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| What is the important relationship between form and function in plants: |
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| The features of roots are: |
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- Carbohydrate storage
- Anchor to substrate
- Absorb water and minerals
- Pneumatophores
- Symbiotic mycorrhizae |
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| What is the advantage of many roots? |
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| large surface are for better access to water and minerals and better hold to the substrate. |
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| Symbiotic relationship between fungi and roots. |
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| Roots that project out of the water to access oxygen for plants submerged in water. |
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| What are the functions of stems? |
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- Food storage
- Aerial support for leaves, flowers and fruits.
- Asexual reproduction |
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| What are some examples of evolutionary adaptations of stems? |
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| Rhizomes, bulbs, stolons, tubers. |
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| What are two important features of stems? |
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| Apical bus and axillary buds. |
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| Apical buds are located... |
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| At the tip of the shoot or branch. |
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| Axillary buds are located... |
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| Along a shoot or branch, behind or below the apical bud. |
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| What are the functions of leaves? |
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- Energy harvesting through photosynthesis
- Modified for sexual or asexual reproduction. |
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| What are leaves modified into for sexual reproduction? |
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| What are examples of what leaves are modified into for asexual reproduction? |
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- Parenchyma
- Collenchyma
- Sclerenchyma |
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| What do parenchyma cells do? |
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| Perform most of plant metabolic functions. |
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| What are two examples of plant metabolic functions that parenchyma cells perform? |
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| Photosynthesis and starch storage. |
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| What are the cell walls of parenchyma cells like? |
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| Relatively thin and flexible. |
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| What do collenchyma cells do? |
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| Support young stems and petioles. |
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| What are the cell walls of collenchyma like? |
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| Thicker than perenchyma, but relatively flexible. |
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| What do Sclerenchyma cells do? |
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| Support parts of the plant. |
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| What are the cell walls like in sclerenchyma cells? |
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| Rigid due to containing abundant lignan. |
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| Which kind of cell are dead at maturity? |
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| What are the two major subtypes of tissue in plants? |
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| Dermal and vascular tissue. |
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| What are examples of dermal tissue? |
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| Reduce dessication (extreme dryness) |
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| Deter herbivory and reduce moisture loss |
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| What are the subtypes of vascular tissue? |
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| Xylem, phloem and ground tissue |
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| Conducts water and minerals. |
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| Xylem tissue is made of what? |
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| Tracheid and vessel element cells. |
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| Which kind of vascular tissue is dead at functional maturity? |
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| Phloem tissue is made of what? |
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| Sieve cells and sieve tubes. |
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| What does ground tissue do? |
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| Carries out metabolic functions. |
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| What kind of cells does ground tissue include? |
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| Region where tissue is actively dividing undifferentiated cells |
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| What are the types of meristems? |
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| Apical and Lateral Meristems |
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| Apical Meristems produce what kind of growth? |
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| What is the name of the growth produced by Apical Meristems? |
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| Where are apical meristems found? |
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| Apical buds, axillary buds and root tips |
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| Lateral Meristems produces what kind of growth? |
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| What is the name of the growth produced by Lateral Meristems? |
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| What are the subtypes of lateral meristems? |
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| Vascular and cork cambium |
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| Vascular Cambium does what? |
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| Replaces outer epidermis with more protective periderm |
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| What is the periderm a part of? |
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| Ground tissue interior to vascular tissue. |
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| Ground tissue exterior to vascular tissue |
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| Where does Vascular Cambium generate secondary xylem and phloem? |
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| Secondary Xylem is generated to the inside and secondary phloem to the outside. |
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| Vascular cambium includes what indication of age? |
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| Growth rings are included in what part of a tree? |
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| The common name wood is named in a more specific fashion as... |
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| Secondary xylem within the vascular cambium. |
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| All tissue exterior to the vascular cambium. |
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| What is bark considered a part of? |
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| Newer secondary Xylem that continues to transport water and minerals |
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| Older secondary xylem that does not transport water and minerals |
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| What happens to older phloem tissue as it diameter grows? |
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| What kind of tissue ruptures as diameter grows |
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| Pore-like openings in some roots and stems to enable gas exchange. |
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| What do lenticels create? |
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| More space between cork cells |
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| Site of previous year's apical bud. |
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| Site of previous year's leaf |
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| The point on the stem where the axillary bud or leaf scar are located. |
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| When the apical bud inhibits growth of axillary buds |
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| Why does apical dominance happen? |
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| To compete for sunlight with surrounding plants. |
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| Animals browsing or pruning increases ________________ and leads to a ________________ |
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| Animal browsing or pruning increases axillary growth and leads to a more bushy form. |
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| What protects apical meristem tissue in the roots. |
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| What aids in root growth? |
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| A polysaccharide slime that lubricates the tip and root caps. |
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| Regulates opening and closing of each stoma |
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| What is the singular form of stomata? |
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| How do guard cells regulate stoma? |
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| What composes the mesophyll? |
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| Palisade layer, Spongy layer and vascular tissue (Xylem and Phloem). |
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| Tightly packed elongated parenchyma cells |
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| Loosely packed parenchyma cells with greater air space. |
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| The palisade layer and the spongy layer are both... |
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| photosynthetic ground tissue. |
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| Complete life cycle in one year. |
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| Complete life cycle in two years |
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| What are examples of perennials? |
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