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18 Cards in this Set
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What does Botany mean? |
The study of plants. |
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Green plants produce their own food. Therefore they are called what? |
Producers |
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Consumers are living things that eat _________ or other ________________ |
Plants, Consumers |
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Using ______________, plants produce food. |
Chlorophyll |
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Plants produce food by what? |
Photosynthesis |
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Photosynthesis: (The numbers unbolded are supposed to be subscripted) |
Light + 6CO2 + 6H2O YEILDS C6H12O6 + 6O2 |
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What is the breakdown of glucose to release energy called? |
Cellular Respiration |
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Cellular Resperation: (The numbers unbolded are supposed to be subscripted) |
C6H12O6 + 6O2 YEILDS 6CO2 + 6H2O + Energy |
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What is a major purpose of plants? |
Food |
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The general shape of an organism is called its what? |
Morphology |
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Most plants have four types of structures. They are: |
Roots, Stems, Leaves and Flowers |
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Plant organs are determined by their relationship to _______. |
Nodes |
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Nodes are places where the ________ is attached. |
leaf |
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All the roots of a plant is called what? |
A root system |
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When the primary root grows strait down and remains larger than the secondary roots, this is called what? |
A Taproot system |
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When roots grow in all directions and may be is long as the primary root is called what? |
A Fibrous root system |
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How many types of stems are there? |
2 |
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Name 2 types of stems. |
Woody and Herbaceous |
