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Plants
Revision of the Plant chapters
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Name the tissue that transports water and dissolved minerals in plants. | Xylem |
| Name the tissue that transports food in plants. | Phloem |
| What do you call the loss of water vapour from a plant through its leaves? | Transpiration |
| What is a plant's response to gravity called? | Geotropism |
| What is a plant's response to light called? | Phototropism |
| What is plant's ability to make their own food using sunlight called? | Photosynthesis |
| What is the word equation for photosynthesis? | Carbon Dioxide + Water (+ Light & Chorophyll)= Food(Glucose) + Oxygen |
| Name the two parts of a flower that make up the male part i.e. the two parts of the stamen. | Anther and Filament |
| Name the three parts of a flower that make up the female part i.e. the three parts of the carpel. | Stigma, Style and Ovary |
| Where does fertilisation take place in a flower? | At the base of the ovary. |
| Name the two types of pollination. | Wind and Insect |
| Name the cell produced when the pollen and egg fuse during fertilisation. | Zygote |
| What is the hard outer layer of a seed known as? | Testa |
| Which part of a seed develops into the shoot of the plant? | The Plumule |
| Which part of a seed develops into the root of the plant? | The Radicle |
| Name the four ways in which seeds are dispersed from a plant. | Wind, Water, Self and Animal |
| What is the growth of a seed into a new plant called? | Germination |
| What three conditions are necessary for a seed to germinate? | Water, Oxygen and Suitable Temperature |
| Name a plant that reproduces asexually. | Strawberry (Runner) or Germanium (Cuttings) |