woody stemmed plant?

Back 37

The center

Front 38

Old dead Xylem is called what?

Back 38

Heartwood

Front 39

Xylem that is still alive and carrying water is called what?

Back 39

Sapwood

Front 40

What are tree rings, and how are they made?

Back 40

Each year a tree adds new xylem. This annual growth results in tree rings.

Front 41

What colors coordinate to what seasons?

Back 41

Light- Spring Dark- Summer/Fall

Front 42

If there is plenty of sunshine and water, the light rings will be...

Back 42

Larger than those produced during dry seasons

Front 43

Name the first of the 3 key steps in transporting water in plants:

Back 43

Entrance through the roots

Front 44

The second key step in transporting water in plants:

Back 44

Transport through the Xylem

Front 45

The third key step in transporting water in plants:

Back 45

Exit through the leaves

Front 46

Water and dissolved minerals are absorbed into the root near the root tip. Then...

Back 46

...they travel up through the Xylem

Front 47

The special openings on the underside of most leaves are called what?

Back 47

Stomata

Front 48

True/False: Stomata allow gasses and water vapor to pass in and out of the leaf.

Back 48

True

Front 49

Special cells called ____ are arranged in pairs around the stomata.

Back 49

Guard Cells

Front 50

Water exiting the plant through the stomata is called what?

Back 50

Transpiration

Front 51

The growth responses of a plant to its environment are called what?

Back 51

Tropisms

Front 52

If a plant grows toward an environmental factor, it is called what?

Back 52

Positive tropism

Front 53

If a plant grows away from an environmental factor, it is called a what?

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Negitive tropism

Front 54

Be able to explain Positive Phototropism, as well as Positive and negative tropisms.

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Happy studying!

Front 55

Photoperiodism is:

Back 55

A plant's response to the length of time it is exposed to light.