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LIFE 103- Practical2
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| serotinous cones | require an environmental trigger (like hot from a wildfire) |
| opening for pollen tube is called | the micropyle |
| monecious | male and female on one organism |
| diecious | different trees for different genders |
| gnetum | berries, red, grape-like (gymnosperm) *gnetophyta |
| welwitchia | 2 big leaves, desert, leaves separate (gymnosperm) *gnetphyta |
| ginko | berry-like cone structure (fiberglass thing) (gymnosperm) |
| true berry | bananas, starfruit, raspberry, blueberry (several seeds, one fleshy part) |
| pome | apple, pear |
| aggregate | strawberry, magnolia, rosehip (dry) *compound |
| samara | dry, simple; ash/maple |
| dermal meristem | protoderm |
| vascular meristem | procambium |
| ground meristem | (called ground meristem) |
| difference between monocot and dicot leaves | monocot=sheath |
| rhizome | (modified stem) storage *ginger |
| stolon | (modified stem) new growth *strawberry |
| tuber | (modified stem) storage, new growth *potato |
| corm | (modified stem) storage *water chestnuts |
| succulent stem | (modified stem) storage *cacti |
| thorne | (modified stem) protection |
| root hairs | extensions of epidermal cells that increase the surface area of the root available for absorption |
| casparian strip | forces materials to flow through the protoplast (to get to vascular bundle inside root) |