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Plant Unit
Review for the Plant Unit
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Little or no growth or development | dormancy |
| Stems or leaves can be cut, nurtured and begin to grow roots as a separate plant | cuttings |
| a plant's response to gravity, roots grow down, stems grow up | gravitropism |
| A plant growing or bending toward light | phototropism |
| A plant's response to touch, vines wrap around a structure, some plants leaves close | thigmotropism |
| A plant's response to water | hydrotropism |
| stored nutrients or food inside a seed | cotyledon |
| the first signs of germination | roots and shoots |
| the beginning growth of a seed or spore | germination |
| Using oxygen to break down the sugars or glucose to release the energy | cellular respiration |
| Using light energy plus carbon dioxide plus water to produce sugar or glucose and oxygen is released | photosynthesis |
| Underground stems adapted for food storage, a form of asexual reproduction | tubers |
| Underground stems adapted for storage with modified leaves and papery skin like onions ...a form of asexual reproduction | bulbs |
| Some plant roots can send up new shoots to grow into new plants. Sweet potatoes can grow from root pieces ...a form of asexual reproduction | roots |
| One parent producing offspring identical to the parent | asexual reproduction |
| Two parents are required to produce offspring with greater genetic diversity | sexual reproduction |
| Not plants but decomposers that could absorb nutrients from plants and destroy plant crops | fungi |
| Rigid, sharp structures growing out of stems or branches ...a plant defense | thorns |
| Leaves that are sharp and needlelike ...a plant defense | spines |
| Chemicals made by plants that discourage animals from eating them | poisons |
| The stigma, style and ovary make up the _____ which is the female part of a flower. | pistil |
| The filament with the anther to release the pollen makes up the _____. | stamen |
| Top of the stamen that releases the pollen | anther |
| A plant goes thru _______ from roots and shoots to full grown plant | growth and development |
| Anything in the environment that causes a change in or from an organism | stimulus |
| A reaction to a stimulus | response |
| A series of two questions that can lead to identifying living or nonliving things | dichotomous key |
| To organize things into groups based on similarities | classify |
| The science of naming and organizing organisms. | taxonomy |
| The sticky top part of the pistil which is the female part of the flower | stigma |
| The base of the pistil which contains ovules or egg cells, and becomes the fruit | ovary |
| Flowering plants that have fibrous roots and petals in multiples of three | monocots |
| Flowering plants with branched veins and vascular tissue in a circular pattern in the stems | dicots |
| A group of organisms with similar characteristics or traits | genus |
| A group of organisms with similar characteristics or traits whose offspring have the same characteristics or traits | species |
| A larger group of organisms that have things in common | kingdom |
| Tube-like cells that transport water and minerals throughout vascular plants | xylem |
| Tube-like cells that transport glucose from leaves throughout vascular plants | phloem |
| A young immature plant inside a seed | embryo |
| Sperm cell and egg cell unite | fertilization |
| Tiny openings on the underside of a leaf to let carbon dioxide in and oxygen and sometimes water out | stomata |
| The control of water evaporating from the leaf of a plant | transpiration |
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