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The root cap |
Protects the end of the root ( apical meristem is inside) |
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ROOT hairs are formed in the area of ? |
Cell maturation ( differentiation) |
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What happens When the root cap is lost ? |
The root grows randomly |
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Most of the water uptake by the plant is accomplished by... |
Root hairs! |
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Where do branch roots arise ? |
The pericycle |
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The food storage tissue of roots is ? |
Cortex |
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True or false? Root hairs are tiny branch roots |
False |
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True or false ? Most dicot plants have fibrous root systems? |
False! |
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True or false? A root hair consists of a short row of cells |
False ! |
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What causes a tree to increase in girth ? |
Vascular cambium |
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Woody dicot stems have ? |
Vascular rings |
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Discrete patches of xylem and phloem found in herbaceous dicot stems are called ? |
Vascular bundles ! |
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How does secondary xylem show growth? |
Through growth rings |
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What tissue gives a HERB dicot stem its girth ? |
Pith! |
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bundle scars are located where ... |
The xylem and phloem tissue to the leaf broke |
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When 3 or more leaves occur at 1 node, the leaf arrangement is called ? |
Whorled! |
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Plants use lenticles to? |
To allow oxygen into the plant |
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Terminal scales are ??? |
1)Found on all plants 2)Protect the terminal but from weather/ insects 3) regulating oxygen into the terminal bud |
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New branches are formed at ? |
The node !, and axillary buds |
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Where is the axillary but found ? |
Above the leaf! |
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True or false! You can tell the age of a stem by counting the terminal but scale scar |
True! |
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True or false ?! When an axillary begins to grow it can become a terminal bud |
True! |
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What is the sequence of mitosis ? |
Interphase Prophase Metaphase Anaphase Telephase |
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In mitosis the two chromatics of each chromosome separate and move to opposite poles during ? |
Anaphase |
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In call growth the process is called ? |
Mitosis |
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The function of a cell wall is to ? |
Protect and support |
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In what phase does the duplication of DNA take place ? |
Interphase! |
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A definition of life is ? |
Adaption to the environment |
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What is plant taxonomy ? |
The study of naming and classifying plants |
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What is Plant geography ? |
Study of the location of plants |
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What is plant ecology ? |
The study of how plants interact with their environment |
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What is plant physiology ? |
The study of how plants function |
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What is plant anatomy ? |
The internal structure if plants |
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True or false ?! When deciding life, movement includes not only the subject moving on its own, but the movement of materials with in the subject. |
TRUE |
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Class order? |
kingdom, phylum , Class, order, family, genus, species |
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Botanical names are based on what language ?? |
Latin |
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Scientific names have the advantage of ? |
Identifying an organism anywhere, regardless of the language spoken |
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When using botanical names the first name is the BLANK and the second name is the BLANK |
genus, species |
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Which of the following categories of plant classification could be equivalent to the category of phylum in animal classification? Family Order Division Class Genus |
DIVISION |
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True or false ? Cultivars are commonly found in nature |
False |
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True or false ! Botanical names of plant once established never can be changed. |
False |
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True or false ?! Plant names are based on German |
FALSE |
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What is the function of a vacuole |
Waste and storage area |
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What is the purpose of mitochondria |
To release energy |
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What can be found in plant cell vaculoles |
Water-soluble pigment Crystals Salts Sugars |
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The soup like fluid of cells in which the nucleus and other objects are suspended in is called ? |
Cytoplasm |
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Chromoplasts produce ? |
Carotenoid pigments |
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True or false !? Protoplasm and cytoplasm describes the same material |
False ! |
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True or false ?! A chloroplast can become a luecoplast |
True |
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Tissues containing cells that are actively dividing are known as |
Meristems |
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The principle food storage tissue of plants is? |
Parenchyma |
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Sclerenchyma cells are? |
Fibers Sclerids Secondary cell walls |
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Where is linear growth located |
In the apical meristem |
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What has food conduction as a primary function ? |
Tracheids |
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A function of xylem is ? |
Conduction of water and nutrients |
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What is xylem made up of? |
Vessel elements, Ray cells, tracheids and fiber cells |
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Function of phloem is |
Conduction of water and nutrients, and store food( sugars) |
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True or false ?! The apical meristem is on my found in stems |
FALSE it is found in roots |
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Primary to secondary growth |
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Rizomes |
Below ground stem |
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Runner |
Above ground stem |
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What is at the end of every root? |
The apical meristem which is inside the root cap |
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What is a root hair ? |
A tubular detention of the cell wall |
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Do roots photosythedize ? |
No |
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What does the Casparian strip do ? |
Prevents water loss (waxy strip) |
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How do plants grow ? |
Spiraly |