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Botany Test 3
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Biology
Undergraduate 2
12/04/2011

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Term
Flowering plants belong to what to phyla?
Definition
Phylum Anthophyta and Magnoliophyta
Term
What are distinguishing characteristics of phyla anthophyta and magnoliophyta? (7)
Definition
  1. Sporophyte Diversity
  2. Leaves are megaphylls with complex veins and numerous veins
  3. Xylem consists of tracheids vessels and fibers
  4. Reproductive organs are flowers
  5. Heterosporus
  6. Double fertilization
  7. Ovary matures into the fruit
Term
What are 3 sporophytes of flowering plants?
Definition
  1. trees
  2. shrubs
  3. herbs
Term
What are megaphylls?
Definition
Leaf with a highly branched vascular system
Term
What are the 2 spore types flowering plants produce?
Definition
Microspores (pollen) and megaspores(ovules)
Term
Explain double fertilization.
Definition
One sperm unites with the egg to become a zygote. The other sperm fuses with  fused polar nuclei to become 3n and becomes the endosperm
Term
What is the endosperm?
Definition
Food source for the developing embryo.
Term
What is the function of the fruit?
Definition
To protect the seed.
Term
When did Angiosperms originate?
Definition
140 million years ago, late Mesozoic period
Term
What is the most recent living common ancestor of all angiosperms?
Definition
Water Lilly
Term
What are the 2 main groups of angiosperms?
Definition

Monocots: one cotyledon

Eudicots: "true" dicots

Term
What are the 3 lineages of basal angiosperms?
Definition
  1. Amborella Trichopoda
  2. Water Lillies
  3. Star Anise
Term
What are some flower adaptations to pollinators?
Definition
  1. color
  2. structure
  3. odor
  4. time of flower opening
Term
What is the mature ovary of angiosperms?
Definition
Fruit
Term
What is the mature ovule of angiosperms?
Definition
Seed
Term
What is a cotyledon?
Definition
Seed leaf of an angiosperm embryo
Term
What are the 4 types of modified leaves a flower can have? Describe them.
Definition
  1. Sepals: enclose the flower
  2. Petals: brightly colored, attract pollinators
  3. Stamens: Produce pollen on terminal anthers
  4. Carpels: Produce ovules, ovary at base, with a style leading up to a stigma where pollen is recieved
Term
What are some medicines derived from seed plants?
Definition
  1. Menthol
  2. Morphine
  3. Atropine
  4. Vinblastine
  5. Digitalin
Term
What are 4 uses humans have of seed plants?
Definition
  1. Food
  2. Fuel
  3. Wood Products
  4. Medicine
Term
What are the 2 generalized plant cell types?
Definition
Living and Dead
Term
What are the 3 specific types of living cells?
Definition
  1. Parenchyma
  2. Collenchyma
  3. Meristematic
Term
What is the specific type of dead cells?
Definition
Sclerenchyma
Term
What are the 4 tissue systems of plant cells?
Definition
  1. Protective
  2. Ground/Fundamental
  3. Vascular
  4. Meristematic
Term
What 3 things make up the protective tissues?
Definition
Epidermis, Cork, Endodermis
Term
What 4 things make up the ground/fundamental tissues? What is their main cell type?
Definition

-Cortex, Pith, Ground, Mesophyll

Parenchyma

Term

What 2 things make up the vascular tissue?

 

