Taxonomy
What is the term for the family name in binomial nomenclature?
Plants that share the same family would have the same ________.
Genus
Name an angiosperm
Dahlia, Cherry, Apple
What direction do leaf veins run in monocots?
Parallel
How many cycles does an annual live for?
1
Easy name a plant is commonly known as
Common Name
What language is binomial nomenclature in?
Latin
Nonvascular plants that do not have true roots, stems, or leaves and reproduce using spores rather than seeds. Examples include mosses, liverworts, and hornworts.
Bryophytes
How many cotyledons do dicots have?
2
A plant that lives for more than two years and can continue growing year after year under suitable conditions.
Perennial
What is a cotyledon?
The first embryonic leaves of a plant.
What two things make up an organism's scientific name?
Genus and Species
What classification of plants would Cedar Trees fall under?
Gymnosperms
If a plant has 8 petals, is it a monocot or dicot?
Describe the life cycle of biennial plant?
Vegetative Growth- Year 1
Reproductive Growth and Death- Year 2
What is the term for stems that are soft, and not woody.
Herbaceous
What is the most specific level of taxonomy?
The plants that are at the same level of this can reproduce and produce viable seeds.
Species
What structure do non-vascular plants lack that vascular plants have?
Xylem and Phoem
Monocot or Dicot?:
Vaascular Bundles arranged in a ring
Dicot
What is happening during vegetative growth? How about reproductive growth?
Vegetative: Roots, Stems, and Leaves are growing
Reproductive: Flower growth
What's the difference between ferns and bryophytes?
Ferns are vascular; bryophytes are not.
What is binomial nomenclature and why is it important for plants?
A scientific method of giving plants a name. Helps distinguish each different plant and see how they are related as well.
They reproduce through seeds.
Gymnosperms do not flower, while angiosperms do.
Monocot or Dicot?
The roots can reach much deeper because of how they are structured.
What is it called- the type of root system?
Dicot- Taproot
What happens during dormancy? And which type of plants undergo this (life cycle)?
Perennials- A period when a perennial plant stops or greatly slows its growth and development, usually during an unfavorable season such as winter, allowing it to survive until conditions improve.
Who developed the binomial nomenclature naming system?
Carlos Linnaeus