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Pre-APBiology Plants
Pre- AP Bio. Plants Review/ Study Guide
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| A thin ring in a tree trunk might indicate? | A period of Drought |
| After Fertilization in angiosperms, what does the ovule develop? | seeds |
| Angiosperms produce seeds inside what structure? | Ovule |
| List the Characteristics of the Plant Kingdom. | Multicellular, Eukaryotes, Contain cell walls |
| How do Minerals move from the soil into the roots? | Active transport |
| How do plants use hormones? | Allow plants to respond or ajust to changing environmental conditions. |
| How do plants use the energy of sunlight? | To produce glucose through process of phototsynthesis. |
| How do sugars move through a plant? | pressure-flow hypothesis |
| How would a seed face less competition? | if dispersed away from the parent plant. |
| The first plants evolved from? | Multicellular green algae (Chlorophyta) |
| What are stolons? | Horizontal Stems |
| what are the differant types of vascular tissue? | Xylem and Phloem |
| what are the main functions of stems? | transport nutrients and water between roots and leaves |
| what do auxin and ethylene influence? | the shedding of leaves |
| what do stomata do? | exchange O2 and CO2 with the atmosphere |
| what does phytochrome control? | cotrols the photoperiodism of plants |
| what is a fruit? | a ripened ovary containing seeds |
| what is gibberllin? | a plant hormone that effects the growth and development of fruits |
| what is a rhizoid? | has a similar function and role as plant roots, anchor plant, collects water and nutrients |
| what is a seed? | a plant structure containing: embryo, food source and a protective covering |
| what is adhesion? | attraction between a water molecule and other substance |
| what is an antheridium? | Male reproductive part of ferns that produce sperm |
| what is dormancy? | a period of decreased activity |
| what is germination | early growth stage of a plant embryo |
| what is gravitropism? | responce from a plant towards gravity, ensures roots grow into soil |
| what is meristematic tissue? | region of plant that produces new cells |
| what is photoperiodism? | responce from a plant towards light |
| what is primary growth (in stems) | elongation... increasing in length |
| what is the endodermis? | layer of cells enclosing vascular tissue |
| what is the function of the roots? | anchor and support the plant |
| what type of plant lives the longest? | perennial plants |