Definition
Xylem and Phloem
Term
Name the 5 xylem specific cell types.
Definition
  1. Tracheids
  2. Vessels
  3. Ray Cells
  4. Fibers
  5. Xylem parenchyma cells
Term
Name the 5 phloem specific cell types.
Definition
  1. seive tube members
  2. companion cells
  3. ray cells
  4. fibers
  5. phloem parenchyma cells
Term
What are the 3 Meristematic tissues?
Definition
  1. Apical Meristems
  2. Primary Meristems
  3. Lateral meristems
Term
Where will you find apical meristem?
Definition
Stem and root
Term
Where will you find primary meristem?
Definition
protoderm, procambium, ground
Term
Where will you find the lateral meristem?
Definition
Vascular and Cork cambium, pericycle of roots
Term
What are distinguishing characteristics of stems?
Definition
  1. Part of shoot system
  2. Most above ground
  3. Tubular in shape
  4. Patterns of branching are evident
  5. Vascular Tissue occurs in vascular bundles
  6. Gas exchange accomplished by guard cells
  7. Contain specialized cells for support
  8. Aerial stems bear leaves, flowers and fruit
Term
What are 3 functions of roots?
Definition
  1. Anchoring the plant
  2. Absorbing materials and water
  3. Storing organic nutrients
Term
Describe vascular tissue in monocots.
Definition
Vascular bundles are scattered throughout the stem and appear as faces.
Term
Describe vascular tissue in dicots.
Definition
Vascular bundles are in a ring formation.
Term
What are 7 characteristics of leaves?
Definition
  1. Part of shoot system, arise from stem
  2. Defined pattern of attachment on stem
  3. Epidermal layers contain a cuticle on outer sell walls
  4. Collenchyma/sclerids are present as support cells
  5. Guard cells regulate gas exchange
  6. Vascular tissue occurs in veins
  7. All tissue is primary
Term
What are the 3 basic plant organs?
Definition
Roots stems and leaves
Term
What is a taproot system?
Definition
Consists of one main vertical root that gives rise to lateral roots
Term
What are adventitious roots?
Definition
Roots that arise from stems or leaves
Term

What is a fibrous root system?

What types of plants have these?

Definition

Characterized by thin lateral roots with no main root

Seedless vascular plants and monocots

Term
What is an axillary bud?
Definition
Structure that has the potential to form a lateral shoot or branch.
Term

What is an apical (terminal) bud?

 

Definition
Located near the shoot tip and causes elongation of a young shoot.
Term
What are 6 characteristics of parenchyma cells?
Definition
  1. Occur in almost every region of the plant body
  2. Have thin and flexible primary walls
  3. Lack secondary walls
  4. Are the least specialized
  5. Perform most metabolic functions
  6. Retain the ability to divide and differentiate
Term
What are 5 characteristics of collenchyma cells?
Definition
  1. Long and oriented vertically in plant organs
  2. Grouped in strands to help support young parts of the plant shoot
  3. Thicker/uneven primary cell walls
  4. Lack secondary walls
  5. Provide flexible support without restraining growth
Term
What are 2 characteristics of sclerenchyma cells?
Definition

Rigid because of thick secondary walls strengthened with lignin

Dead at functional maturity

Term

What are the 2 types of sclerenchema cells?

Describe them.

Definition

Sclerids: short/irregular in shape and have thick lignified secondary walls

Fibers: long, slender, arranged in threads

Term
What are characteristics of water conducting cells of the xylem?
Definition

-Secindary walls of lignin that stain red

-Elongated, dead at maturity

-Trachieds and vessel elements

-Specialized sclerenchyma cells for water and mineral transport

Term
What are characteristics of the sugar conducting cells of the phloem?
Definition

-Elongated and form conducting pipes throughtout the plant body

-Sieve tube elements alive at functional maturity

-Sieve plates allow fluid to flow between cells along the seive tube

-Have smaller companion cells

Term
What are characteristics of the meristematic tissue?
Definition

-Square or wedge shaped cells

-Large nucleus

-Lack vacuoles

-Thin primary wall

-Divide to produce primary or secondary tissues

Term
What exactly are meristems?
Definition
Perpetually embryonic tissue and allow for indeterminate growth
Term
What physical forces drive the transport of materials in plants over a range of distances?
Definition

-Transport of water and solutes by individual cells such as root hairs

-Short distance transport of substances from cell to cell at the level of tissues and organs

-Long distance transport withing xylem and phloem at the level of the whole plant.

Term
What is the central role of proton pumps?
Definition
Creates a hydrogen ion gradient that is a form of potential energy that can be harnessed to do work and contributes to a voltage known as membrane potential
Term
Explain osmosis as it pertains to plants.
Definition
Determines the net uptake or water loss by a cell and is affected by solute concentration and pressure.
Term
What is water potential?
Definition
Measurement thay combines the effects of solute concentration and pressure. Also determines the direction and movement of water.
Term
What is pressure potential?
Definition
Physical pressure on a solution.
Term
what conditions affect water potential?
Definition
  • Adding solute lowers water potential
  • Adding pressure increases water potential
  • Negative pressure decreases water potential
  • Flows higher to lower concentration
  • Can change spontaneously to a state of the lowest free energy

 

