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40 Cards in this Set
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plants in this group have adapted structures that make them the most succesfull and dominant group of plants on earth |
anigospersm |
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evegreen, adapted to cooler and dryer habitats |
conifers |
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these plants reproduce by spores that are in the cone shape tip of the modified hollow scale like leaves, have silica deposits in their stems making them good pot scrubers, nick named scouring roushes |
horsetails |
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this species is reduced to just one species being kept alive |
ginkos |
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sori on these plants produce spores on the underside of prawns |
ferns |
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plant hormone that prevents the aging of plants and can be used to keep cut flowers fresh |
cytokinins |
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plant hormone that stimulates flowering, see germination |
giberellins |
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plant hormone that stimulates the ripening of fruit |
ethyline |
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plant hormone that causes stems to lengthen and used to promote root growth in transplanted plants |
auxins |
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plant hormone that inhibits cell growth and keeps seeds and buds from forming until conditions are right for growth |
absysic acid |
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absorption water and minerals |
roots |
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reproductvie parts of a plant |
flower |
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whats inside of the fruit |
seeds |
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plant parts above line c (dirt) |
shoots
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small bodies of plants that have built up large quantities over time, extremely important as fuel source and in some countries have been used as medicine |
peat moss |
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chalicyma cells which are thickened with cellulose for strength and structure is an example of what kind of tissue |
ground |
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male part of the flower |
stamen |
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generally photosynthese takes place where |
leaf |
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which of the following is not a characteristic of land plants |
not multicellular prokaryotes |
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region of the root that converts sugars and stores them as starch is called |
cortex |
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adaptation that made land plants successful |
seeds |
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the stalk taht supports the individual leaf is called |
petiole |
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rigid polymer acts as a sticky glue substance in plants taht acts for strength and structure is called |
lignin |
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non vascular plants that lack true roots stems or leaves and normally live in moist environments are called |
bryophites |
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eggs are to birds as_______ are to plants |
seeds |
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structure that allows for the exchange of gasses such as carbon dioxide oxygen in photosythetic plants is called |
stomata |
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______ are fine long extensions thatt increase absorption and increase surface area |
root hairs |
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which of the following is not a function of the root system |
photosythesis |
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which of the following is not an adaptation that made land plants succesful |
chitin |
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not characteristics of monocots |
2 cotyledon |
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vascular tissue responsible for bringing water and tissue up from the roots and leaves is called |
xylem |
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non reproductive parts of the flower which two things |
caryx and corolla |
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leaf venation where secondary veins tend to curve away from the midrib and run parallel |
arcuate |
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identification of plants is important for the following reasons |
all |
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which of the following is not a part of the plant shoot system |
root |
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veins of the leaf are used for what |
transport nutrients |
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what two adaptations of the plant allowed the plant to grow taller |
lignin and vascular tissue |
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sporophyte stage of the alternate regeneration cycle |
diploid |
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example of a fruit that is a pome |
apple |
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pulpy mass berry with several seeds inside of it is called |
tomato |