Chapter 34

Front 1

Flowering plants posses what three kinds of vegetative (nonreproductive) organs?

Back 1

Roots, stems, and leaves

Front 2

What two major lineages do most flowering plants belong to?

Back 2

Monocots: are generally narrow-leaved flowering plants such as grasses.
Eudicots: are broad-leaved flowering plants such as roses

Front 3

Monocots and eudicots account for what percent of the species of flowering plants?

Back 3

97%

Front 4

Look at figure 35.1

Back 4

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Front 5

The shoot system of a plant consists of ___________

Back 5

The stems and the leaves, as well as flowers

Front 6

Leaves are the main sites of ______

Back 6

Photosynthesis

Front 7

Stems hold and display the leaves to ___________

Back 7

The sun and provide connections for the transport of materials between roots and leaves

Front 8

What is a node?

Back 8

A node is the point where a leaf attaches to a stem

Front 9

Regions of stem between nodes are the ____

Back 9

Internodes

Front 10

The root system provides ______

Back 10

Support and nutrition

Front 11

Look at figure 34.1

Back 11

:)

Front 12

A single, large, deep-growing primary root with smaller lateral roots is a ____

Back 12

Taproot

Front 13

Fibrous root system (monocots and some eudicots): composed of __________

Back 13

Numerous thin roots roughly equal in diameter – holds soil in place very effectively

Front 14

What do prop roots do?

Back 14

They help support the shoot in plants that are unable to support aboveground growth through stem thickening