Term
How does transpiration affect water potential?
Definition
Creates negative tension in leaves to lower water potential.
Term
What is apoplastic transport?
Definition
Water and minerals travel throughout a plant along the cell walls
Term
What is symplatic transport?
Definition
Water and minerals travel throughout a plant by the cytoplasm
Term
What is transmembranic transport?
Definition
Water and minerals travel out one cell, across a cell wall and into another cell
Term
Explain the role of the endodermis in water transport.
Definition
Endodermal cells within the vascular cylinder discharge water and minerals into the cell walls by a semi permeable membrane where they are then transported upwards into the shoot system via xylem
Term
What is root pressure?
Definition
Upward push of xylem sap in the vascular tissue of roots.
Term
What factors affect the ascent of xylem sap?
Definition
Bulk flow is driven by negative pressure in the xylem
Term
How is transpiration controlled?
Definition
Opening and closing of the stoma between guard cells.
Term
Compare a sugar source to a sugar sink.
Definition

Source: plant organ that is a net producer of sugar; mature leaves

Sink: Organ that is a net consumer/storer of sugar; cortex/ground tissue of root

Term
Explain the movement of phloem sap.
Definition
Phloem sap moves through a seive tube by bulk flow driven by positive pressure.
Term
What is translocation?
Definition
Transport of organic nutrients in the phloem of vascular plants
Term
What is etiolation?
Definition
Morphological adaptations for growing in the dark.
Term
What's the order of the cell signalling process?
Definition
Reception, Transduction , Response
Term
What happens when receptors first detect signals?
Definition
protiens undergo conformational change as a result of a specific stimulus.
Term
What is phytochrome?
Definition
Red/far red light perceiving protien that functions in de-etoliation
Term
What are second messengers?
Definition
molecules that transfer and amplify signals from receptors to protiens that cause specific responses
Term
What are the 2 ways signal transduction pathways lead to the regulation of one or more cellular activities?
Definition

Transcriptinal Regulation

Post-Translational Modification of Protiens

Term
What is transcriptional regulation?
Definition
transcription factors bind directly to specific regions of DNA to control the transcription of specific genes
Term
What is the Post-translational modification of protiens?
Definition
Activation/Deactivation of existing protiens involved in the signal response
Term
What is tropism?
Definition
Hormone which results in the curvature of whole plant organs towards or away from a stimulus
Term
How do plant hormones control plant growth?
Definition
Effect cell division, elongation and differentiation
Term
What are plant hormones?
Definition
Small organic molecules that can be transported across the cell walls and deliver a chemical signal
Term
What is the major function of the hormone auxin?
Definition
Stimulates stem elongation
Term
What are auxin transporters?
Definition
move the hormone out of the basl cell of xylem parenchyma into the apical end of the neighboring cell
Term
What is the acid growth hypothesis?
Definition
proton pumps play a major role in the the growth responses of cells to auxin
Term
How do auxins affect secondary growth?
Definition
Induce cell division in the vascular cambium and influence differentiation of secondary xylem
Term
How does auxin relate to fruits?
Definition
Developing seeds produce auxin which signal for the fruit to set
Term

What is the major function of cytokinins?

Where are they produced?

Definition

Primarily control apical dominance; ability of a terminal bud to supress the development of axillary buds.

Actively growing tissues (roots, embryos, fruits)

Term
What is the major function of gibberelins?
Definition
Stem elongation, fruit growth, and seed germination
Term
Why does stem elongation occur?
Definition
Cell elongation and cell division cause the cell walls to loosen, allowing for expansion and growth
Term
How do gibberelins affect fruit growth?
Definition
Allow for larger fruits to set with larger internodes
Term
What is abscisic acid (ABA)?
Definition
Hormine that slows growth and can antagonize the actions of other growth hormones
Term
What is seed dormancy?
Definition
Ensures that the seed will germinate only when conditions are optimal
Term
What is drought tolerance?
Definition
closing of the stomata, reducing transoiration and preventing future water loss
Term
What is apoptosis?
Definition
Programmed cell death
Term
What is leaf abcission?
Definition
Change in auxin and ethylene levels
Term
What is a major function of ethylene?
Definition
Fruit ripening
Term
What are phytochromes?
Definition
Red light receptors that control seed germination
Term
What is a photoperiod?
Definition
Relative lengths of night and days
Term
What's the name of the flowering hormone?
Definition
Florigen
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