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Exam #1 Plant Bio
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Biology
Undergraduate 1
02/20/2013

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Term
Cell Membrane
Definition
Water ballon material
Term
Cell Wall
Definition

made of cellulose (and lignin)

 

 

Term
Primary Wall
Definition
Cells in the stem of a seedling
Term
Secondary Wall
Definition
Cells in the tree trunk
Term
Chloroplast
Definition
gives the green color to plants
Term
Photosynthesis
Definition
prepares food for the plant
Term

Chloroplasts have _________

 

 

 

Definition
chloyophyll
Term
Recycled clorophyll is _______
Definition
colorless
Term
Large Vacuole
Definition
  • 90% of cell volume
  • waste dump
  • large bag of water
Term
Plant cells can divide and produce a _________ _______
Definition
complete plant
Term
Nucleus
Definition
contains DNA
Term
Mitochondria
Definition
generates energy
Term
Endoplasmic Reticulum
Definition
makes protein
Term
Cytoskeleton
Definition
microfilaments
Term

Can plants live without roots?

 

Definition
yes
Term
Why are plant cells unique?
Definition
  • they have cell walls
  • they are unique organelles
  • they have chloroplast
  • they have a large vacuole
Term
Shoot System
Definition
parts of the plant that are usually above the ground
Term
Root System
Definition
  • parts of the plant that are usually below the ground
  • increase surface area for absorption
  • anchors the plant
Term
Tap Root
Definition
  • one main root with branches
  • grows deep
Term
Fibrous Root
Definition
  • no main root
  • grows deep
Term
How will you identify a stem?
Definition
  • stems have buds and nodes
  • buds produce flowers or branches
Term
Woody Stems
Definition
  • strong stems
  • examples: tree trunks, shrubs and woody vines
Term
Herbaceous-type Stems
Definition
  • vascular system is less extensive
  • weaker
  • cannot grow tall
  • example: most sprouts, herbs
Term
Modified Stems
Definition
examples: potatoes, ginger
Term
Monocot-type Stems
Definition
examples: green onions, corn
Term
Leaf Blade
Definition
has veins and may have leaflets
Term
Leaf Stalk
Definition
transport of materials from and to the leaf blade
Term
Sepals
Definition
protects the flower when it is a bud
Term
Petals
Definition
atract insect pollinators
Term
Pistil
Definition
the female ovary containing the stigma and style
Term
Inflorescence
Definition
many flowers on one stalk
Term
How will you identify a fruit?
Definition
  • always formed from flowers
  • enlarged fleshy ovary
Term
Functions of a fruit
Definition
  • tricks a plant for seed dispersal
  • protects the seed
Term
Fruits are mostly rounded- why?
Definition
  • some fruits are not one enlarged ovary
Term
Pineapple
Definition
  • multiple fruit
  • seperate flowers
Term
Strawberry
Definition
  • aggregate fruit
  • seperate pistil in a single flower
Term
Fruits have _____ seeds
Definition
one or more
Term
How will you identify a true seed?
Definition

by the parts of a seed:

  • food storage tissue
  • embryo
  • seed coat
Term
Cotyledons
Definition
the first leaf, or one of the first pair of leaves, produced by the seed of a flowering plant.
Term
Functions of a seed?
Definition
  • protects the embryo
  • nourishes embryo
  • helps seed dispersal
Term
Two means of growth:
Definition
  • cell divison
  • cell enlargement
Term
Tree Ring
Definition
  • one large ring per growth season
  • larger cells- early spring
  • smaller cells- late summer
Term
Requirements for photosynthesis
Definition
sunlight and water
Term
Why is water essential for photosynthesis?
Definition
water provides electrons to replace those removed from chlorophyll in photosystem II. also, water produces oxygen.
Term
How could smearing vaseline on leaves cause a plant to suffocate?
Definition
stomata, gas exchange, transpiration pull
Term
Materials that need to be taken in (photosynthesis):
Definition
CO2, water, minerals
Term
Materials excreted/stored in photosynthesis
Definition
O2 (stomata), sugars, water (leaves), excess minerals (vacuole)
Term
Sugars are converted to _____ then stored
Definition
starch
Term
Phototropism
Definition
when a plant shifts often, has a very strong stem but the pant still can respond to light
Term
Thigmotropism
Definition

