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The root cap

Protects the end of the root ( apical meristem is inside)

ROOT hairs are formed in the area of ?

Cell maturation ( differentiation)

What happens When the root cap is lost ?

The root grows randomly

Most of the water uptake by the plant is accomplished by...

Root hairs!

Where do branch roots arise ?

The pericycle

The food storage tissue of roots is ?

Cortex

True or false? Root hairs are tiny branch roots

False

True or false ? Most dicot plants have fibrous root systems?

False!

True or false? A root hair consists of a short row of cells

False !

What causes a tree to increase in girth ?

Vascular cambium

Woody dicot stems have ?

Vascular rings

Discrete patches of xylem and phloem found in herbaceous dicot stems are called ?

Vascular bundles !

How does secondary xylem show growth?

Through growth rings

What tissue gives a HERB dicot stem its girth ?

Pith!

bundle scars are located where ...

The xylem and phloem tissue to the leaf broke

When 3 or more leaves occur at 1 node, the leaf arrangement is called ?

Whorled!

Plants use lenticles to?

To allow oxygen into the plant

Terminal scales are ???

1)Found on all plants


2)Protect the terminal but from weather/ insects


3) regulating oxygen into the terminal bud

New branches are formed at ?

The node !, and axillary buds

Where is the axillary but found ?

Above the leaf!

True or false! You can tell the age of a stem by counting the terminal but scale scar

True!

True or false ?! When an axillary begins to grow it can become a terminal bud

True!

What is the sequence of mitosis ?

Interphase


Prophase


Metaphase


Anaphase


Telephase

In mitosis the two chromatics of each chromosome separate and move to opposite poles during ?

Anaphase

In call growth the process is called ?

Mitosis

The function of a cell wall is to ?

Protect and support

In what phase does the duplication of DNA take place ?

Interphase!

A definition of life is ?

Adaption to the environment

What is plant taxonomy ?

The study of naming and classifying plants

What is Plant geography ?

Study of the location of plants

What is plant ecology ?

The study of how plants interact with their environment

What is plant physiology ?

The study of how plants function

What is plant anatomy ?

The internal structure if plants

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

Class order?

kingdom, phylum , Class, order, family, genus, species

Botanical names are based on what language ??

Latin

Scientific names have the advantage of ?

Identifying an organism anywhere, regardless of the language spoken

When using botanical names the first name is the BLANK and the second name is the BLANK

genus, species

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

True or false ? Cultivars are commonly found in nature

False

True or false ! Botanical names of plant once established never can be changed.

False

True or false ?! Plant names are based on German

FALSE

What is the function of a vacuole

Waste and storage area

What is the purpose of mitochondria

To release energy

What can be found in plant cell vaculoles

Water-soluble pigment


Crystals


Salts


Sugars

The soup like fluid of cells in which the nucleus and other objects are suspended in is called ?

Cytoplasm

Chromoplasts produce ?

Carotenoid pigments

True or false !? Protoplasm and cytoplasm describes the same material

False !

True or false ?! A chloroplast can become a luecoplast

True

Tissues containing cells that are actively dividing are known as

Meristems

The principle food storage tissue of plants is?

Parenchyma

Sclerenchyma cells are?

Fibers


Sclerids


Secondary cell walls


Where is linear growth located

In the apical meristem

What has food conduction as a primary function ?

Tracheids

A function of xylem is ?

Conduction of water and nutrients

What is xylem made up of?

Vessel elements, Ray cells, tracheids and fiber cells

Function of phloem is

Conduction of water and nutrients, and store food( sugars)

True or false ?! The apical meristem is on my found in stems

FALSE


it is found in roots

Primary to secondary growth

Rizomes

Below ground stem

Runner

Above ground stem

What is at the end of every root?

The apical meristem which is inside the root cap

What is a root hair ?

A tubular detention of the cell wall

Do roots photosythedize ?

No

What does the Casparian strip do ?

Prevents water loss (waxy strip)

How do plants grow ?

Spiraly