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Life Science: 11
Seed Plants TEST Review
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Vascular plants with no flowers or fruit; produce seeds in cones | Gymnosperms |
| Vascular plants with flowers; produce seeds inside fruit | Angiosperms |
| Flowering plants with two cotyledons in their seeds | Dicots |
| Person who studies the relationships between people of various cultures and the plants they use | Ethnobotanist |
| Tissue that moves food from leaves to other plant parts | Phloem |
| The swollen base of the pistil in angiosperms, where ovules form | Ovary |
| In a plant leaf, cells that surround the stomata to open and close them | Guard Cells |
| A seed is the reproductive part of a plant that contains a plant ______________ | Embryo |
| The oldest trees alive today are ___________ | Gymnosperms |
| Monocots have on cotyledon, vascular bundles through the stems, and flower parts in ____________ | Threes |
| Stems store food, support the above-ground parts of a plant, and allow ____________ of materials | Movement |
| __________ tissue is made up of tubular vessels that transport water and minerals up from the roots throughout the plant | Xylem |
| The major function of leaves is to ___________ | Make Food |
| Small pores in the leaf surface are called _______________ | Stomata |
| The cells of the _____________ have chloroplasts filled with chlorophyll | Palisade Layer |
| The embryo has a supply of stored food called the _______________ | Endosperm |
| ____________ signals a seed to begin growth | Water |
| Seed plants have roots, stems, leaves, and ____________________ | Vascular Tissue |
| A maple tree is an example of a ______________ | Dicot Angiosperm |
| A pine tree is an example of a ______________ | Gymnosperm |
| An orange is an example of a __________ | Dicot Angiosperm |
| Corn is an example of a ___________ | Monocot angiosperm |
| A ginkgo is an example of a ____________ | Gymnosperm |
| Wheat is an example of a ________________ | Monocot Angiosperm |
| ___________ and beets are roots swollen with food storage | Carrots |
| A ____________ has an above-ground stem that stores large quantities of food | Sugarcane |
| Stems of ________________ are adapted to carry on photosynthesis and make food for the rest of the plant | Cacti |
| Potatoes and ______________ are underground stems with stored food | Onions |
| Five main characteristics of plants are: stems, roots, leaves, vascular tissue, and | Grow From Seeds |
| The male reproductive organ of a flower is called the... | Stamen |
| The stalk of the male reproductive organ of a flower is called the... | Filament |
| The part of the male reproductive organ of a flower that produces pollen grains... | Anther |
| The female reproductive organ of the flower... | Pistil |
| The sticky area on the flower where pollen grains land... | Stigma |
| The stalk of the female reproductive part of the flower is called the... | Style |
| The part that forms the ovules of the female reproductive part of the flower... | Ovary |
| The word gymnosperm comes from the Greek language, meaning... | Naked Seed |
| Most gymnosperms are... | Evergreen Plants |
| The oldest living trees are... | Gymnosperms |
| There are more than 250,000 known species of ______________ in the world... | Seed Plants |
| Ginkgoes are represented by only ________ living species | One |
| About ____________ species of cycads exist today | 100 |
| More than half of all known plant species are _________________ | Angiosperms |
| In dicots, vascular bundles occur in ________ | Rings |
| In monocots, vascular bundles occur scattered through ____________ | Stem |
| Which came first, gymnosperms or angiosperms? | Gymnosperms |
| _______________ are the most economically important gymnosperms | Conifers |
| Angiosperms are the source of many fibers, including cotton and _________ | Flax |
| The tissue that produces new xylem and phloem is called the ... | Cambium |
| Waxy, protective layer above the epidermis... | Cuticle |
| Loosely spaced layer of cells towards the bottom of the leaf... | Spongy Layer |
| Tightly packed cells towards upper leaf, full of chloroplasts... | Palisade Layer |
| Two __________, female reproductive part of the plant, are produced on top of each scale of a female cone | Ovules |
| The transfer of pollen grains from the stamen to the stigma is the process of... | Pollination |
| Seeds can be dispersed by water, wind, or... | Animals |
| ____________________ is the development of a seed into a new plant | Germination |