less auxins at the top and more auxin at the bottom, longer cells at the bottom

  • touching the plant can cause the plant to curl around your finger
Term
Zygote divides to form the _______
Definition
embryo
Term
Most flowers are...
Definition
bisexual
Term
Auxins
Definition
tropic responses, rooting of cuttings, apical dominance
Term
Ethylene
Definition
gaseous, ripening hormone
Term
Seed
Definition
  • contains plant embryo plus nutritive tissue and tough outer coat
  • starting poing for next generation
Term
Dormancy
Definition
no water, long nights, low temperature, nitrogen poor soil
Term
Imbibition
Definition
first step in breaking dormancy
Term
Special treatments
Definition
cold treatment, scratching
Term
Apical meristem
Definition
dividing cells in growing tips
Term
Primary growth
Definition
  • dividing cells in growing tips
  • cell division by mitosis
  • cell elongation
  • cell differentation
Term
Secondary growth
Definition
  • the thickness of the stem is determined
  • xylem and phloem
Term
Annuals
Definition
complete their life in one season
Term
Biennials
Definition
complete their life in two season
Term
Perennials
Definition
live onger than two seasons
Term
Reproduction-developmental phases
Definition
  • seedling phase
  • juvenile phase
  • reproductive phase
Term
Examples of non-vascular plants
Definition
mosses and spores
Term
Examples of seedless vascular plants
Definition
ferns and spores
Term
Gymnosperms
Definition
  • no flowers
  • have seeds
Term
Examples of gymnosperms
Definition
pine trees, ginkgo and sequoias
Term
Angiosperms/flowering plants
Definition
flowers, seeds with fruits
Term
Wind-pollinated
Definition
lots of pollen
Term
Bee-pollinated
Definition
bee purple, honey guides
Term
Hummingbird-pollinated
Definition
lots of nectar
Term
Bat-pollinated
Definition
night-bloomers, white flowers
Term
Herbs
Definition
plants that are small and have weak stems
Term
Shrubs
Definition
branches and stems are strong but don't have an obvious trunk
Term
Trees
Definition
tall and strong stem with an obvious trunk
Term
Macronutrient
Definition
  • 98% of dry weight of foods
  • carbohydrates, proteins, fats (lipids)
  • made of units or buliding blocks
Term
Micronutrients
Definition
  • 1-2% of dry weight of food
  • vitamins and minerals
Term
Calories
Definition
  • energy to raise temperature of one gram by 1*C
  • measure of energy
  • from fats > carbohydrates > proteins
Term
Carbohydrates contain...
Definition
carbon, hydrogen and oxygen
Term
Monosaccharides
Definition
  • building block of carbohydrates
  • contain glucose and fructose
Term
Sucrose
Definition
  • table sugar
  • disaccharides
  • contains glucose and fructose
Term
Lactose
Definition
  • milk sugar
  • disaccharides
Term
Starch
Definition
  • polysaccharides
  • many units
Term
Materials that may need transportation
Definition
CO2 and O2
Term
Leaf and water loss
Definition
wax layer, stomata
Term
Transportation of water and minerals is separated from...
Definition
sugar transport
Term
Vacular tissue
Definition
specialized cells
Term
Xylem
Definition
water and mineral transport
Term
Phloem
Definition
loaded from leaves, storage in roots
Term
Can a plant live without vascular tissue?
Definition

Yes

example: mass

Term
Maximum height water can be carried?
Definition
400 ft
Term
Wood is an unused...
Definition
xylem
Term
Maple sugar comes from trees in _____
Definition
late winter
Term
Maple sugar
Definition
  • xylem sap
  • 1-5% sugar
Term
Irreversible movement
Definition
  • phototropism
  • gravitropism
  • thigmotropsim
Term
Reversible movement
Definition
gravitropism
Term
Sensing (gravitropism, reversible movement)
Definition
starch granules fall
Term
Response (gravitropism, reversible movement)
Definition
auxin redistribution
Term
More auxin means more _________
Definition
cell growth
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